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Coming Up With a Name is Hard, Innit?

Hi all! Thank you for visiting my new blog! I’m super excited to start documenting this experience. I thought it would be a good idea to start by explaining the name of my blog. It took me a while to come up with the name, as I wanted to have something meaningful that fit me but also involved Liverpool. I started by looking up slang that people in Liverpool, or Scousers, use. I found “Come ‘ed.” “Come ‘ed” is slang for “come along,” and I thought that was perfect, because I would like you to come along on this journey with me.  The second part of the name “Come into this” comes from one of my favorite poems and poets. The poem, written by Anis Mojgani, is called Come Closer (watch here). I love this poem because of the incredible imagery that Mojgani uses. He talks about finding a way to walk through your fear and that we make our Lord happy. I think both of these statements are vital to remember in everyday life, but especially in church and mission work. The process of being sent on