Remind me to tell you of the remarkable story of my wife, her son and my surname. Fascinating stuff, and it’s a true story too. In the meantime all you need to know is that my beloved wife has an equally precious and highly valued son. Indeed to date he is the only son from […]
Read More Appreciating Family In Ever Changing TimesThe mistake I made was going to the service thinking I could just slip in, sit and take in the God-stuff and slip out again without anything major happening. It’s not a mistake I make often, but it is a mistake I made that day. The preacher was passionately declaring what God had put on […]
Read More He Won’t Leave Me AloneWhat an abused word ‘love’ is. We apply to talk about cars, clothes, pets, food (chocolate is excepted, it’s good to love chocolate), people we’ve hardly ever seen and of course for the mother-in-law (blame Les Dawson for that one). That is why of the defining attributes of God it is reassuring to know that […]
Read More DMCD Songs: I Want To Love You – John P, KeeAn ‘open letter’ to my Dad. Dear Dad: Hope you and Mum are well in your crib there in Jamaica. On this yet another birthday that God has spared your life to see, I just want to thank God for all His blessings in allowing you to stay in the land of the living so […]
Read More For My DadI just cannot tell you how often being a parent, I feel like I’m parenting myself! I see my attitudes towards my parents in the way my children behave. Though it’s a completely different context and they are genuinely very different people to me (for starters I was never the daughter!) it is amazing how […]
Read More Child Of God, You Will LearnLife in Christ is never dull or boring. Those who find it boring are … boring. I know what I’m talking about. When I look back on the times I’ve been bored there is a direct connection with the lack of interest in godly things and Jesus Himself. I cannot be bored when I think […]
Read More Change of DirectionOver the next few entries, I’ll be sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from a walk I’ve been on with a friend. 1. Walking the journey with Christ with others. Of course I have my responsibility to look at and I won’t be able to blame anyone else if I don’t do what I’m called to […]
Read More Lessons Learnt On A Walk – Part OneEarlier this month I wrote about getting back in the book-reading groove with a bang and I’ve finally finished one of the seven/eight books I started. First a little bit of context. I did not know about Michael English until the turn of the century. While doing some work in Nottingham, a friend had some […]
Read More DMCD Book Review – The Prodigal Comes Home by Michael EnglishThe writer of Hebrews in some verse referred to being surrounded by a cloud of witnesses. His point was about the heroes of faith who had been the platform for those now in Christ to keep pursuing life in Him with all their might. I’ve not really seen myself as someone with a lot of […]
Read More Thanks For Brothers and SistersI think some people are called to be misfits. Reading about some of the characters in the Bible and their popularity with the status quo (or lack of), and their ability to bring grief to the authorities of the day, the role of a misfit seems somewhat inevitable. It is sad, however, when people feel […]
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