Helena Monck
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It’s Coming
Over the last three years I have come to hate the word “soon”. In prayers. In conversations. When asking God for something to be here “soon”. It is a word without purpose, commitment or passion. I have asked God for… Continue reading
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Get Back on Your Bike!
I came to an uncomfortable realisation yesterday. I guess my body has already been telling me for a while and I have been choosing to ignore it. The tightness in my shoulders and shooting pains up my neck are reminders… Continue reading
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Hope Like a Juggernaut
Yesterday God showed me that even when new things – or old things – cause me to wobble, he’s still fully passionate about reminding me of one of the central messages of His outlook on life. As we drove down… Continue reading
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In the Bleak Midwinter
It’s been a long while since I posted anything. I didn’t intend to leave it so long but somehow my voice became swallowed and I have had to retrace my steps to find where I left it before I was… Continue reading
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What he said!
Quite simply this sermon is all I want to post this evening. It’s a talk by Bill Johnson from Bethel Church in Redding, California and is entitled Hope in All Circumstances. It’s a powerful and beautiful sermon which centres around… Continue reading
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Rolling with the Punches
I’m going to be completely honest with you, I haven’t been doing so well lately. I had been thinking a little while ago that as much as I love and believe in the fighting talk, I haven’t touched so much… Continue reading
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Where am I Anchored?
When we’ve never experienced something for ourselves, it can be really difficult to imagine what it’s like to be inside the circumstances that someone else we know is going through. I imagine a long term illness such as cancer or… Continue reading
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In Praise of My Mother
It’s my Mum’s birthday tomorrow and as I sat and tried to think of what to write in her birthday card earlier I found myself struggling both for the words to write and for the space to jot down all… Continue reading
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When Silence is Broken
There’s a bubbling going on in my soul again lately. It tingles of that central, urgent need I’m carrying to keep on giving a voice to the voiceless. To give in to that indignation that rises up within me against… Continue reading
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Interview on Premier Christian Radio
Following the decision to ‘go live’ with my blog on the internet and social media I was contacted by Premier Christian Radio and invited to be interviewed live on the Woman to Woman show on Thursday 8th October 2015, hosted… Continue reading
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