The start of November has always come with a bit of self-pressure to try and do NaNoWriMo. Not this year. This year, I’m attempting the Poem-A-Day challenge from Writer’s Digest. 📝
this is home
🎵If jazz piano/trio is your thing, I highly recommend this Tiny Desk Korea session with 송영주 트리오.
Finished reading: How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney 📚
Last session of Christianity Explored tonight. Looking forward to running it again next year.
“Can you so much as dream of a better friend than he has been to you?”
Charles Spurgeon in Morning & Evening
This is the desperation coffee setup.
My Clever Dripper got dropped by someone in the house and it broke. In a fit of desperation I tried using a Melitta-style filter paper in a sieve over a metal bowl with a regular, electric kettle to brew a makeshift pour-over and it is far from the worst coffee I’ve ever had. ☕️
Another script written. I’m quite far behind on reading for my training course so I’m looking forward to having a guest preacher for the last week of October. In the meantime, I’m really excited to preach the genealogy in Genesis 5.
It’s one of those autumn days where no amount of waterproof clothing can keep you from getting drenched on the walk home. 🏴
This article by Adsum Try Ravenhill is really helpful for thinking through how to speak of what is going on in the world right now.
Autumn is the best time for writing
For the very first time, I have managed to get a coffee stain on one of my commentaries. I guess now I know how to tell if it’s my copy of Wenham on Genesis 1-15 or someone else.
Nothing against Lewis Capaldi but I feel like his music is a bit dramatic for a porridge oats advert…
I’m about a third of the way through this (reading for a book club with folks who have been on the same training course as me) and really enjoying it.
Crying in H Mart
Sermon prep this week
It’s 1 October and I’ve ordered our Christmas pudding already.
It feels like a proper autumn evening.