Re-Evaluations

Today (Thursday) I came across a valuable lesson of God in appreciating things from a different perspective – through re-evaluations. My dear friend Steve Wood is a Liverpool fan. You will be aware that I too support Liverpool, but this brother really does worship Liverpool Football Club. I am but an amateur in comparison to […]

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Take A Load Off

One of the ways that helps in enjoying life and making the most of it is in taking a load off. Whether that’s through sport, a trip to the hairdressers or even shopping it’s good to have an outlet to release the tension that often builds through the day. When these only provide escapism without […]

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That’s A Wrap

So today was a packed, packed, packed day. Community Cohesion Day featuring pupils from Mitchell High School. Engaging with them at a lunch held at NORSACA where I got to appreciate a lot more what it was to be organised and what it is not to be organised. Then off to a partnership meeting with […]

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Cheering You On

When whatever could go wrong has gone wrong; the pressures of the future and baggage from the past are a heavy burden; this is where cheerleaders come in handy. No, not necessarily a group of teenagers with pom-poms doing the splits then creating human pyramids, but someone who comes alongside you, giving you the space […]

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Time, Team and Trust

Good. Those 24 hours were necessary to get a better grip on what I was going to rant on yesterday. I love football. I’m not ashamed to say that. It has been a glorious expression of many of the better qualities of life to me and has not been so much of an escape as […]

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So Much To Type

I don’t know what it is about today but there has been so much to type about that I’ve been putting down words and words and words and so the task is to now try and edit down. First of all a bit of an insight into how today’s LJN came together. Today’s LJN is […]

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Heart-Warming Journey Companions

Sometimes you can be reading the instructions wrong. So it was actually the second left onto the A412 and now you have to find the route back all over again. There’s something about someone coming alongside you and gently but firmly giving guidance not just in an informational way but something that stirs the entire […]

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