JenniePollock.com: On Life

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The Gift of Lament

May 11th, 2016

In their book about raising two autistic children, Andrew and Rachel Wilson talk a bit about ...
On Faith, On Life, ThinkTheology
Surprisingly good reads

May 3rd, 2016

I have to admit, they didn't sound promising as holiday reads, a book about dementia and ...
Books, On Life, Reviews
The scandal that rocked…nobody at all

April 11th, 2016

It should have been a great scoop for The Telegraph. 'Archbishop Illegitimate: Welby conceived in drunken ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, On Life, Things that matter
Fight Poverty with Porridge

March 22nd, 2016

A few weeks ago I was invited out to breakfast by someone I'd never heard of. ...
On Life
On Not Turning Away

March 14th, 2016

Confession: I listen to The Archers. For those not familiar with it, The Archers is a radio ...
LICC, On Life, Things that matter
Review: I Am Malala

January 21st, 2016

What an outstanding start to my year's reading! I Am Malala is a beautifully paced, perfectly pitched telling ...
Books, On Life, Reviews
“Famous person is human – Shock”

December 21st, 2015

Last Monday the Daily Mail ran a 'news' story showing the Duchess of Cambridge looking weary as ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, On Life, Personhood, ThinkTheology
Last Giveaway of the Year

December 7th, 2015

One of my most popular blog posts this year was this one, about the little prayer ...
ChristChurch London, On Faith, On Life, Some Beans
As we forgive those…?

December 2nd, 2015

This is a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago in response to a media ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, ThinkTheology
The Jar of Experiences (or ‘This year I may or may not become a spy’)

November 19th, 2015

I love birthdays! I'm not very good at parties, though. I worry about how I'll keep ...
Books, On Life, Some Beans
The Creation of Possibilities

November 4th, 2015

This sign always makes me think of Andy Crouch. In his book Culture Making Andy talks about ...
Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Things that make you go 'Hmmm...'
Two winners, and an ode to green teacups

October 7th, 2015

Congratulations to Alan Taylor and Caroline Butcher - winners of Finding Myself in Britain, by Amy ...
Books, On Life, Some Beans
When Strangers Become Friends

October 1st, 2015

I first met Amy at the launch of my friend Chine Mbubaegbu's book Am I Beautiful? "Hi," I ...
Books, Editing, On Faith, On Life, Reviews
I’ve cracked it! (Kind of)

August 21st, 2015

If there were championships for mind-wandering, my brain would win gold every time. I remember one ...
ChristChurch London, On Faith, Portfolio, Some Beans, Things that matter
Show Up

April 21st, 2015

Decisions are made, so it is said, by those who show up. There are just a couple ...
On Life, Things that matter
Sickening logic

March 27th, 2015

I've just read a news report of a sickening crime: Days ago, Lane committed a horrific ...
In the News, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
Making it Count

March 13th, 2015

I have recently started doing some work for Cinnamon Network, a collaboration of people passionate about ...
Cinnamon Network, On Faith, On Life, ThinkTheology
Review: Celebration of Discipline

March 2nd, 2015

I love books I have to read with a pencil in my hand. Well, that's not ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews, Things that matter
…and the winners are…

February 23rd, 2015

...Gary, Lynette and Rebecca! Congratulations to all of you, winners of a journal and pen in my ...
On Life, Some Beans
Truth, Lies and Dancing

January 21st, 2015

I'd forgotten I was going to the theatre last night. At 7pm I was just getting ...
Arts, On Life
What’s the point of…freedom?

January 12th, 2015

In August last year, I visited the Tower of London, where scores of volunteers were 'planting' ...
Between the Lines, In the News, On Culture, On Life, Things that matter
Caring, Sharing and Bearing

December 31st, 2014

Facebook is for complaining. Twitter is for bragging. Instagram is for envying. So tweeted James Duke on ...
On Culture, On Life
“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it”

October 27th, 2014

The question of who or what is the cause of poverty and deprivation in the West is ...
On Culture, On Life, Things that matter
My First Radio Interview

October 22nd, 2014

So you know that crazy life I was telling you about, where suddenly I'm a speaker ...
Evangelical Alliance, In the News, On Culture, On Life, Speaking
Killed with kindness?

September 23rd, 2014

The sci-fi dream of super-intelligent robots is coming closer every day. According to a report in The ...
Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Things that matter
Quick Change Act

September 2nd, 2014

Social media has transformed my life. Starting with an online social network at my church, then ...
On Culture, On Life
Inside and out

August 22nd, 2014

I'm writing this in the foyer of a hotel in Marrakech (get me!). The plush chairs ...
On Culture, On Life
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do…

July 1st, 2014

It’s hard not to feel for Paul Lamb, paralysed in a car crash, who yesterday lost a ...
In the News, On Life, Things that matter
Review: ‘Belle’ – Not your average ‘frock flick’

June 21st, 2014

Last night, I didn't fly to New York. Virgin Atlantic had been running a competition to celebrate ...
Movies, On Life, Reviews, Things that matter
A Time to Die

June 9th, 2014

D-Day landings, 800 children in an unmarked grave, and a new euthanasia law in Canada. Three news stories in the last week which reveal our conflicting attitudes to death and the value of life.
In the News, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter

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