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Last spring I lived for a time in Gothenburg, Sweden. The city has an amazing harbour front of several km along the river Göta. An eclectic mixture of tastefully refurbished old industrial buildings and new world class architectural creations. One day on a walk along the north side of the river my wife and I
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Nearly every day I have porridge for breakfast. I know it is nutritious and a good start to the day. It is a habit that has served me well. There are also mundane things like washing the dishes or brushing my teeth. Practical disciplines that are part and parcel of daily routines. For much of
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I grew up in a Christian tradition that was strong on personally knowing God’s will for our lives. This was encouraged by Biblical heroes such as Abraham. An example of what it means to live by faith. Yet the Biblical episodes recorded of his life emphasise only a handful of times when God gave him
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A 470km adventure through Swedish Arctic wilderness Cammie Kennedy and I finished Kungsleden mid-morning on the 14th day. In the end it all worked out as planned. Approximately 450km on foot plus 7 water crossings totalling 20.2km. 8,840m of climbing and almost the same descent. Everything on a grand scale – snow fields, intimidating looking
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A 470km adventure through Swedish Arctic wilderness Earlier this year my blog ’Kungsleden (’The King’s Trail’) – Vision’ outlined the dream to do this epic trail and what it might involve. The plan is to do this with my friend Cammie, long-time running buddy. We have subsequently spent time training and equipping ourselves for this task.
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Early spring in Sweden I spent some time helping a relative to plant 150 trees. It was a refreshing experience doing something new for the first time. As you get older it is not absolutely vital to focus on novel experiences. However it’s also not healthy to have an attitude that the world has nothing
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In praise of the quiet and the small. We live in a world where over half of mankind live in cities. This is set to increase to 70% by 2050. It seems fewer of us nowadays know what it is like to live in small, quiet communities. Recently my wife and I spent some weeks
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It was all so unexpected. I called Peter in early October last year to see if he wanted to go for a walk and coffee. After some small talk he said in an almost matter-of-fact way that he was speaking from a hospital bed. He had been given a devastating cancer diagnosis and was urgently
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A 470km adventure through Swedish Arctic wilderness For some years now I have been dreaming about exploring the wild, remote expanse of the far north of Sweden. I came to hear of ‘Kunglseden’ – a famous trail in the region. Translated as ‘The King’s Trail’ it has grown and become established over the past 100
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