About Joannah Saxton
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You can’t be what you can’t see…part 1
What do you see when you look at these images?Maybe you see the answer to your political prayers. Or maybe you see the reason for them. You might see a cause, an achievement, a movie? Perhaps you see clothing and skin tones, gender and status. Or perhaps like me you see women like these and [...]
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Reason to BeThankful
Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it “Ebenezer” (Rock of Help), saying, “This marks the place where God helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12 MSG A few years ago,we gathered in the desert at night with some dear friends. These were relationships forged through years of shared experiences [...]
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Halloween: Trick, Treat or Missional?
Its that time of year again…. In the UK back in the day, Halloween was a lot more black and white. Quite literally. Where I lived, trick or treating seemed more spiteful and mean spirited than it was fun. I wasn’t opening any doors to any random strangers thank you very much, nor was [...]
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Are you successful?
Are you successful? It was an ordinary day on Facebook when this picture appeared in my feed and grabbed my attention. Amid the regular rhythms (school run, work, cooking dinner) and the irregular rhythms (Pinterest, new outfit) of my day, this image won’t stop flashing through my mind. If the response to my posting the [...]
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Learning how to Learn part 2
My cycling apprenticeship involves 3 disciplers. First there’s my too-cool- for-preschool girlie. She’s learning too, and she is totally committed. She’s determined, refuses to be underestimated. So even though she wipes out in the dust and cries twice, it doesn’t steal her enjoyment or her goal. She rides with a broad smile and a giggly [...]
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Learning How to Learn part 1
Last week I bought my first very own bicycle. It’s a white beach cruiser, complete with matching white basket. I’d dreamt of early morning rides along the beach bike path, stopping off for breakfast at Scotty’s in Hermosa or somewhere. Or riding to a local farmer’s market and filling by basket with fresh, local produce. There’s [...]
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Seven
It was the 22nd June 2004 when we arrived in the “concrete jungle where dreams are made” ready for a new missionary adventure. After plans and prayers, dreams and details we’d finally made it to the USA. Standing in Times Square I looked up at the huge billboards with nervous excitement wondering what the future [...]
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The Father’s Song
Father’s Day has always been a reflective time for me over the years, a wondering what might have been, thoughts of gratitude for fathering moment from far flung sources, and a smile for the One who has always been. Bittersweet. This Father’s day was much more sweet than bitter. The worship leader sang The Father’s [...]
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And so Lent begins…
Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights. That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: “Since you are [...]
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Lessons From Adversity
I recently listened to great podcast where Brad Lomenick from Catalyst interviewed Malcolm Gladwell. Lomenick asked Gladwell if he would add any new observations on success to those he captured in his fantastic book Outliers. Gladwell said that upon reflection, he wished he’d given more time and attention to the role adversity plays in shaping successful people. [...]
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