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Hearing Voices While Writing ‘Reflections’
Dear all, A few months ago, I asked the Lord to help me understand what exactly it is that people experience when they say they are hearing voices. This is because I felt I had never had this experience. I hear God talking to me on a daily basis, but this is an experience in Continue reading
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Thoughts on Meaning
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2) For a long time, the thought that my books and other writing could truly help people has been a source of comfort and motivation in my life. However, this morning I experienced some thoughts that made me view my written work in rather Continue reading
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Lord of Turnarounds
The first book I wrote, The Philosophy of a Mad Man, was in two parts: ‘My Journey’ and ‘My Philosophy’. The journey section of the book was autobiographical, recalling my spiritual journey, which at the time of writing had taken me from an obsession with meditation and enlightenment to a journey through the mental health Continue reading
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Does Blogging Have a Future?
Is blogging still relevant in 2022? I have been blogging regularly since 2012 and have noticed a lot of changes since then. I realise I wasn’t especially early to the party, and some people have been blogging a fair while longer, but the recent tendency has been for content creators to move towards video as Continue reading
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What Motivates You to Write?
I was recently pondering the question: Why do I write? I really wanted to understand my motivations and check that they were good. I realised I am motivated by a few different things. Above all, I love helping people to draw closer to God, because being in relationship with God is the greatest blessing there Continue reading
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Writing, though lost for words
Hi, friends! It’s been quite a few days since I last posted and I felt it would be good to share what’s been happening and what’s on my mind. In all honesty, I’m not sure what to write and I had to push myself to ‘put pen to paper’, so apologies if this article isn’t Continue reading
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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in 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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