Room for reflection

A place for me to share general musings and reflections on Christian themes. On the top right you can access the blog page and about page for further info.

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  • A Vow Tested: A Short Story (Part One)

    A Vow Tested A sarabaite was a type of monk that often lived in pairs or trios, sometimes continuing in the ascetic tradition, acknowledging no monastic superior, sometimes dwelling in or near cities, but not always. In a war abused world, weapons of destruction have wreaked carnage and much of the once thriving earth lies… Read more

  • Temple of Despair part 2: A poem

    The second part, which is as far as I got, of my poem, ‘the Temple of Despair.’ I am pursuing other poetry projects now and, honestly, I’m not too sure where this one was going. Awaking from a Merciful Slumber I awake from the drowsy depths of sleep, and what lady of wonder stands by… Read more

  • The Weary Traveller: A poem

    Here is a poem where I concentrated a lot more on the meter, which is how I tend to write my poems nowadays, it’s more an exercise in experimenting with meter, there is a break on the penultimate line. The Weary Traveller He drags his thirsty weight along the road, the sun as cruel as… Read more

  • A Thought on Beauty

    By natural accord humans want to worship what is beautiful; there’s something profound about beauty. God is beautiful; when humans don’t see God they are only capable of seeing beauty on a surface level. Let us say you can see God without knowing God (that is to recognise the divine in nature); then that is… Read more

  • The Dead Monster: A Short Story

    I’m sharing a short story I wrote some years ago, I’m afraid, however, it isn’t particularly good, I’m sure it could be a lot better in fact– I think the story has some good potential, but lacks, perhaps I would say, ‘juice.’ I’d say be interested in any comments on what someone else would’ve done… Read more

  • Writing Down the Bones: Book Review

    I am posting a book review that is on my old website (Pagetime (wordpress.com)), as I am no longer running that site all my future book reviews will be on this website if you are hoping for more, to anyone who found my old site. I was surprised at the number of views I was… Read more