The last 31 days have been all about reclaiming our masculinity. Over two hundred men scattered around the world have been joined with a common purpose. To prove to themselves, in arguably the busiest and most excuse filled month of the year, that they can be disciplined. We have reflected, we have run, we have […]
Self Imrpovement
#DecemberOfDiscipline: Training to be a Priest
Context This post is written primarily for the group of 200+ men participating in #DecemberOfDiscipline. Initiated by Hunter Drew of TheFamilyAlpha blog and author of #31DtM (31 Days to Masculinity), #DecemberOfDiscipline is a month long series of challenges aimed at helping men to reclaim their sense of purpose and to express themselves authentically as men. […]
Focus is a choice
Source It’s all very well and good parroting maxims like ‘focus is a choice’ but to prove it you have to live it. This last week I’ve been doing a placement as part of my ordination training. I was compiling a report based on cross-referencing two sets of data from separate sources which needed collating […]
5 things I learned from two days using spreadsheets
Many of you may work with spreadsheets on a day to day basis, you’re probably able to reflexively type your favourite snazzy formulas and have that artistic knack for functionality and aesthetics which results in a good spreadsheet. I, however, haven’t touched excel since high school when, if memory serves me right, I basically failed […]
Patience and encouragement
Bill Bryson Library – Durham Today I was due to be showing a friend of mine on my course the University Library. We’d both forgotten that we had a lecture first thing and so we went to it (and it was really interesting – on Christian views of deliverance ministry). After that, though, they got caught […]
Why you should try Cold Showers too
Why I started having cold showers This time last year I was sitting here at my computer browsing the internet in the evening. I was reading some news articles, catching up on a couple of blogs I enjoy. I was messaging a friend on social media and half listening to YouTube in the background. I was […]
#30daysofcoldshowers
I just finished having cold showers every day for thirty days. Why did I start?!