Everyday wisdom – and finding it unexpectedly

Rachel Jones  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Feb 2023
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Everyday wisdom – and finding it unexpectedly

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‘Now then, what am I going to write an en column about?’

It’s a repeated refrain in my house. Dissatisfied with my flatmate’s answers, I cast the net wider. I ask friends. Colleagues. College acquaintances. My mother. I’m drawing a blank.

Several days later I have lunch with an author who has insightful things to say about all sorts of things: the state of evangelicalism in the US; leadership issues in the church; how to do apologetics to young people. I come away genuinely invigorated.

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