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Feb 5, 2021

Writing the Perfect Book

In today’s post, I’d like to reflect briefly on the process of writing, editing, and publishing a book, and how difficult that process is — especially for authors who are inclined towards perfectionism. The athlete who is to participate in a world championship will have spent a great deal of time in training, and perhaps… Continue reading

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authors, book writing, Books, Christianity, editing, faith, God, language, Philosophy, publishing, religion, Self-Publishing, Theology
Jan 15, 2021

Re-imagining Everyday Language in Light of God’s Sovereignty

Last year, I began a blog series called Praise and Prose in which my aim was to do exactly what the title of this blog post expresses. It was an interesting exercise, and definitely worthwhile. I actually planned to publish more posts as part of that series than I did, potentially turning the series into… Continue reading

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divine sovereignty, etymology, faith, Free Will, God, hermeneutics, language, liguistic philosophy, Philosophy, Praise and Prose, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 9, 2020

When a person says, ‘I’m bored’, what do they really mean?

For many years now I have felt an aversion to ever describing myself as ‘bored’. For the purpose of helping myself to understand why this is, I decided to write this blog post looking in depth at what the phenomenon of boredom is. Continue reading

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boredom, civilisation, Counselling, faith, freedom, lockdown, Mental Health, Philosophy, relationships, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Apr 21, 2020

The Language of Silence

I believe that in our interactions with others, we often don’t value the power, and necessity, of silence. In my youth, and even in young adulthood, I was terrified of silence. Refusing to allow silence in my interactions with others meant that I would never have to face the contents of that silence — feelings… Continue reading

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analysis, Christianity, faith, healing, language, linguistic philosophy, Mental Health, Philosophy, prayer, psychotherapy, silence, Spirituality, Theology
Feb 28, 2020

Deep Thoughts About God (series outro)

Hello everyone! I have made a brief video summarising what I hoped to achieve in my Deep Thoughts About God video series, which is now complete. There are twenty videos in the series, and I hope you have had an opportunity to watch some or all of them, and that you have found the content… Continue reading

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blogs, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Philosophy, religion, series outro, Spirituality, Theology, video series
Feb 27, 2020

Jesus the Creator? (video)

Greetings and welcome to the final video in my Deep Thoughts About God series. In this video, I explore the Christian claim that Jesus played a role in the creation of the world, along with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. With reference to Scripture, and also through my own reflections, I explore whether… Continue reading

Reflections

Christianity, creation, faith, God, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m an author, musician and counsellor from the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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