Claire Nicholls

Called, Tested, and Tired: Women, Ministry, and Baptist Life On the way back from a Leeds University Christian Union Houseparty I had helped organise as treasurer, I was sat in the car with a former ...

Called, Tested and Tired: Women, Ministry and Baptist Life - a bit of rare bloggage on some of the things I've been hearing and observing in Baptist life recently.

Have a read and reflect and I'd be happy to chat

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Searching for Christ(mas) In the centre of every nativity scene sits a manger , or a crib , or a bottom drawer, or a packing box , or a bundle of blankets carefully...

What seems to have become a yearly advent blog dabble.

Searching for Christ(mas)

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#advent

Big wins for women at work: Gov to ban NDAs silencing harassment + offer leave for pregnancy loss before 24w.

But the fight’s not over. We need a duty to advertise flexible work, key to closing the gender pay gap.

Let’s keep up the pressure. #EmploymentRights #Feminism

How do you eat yours? I made mine with courgette and served them with Greek Yoghurt, fruit, and a scattering of nuts. It’s an Oddbox-Shrove Tuesday Courgette Pancake mashup.

#pancakeday #shrovetuesday #courgettepancakes #oddboxtuesday #oddbox

Kemi Badenoch Says No Further Evidence Needed To Support 'Integration' Theory About Southport Killer "My evidence is my personal experience."

Laura Kuenssberg: “What’s your evidence in this case that his crimes were anything to do with a lack of integration?”

Kemi Badenoch: “That I believe is one of the elements. My evidence is my personal experience.”

So no evidence, then.

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Keep blanking that this is happening out of my mind and then the waves of gloom return.

Teach a man to fish and he’ll eventually claim he just always had that knowledge innately and then try to explain to you how fishing works

*Official Announcement*

It's OK to buy a book, even if you didn't read all books on your shelf yet.

Have a nice day!

#booksky

You know you’ve been in the south east long enough when you can recognise the station by its adjacent Waitrose.

It’s not looking good.

For #fingerpostfriday a sneaky between terraces peak at the views from Plumstead Common. #greenchainwalk #londonwalking

Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100 Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, a broker of peace in the Middle East in his time, and a tireless…

Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100

"You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve."
- Elon Musk

"In an unequal society, those who land on top want to believe their success is morally justified."
- Michael Sandel

Traditional Cromford Canal Christmas week walk for #fingerpostfriday

Happy Christmas from all at London Baptists. May you know the love, peace, joy and hope that Jesus brings & may you see his light shine in the darkest of places as you journey towards 2025 and beyond. Our saviour is here.

#happychristmas #isaiah60 #Jesusishere #londonbaptists

Me facing 2025

Time for my ironing board to have its annual outing.

Don't talk up Reform as if it represents some ignored voice of the working class. It doesn't.

It represents a rebranded far right that is bidding for American billionaire cash so it can replace the Tory party. That's all.

New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.

(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)

Give it Time Turn it off an on again.  If you leave it for 10 minutes it'll work. Try it again it's a bit temperamental.  I'll go and get "...." - they k...

Should I stay in the waiting or should I try and find a faster route? Give it time. The long journey full of delays. Advent bloggage.

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In the Silence We've all been there. Waiting.  And waiting some more.  There is no response, or the excruciating hold music seems to go on forever as you s...

In the Silence - a stumble of an advent bloggage.

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A What in the Waiting The big news of the week is that the Elizabeth Line (my local train) now has mobile signal all the way along its length even in the tunnels ...

What a joy it is to have mobile signal, even in the tunnels - or is it? A what in the waiting? Another advent bloggage.

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#advent #waiting

In Christian circles we follow the Ruth Graham rule. Easy.

No more of this 'When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" And one of them struck the servant...

There’s got to be a better way. No more of this. A little advent bloggage.

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Massive away win for the little fella.

An Expectant Pause During Advent I am reading backwards through Luke and so yesterday I started with the resurrection. It is a strange way to journey - startin...

A little advent bloggage after a very long bloggage pause #advent #expectantpause

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It’s a pain this moving. But I’m settling here I think.