This month really appears to have been one rooted in prayer. So even though for COG as a whole it’s been themed on young people, personally it’s been more of a journey in the importance of prayer. This is reflected in the prayer day we had at the YMCA as well as the overall time […]
Read More More Monthly Personal ReflectionsAs it’s so close to the time I still remember the events leading up to the birth of my second child and Authrine’s third child. As with Deborah the second birth did not arrive on time. The circumstances were different in the sense that the tension, drama and trauma around the first were not so […]
Read More Abi BirthdayIt’s approaching 21:00 as I start typing this entry. I’m at home watching the friendly England vs. USA and it’s not a great match, but then you gotta say what is expected from an end of season game with the majority of the 11 from the Chelsea and Manchester United side that played in the […]
Read More Return of Family FortunesAs we approach the end of the month, so I approach the end of the Daily Thoughts series at work on prayer. Just like the Word itself, coming to the end of something like this only highlights how much more could be said on the subject. It’s fascinating even approaching the subject in the way […]
Read More Pray BelievingIt’s 22:52 as I start writing this, and I’ve just seen Manchester United lift the UEFA Champions League. They have now won the top trophy in Europe for the third time. I am a Liverpool fan which makes the club on the Red side of Manchester my most bitter enemies. Yet I sit here and […]
Read More Football Prizes and Following ChristFollowing the trend without necessarily getting into a habit of using these as extended thoughts on the ones that I send out, here’s something that forms part of Jesus’ guide to prayer. Give us this day our daily bread – Matt 6:11 This can appear a rather odd part of the prayer. You woke up […]
Read More Prayer: Daily DependenceNow I’ve said I’m not going to use Daily Thoughts as my kop out for blog entries and in a sense I’m not. What I am doing is offering a place to put down some extended thoughts on the initial daily thought that I release. Not a regular thing, but just a place for people […]
Read More Prayer: Nothing To HideUsually I type out the blog entry as a word document, then paste it on, but on this occasion I’m striking while the iron’s hot, i.e. while I’m on here and have something to blog that won’t take too long. Following the last entry in which I stated it would be easy to just put […]
Read More Easy Blogging vs. Disciplined BloggingOK so far in the year it’s not going quite as planned on the blogging front. I’m evidently spending time elsewhere doing other worthwhile stuff and the regularity I wanted to get in terms of entries hasn’t quite hit what I wanted it to. I’m not beating myself over it. I realise there’s a very […]
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