Rachel Allord

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  • To love a child

    If you could relive a single day what would it be? Today, a week after my son’s wedding, I’d chose a magnificently ordinary day: He would be 5 or 6, young enough to still call me Mama. Old enough to ride bikes to the Library. Past Jefferson School. Past the Brunner’s house. To the downtown…

    rachelallord

    August 27, 2022
    kids, parenthood
    children grow up, letting go, mother of the groom, son is getting married
  • What to Kill

    It’s not often that the word kill moves us to buy something. Except when it comes to weeds. We want our weeds gone, not wounded, not rendered sickly, but dead. So much so that we may be tempted to reach for a bottle that boasts the promise killer. Even if a pair of gardening gloves…

    rachelallord

    June 17, 2022
    Uncategorized
    gardens, killing weeds
  • Bins and Basements

    Yesterday I met with my prayer squad: three British friends, me, and Jackie, a fellow American and native Wisconsinite. Somehow, Jackie and I got to talking about how moving to London forced us to sort and purge possessions and decide what should be stored in bins in our respective parents’ basements. “Different kind of bin,”…

    rachelallord

    March 9, 2022
    Uncategorized
    American in London, Differences between UK and US, U.S. v UK
  • It’s Christmas Day and my tree is dead

    Sometimes Christmas doesn’t go as planned. Scratch that. Christmas never goes as planned. Not entirely, anyway. Our Christmas tree has been put out to pasture which, in this case, is our back garden. Undecorating it the day after Christmas – Boxing Day – was a bit gloomy but the poor thing had been refusing water…

    rachelallord

    December 26, 2021
    Christmas, Uncategorized
    Christmas, Christmas trees, dead Christmas trees, life eternal
  • Open Kitchens

    My kitchen is the opposite of ‘open concept’. With one door leading to our back garden and another that properly closes to the rest of the house, you could say my wonky kitchen boasts a closed concept design. Once inside with the door shut, no one can see what you’re up to. If you mistake…

    rachelallord

    August 28, 2021
    Uncategorized
    accountability, authentic living, fellowship with believers, London kitchens, open concept kitchens, the Church
  • Fighting Foxes

    There are foxes in London. Shortly after we moved here, when I first glimpsed one slinking down the street, I actually cooed, like we all do over a puppy. I know, I know… All of my London friends are shaking their heads at this silly Yankee but in my defense, although plenty of deer visited…

    rachelallord

    March 26, 2021
    Bible, living overseas, Uncategorized
    fighting sin, foxes, foxes in the vineyard, London foxes, sin, Song of Solomon, urban foxes
  • Buried Truth

    What is truth? Such is the question Pilate, governor of Judaea, posed to Jesus, the very person who shockingly claimed, ‘I am the Truth’. History is full of sages who have grappled with the notion of truth:  Socrates: Lies are the greatest murderer. They kill the truth. Buddha: Three things can not be long hidden:…

    rachelallord

    November 25, 2020
    Uncategorized
    2020, Jesus is the truth, political truth, truth
  • Mission Impossible

    ( originally published https://blogs.efca.org/posts/mission-impossible EFCA) I am not moving to London. At least that’s what I told God from our rented room on the top story of The Forester Pub in west London. It was the third night of our family’s vision trip, the culmination of months of praying, counsel-seeking, investigating and eventually applying and…

    rachelallord

    November 12, 2020
    Uncategorized
    London
  • Training the Thumb

    If I’m honest, summer 2020 lockdown included too much scrolling. Too often I reached for my phone and scrolled and scrolled and scrolled, past pandemic statistics, protests, half-true statements, videos without context, videos with too much context, riots, memes, and flash sales. Like a leashed dog wheezing next to her master on a motorbike, my…

    rachelallord

    September 13, 2020
    Uncategorized
  • Love mercy, even though it’s not fair

    Last week we examined how God’s people are to act justly. Now we turn our attention to the follow-up command of Micah 6:8: Love mercy. mercy /ˈməːsi/ noun compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm. What’s not to love? Yet from a human perspective, mercy is…

    rachelallord

    July 9, 2020
    Uncategorized
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