The prayers of Paul This is a new series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in one of the orders he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. I started this …
Continue reading Prayer without ceasing—1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
The King’s judgements The children got what Jesus was about before the adults. What have they got that adults have not? Some say that they have a simplicity that adults have lost. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes …
Continue reading Out of the mouths of infants — Matthew 21:14–17
Can God use autistic people I know that I have upset people, which makes me sorry and sad, because I never set out to upset people. Two weeks ago I had a massive meltdown. Six days on I was still suffering from the physical repercussions of that. Let me explain what I mean by meltdown: …
Continue reading I am amazed that Christ can work through me
Yes, I know it says kids with autism and most autistic people prefer to say autistic kids, but it is a quote. I know it's wrong. This will be old news when this blog is published, one week old in fact. Last Wednesday, 13th October 2021, as reported in Stat, statnews.com. There are things in …
Medway Maritime Hospital was listed as one of 15 healthcare providers which will act as a “research site” for the controversial DNA project, but a Freedom of Information request submitt… Source: Spectrum 10K: Autism study ‘did not open’ at NHS hospital, despite researchers saying it did – Liam O'Dell
I need to find some time to pause and reflect and prayerfully discern what and where my energies need to go. This blog has become something I never guessed it would be, and it is a little fractured. It is split between posts about autism and posts about Christianity. The image above shows something that …
How not to lose those who came to virtual services How do we hold on to those who came to our virtual services? The bad news is we can't do it. Some came because their church did not have any online services and when churches open again they will go back. Then there is another …
Is it a good idea? The National Autistic Society (NAS), the self styled UK's leading charity for people on the autism spectrum and their families, has announced a study called Spectrum 10k, launched by a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge, including the Autism Research Centre, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University …
This is a story of those spiky skill sets that autistic people have. I have already written about there being both more people with both dyslexia and hyperlexia with autism than is found in the general neuro-typical population. Here is another one. Today I drank a coffee again and fell asleep. I keep doing this …
This has not been a good week for energy. Two days of doing nothing has been my reward for being busy. Even in my usual routine I get tired. It goes like this: A physical disability causes pain, anything involving walking or standing on crutches gives pain and pain makes me tired.I have type two …
Making an ass of myself 