the ENd word
Avoiding money’s pitfalls
Lizzy Smallwood
Date posted: 1 Nov 2023
For a time in the endWord, we are receiving some spiritual heart surgery as we look at the letter of James. He uncovers some of our more insidious, respectable sins and cautions us from fatally wandering from the truth (James 5:19-20)
It seems that we are always facing a choice as we wander through this life: two pathways – the pathway of Obedience: faith and trust which leads to wisdom, or the pathway of Pride: a wilful double-mindedness that leads to folly and destruction.
earth watch
Hairstreaks and habitats
Simon Marsh
Date posted: 1 Apr 2023
One of my simple pleasures in life is going for a walk in a bluebell wood in Spring. It’s something I really missed when living in Africa, and during lockdown, so we try to make an annual pilgrimage to a local wood.
We pick a time when the wood is covered with a blue carpet of flowers, together with pale yellow primroses and white wood anemones. It’s a joyful Creation experience.
Trump is Haman?
Twitter
Date posted: 1 Jan 2023
If the book of Esther was performed today, Haman would be played by Donald Trump.
That’s the view of well-known evangelical preacher and writer Andrew Wilson on Twitter at @AJWTheology. He cited various verses from Esther to draw the parallel, including Esther 6:6 – ‘Whom would the king wish to honour more than me?’
Untied States?
The headline is not a misprint: it is ‘Untied’ rather than ‘United’ States. There is growing speculation that if Donald Trump is re-elected, it is possible to envisage the USA ceasing to exist in its current form – maybe even splitting into two.
A whole raft of thinkers in a wide range of disciplines can be read online, in The Washington Post of 10 October 2022 for starters.