Kristen is a writer, family doctor, and mother who loves all things creative. She writes a regular column for Christian Today as part of Press Service International, and has contributed to medical journals as a writer, reviewer and editorial team member. In 2019, Kristen was a joint recipient of the Basil Sellers Young Writers Award. She also runs two blogs (lostnowfoundk, lilyofthevalleysk), and enjoys making music, digital artwork and dresses.
We spend much of our life working – indoors, outdoors, home chores, office-work, paper-work. There is always work to do. Walking is work, words are work. What do we get for our work? The gardener sows a seed and eats its fruit, the salesman is paid for his sale, the doctor helps someone to live. … More Ecclesiastes P4: No Gain for Toil?
There are so many descriptions of Jesus in the Bible. He is a lion, a lamb, a redeemer, a champion in battle, a shepherd, King over all, our lover and our friend. This week, I just want to look briefly at two characteristics – Jesus our Lover, and Jesus our Friend. JESUS OUR LOVER … More My Lover, My Friend
“Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, For my heart rejoiced in all my labour; And this was my reward from all my labour. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labour in which I … More Ecclesiastes P3: Meaningless Pleasures?
God takes our unfulfilled desires and transforms them in His joy. He hears, He answers and He blesses beyond what we can imagine. Hannah was a woman who experienced disappointment and hurt, but saw God come through for her in an amazing way. She asked for a baby, and God gave her more. He opened … More H A N N A H
“For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” – [Ecclesiastes 1:18] Knowledge comes with both delight and sorrow. There is delight in understanding but also sorrow in realisation. Solomon, author of Ecclesiastes and one well known for being a man of wisdom, speaks also about the grief of wisdom. … More Ecclesiastes P2: Sorrow in Wisdom?
The word “ecclesiastes” translates as “gatherer, teacher, preacher”. It is a book of the Bible I seem to appreciate more as I grow older. Perhaps it is the reflective nature of the author, perhaps the fact that as I experience more of life, I experience more of what Ecclesiastes describes. In any case, I feel … More Ecclesiastes P1: Who will remember?
Shepherd to hero, fugitive to king, greatly loved but also greatly disciplined, at peace and at war; this was the life of King David. It always amazes me to look at David’s life, marvel at the stressors he must have experienced, and yet see the joy and hope he maintained in God. Alongside David, Paul … More Could it be joy?
Happy New Year all! In the last week, I’ve had Keith Green’s song “Create in Me a Clean Heart” playing in my head, singing its way out on trips to and fro work, and even as we have prepared for holiday events. The lyrics, taken almost word for word from [Psalm 51:10-12], go like this: … More Renew a Right Spirit
On starry night an angel’s voice Amidst the forlorn fields; “Don’t weep my children, now rejoice A Saviour soon shall rise.” For all the lost and broken ones, For widows and the lonely, For rich and poor, and weary ones His kindness for their worries. A lamb in nature, robed in light With armour mighty … More Ode to the Christ
Hands are amazing. They give, they receive, they create, they hurt, they heal, they bless, they comfort and they are ours. We are often reminded that we are “the hands and feet” of Christ, something taken from the passages that affirm us as the body of Christ, as His harvesters and as His workers. We … More Hand Out
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