Tag: Liminality

Emmaus Road

Post author By Alister Pate
Post date 24/04/2020
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Easter feels a long time ago. The weariness of the lockdown wears on and on and, I don’t know about you, but it’s grinding me down. For instance, one of the highlights of my week last week was to sit in my car in the carpark of a local McDonalds eating a Sausage and Egg […]

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Christianity Faith Spirituality Spirituality in the Ordinary Suffering

What Jonah Tells Me About Advent

Post author By Alister Pate
Post date 23/12/2013
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Advent is about waiting. It is the time between the “now” and the “not yet”, the darkness before dawn, the grain of wheat in the dark, silent earth. The night voyage. It is a time of waiting on the promises of God. One of my favourite stories is Jonah and his giant fish and how […]

Tags advent, Faith, God, Hope, Jonah, Liminality, patience, Trust