Who Is Jim McCrory?
Jim McCrory is a writer holding an MA in Creative Writing with distinction. His work focuses on reflective personal essays exploring Christianity, the existential, Christian apologetics, and the positive dimensions of being human.
He blogs on The Open University and is currently working on a book titled Under the Stars: On Being Human.
A non-denominational Christian, Jim enjoys reading, hill walking, and meaningful human connection. Before being diagnosed with cancer in 2023, he volunteered with Age UK. He also studied English Literature at BA level.
We lives on Scotland's west coast where he discibes the the "colours of the landscape keep him young. "
Jim taught public speaking for many years and often shares one piece of advice above all others:
“Speak slowly, then people will see you have something important to say.
One of his favourate Bible accounts is found in 1 Kings 19 where Elijah waits for God on Mount Horeb. First comes a great wind, then an earthquake, then fire. But Scripture says God was not in them. But he finally comes what many translations call a “still small voice.”
Yet the Hebrew phrase means something closer to:
A sound of thin silence.
Not a loud revelation.
Almost silence itself.