Faithfulness is a relational quality that is the hallmark of all that is right and noble in engaging with others. Even if it is a case sticking to someone who is abusing because of the quality of the individual there is something to be sadly admired. Faithfulness is not just reserved to marriages it is […]
Read More Being FaithfulLately I’ve been reflecting quite a bit on the beginning. The beginning of a lot of things. The beginning of my faith walk. The beginning of my time in Stoke-on-Trent. The beginning of my relationship with the woman who would be my wife. The beginning of my marriage. The beginning of the end of my […]
Read More Sabbath SolaceFor quite a while I’ve been surrounding by the gung-ho go get-them mentality. Key themes of this thinking include: “Try it and see how it goes” and “Go forward and do something for crying out loud.” Now the mentality like that is impressive because it shows dashing, dare and a sense of grabbing the initiative […]
Read More How Do We Get There?For some reason when I thought of the title for today’s blog I was thinking about a fruit juice that I think was called the same name because it had five different fruits that contributed to the juice. I’m not sure if it’s still around or if it’s been taken off the market. It would […]
Read More Five AliveI am a sinner. When AA was set up and started encouraging its members to introduce themselves by acknowledging the particular addiction from which they suffered, they were following a confessional tradition that has spanned the ages. I’m not arrogant enough to believe that Christians started it and initiated it and have a patent on […]
Read More When God Says Lets ReasonI read and hear people often talk about heaven and what it would like to be in heaven and how they would like to experience heaven on earth. I’ve found these musings intriguing from a background that always left heaven for where God is and where we’ll never go as I’ve read me bible. In […]
Read More ForetasteI looked at the jacket. It had been worn for years, it was fraying on the shoulder and there were holes apparent everywhere on it. It was just about wearable but it was obviously on its last legs. If it were an animal it would be mercifully put down. There was an evident need for […]
Read More A Jacket – A ProphecyIt’s another Sabbath evening. These are precious, precious times. Times to physically, mentally and spiritually unwind. The rest offered on this day is one in which I am refreshed in the presence of God. It’s as though as I relax further I’m able to give him all the week’s stuff and He in return gives […]
Read More Prayer – Taking A Load OffI’m quite clear that not all the blog entries on this blog are great. Maybe not even good. Perhaps there are one or two that would be considered sub-standard, not really all that interesting or missing something somewhere. What keeps me blogging though is the discipline of getting the thing done from my head and/or […]
Read More Frustration and MelancholyPart two of Playing Out Of Position will be published tomorrow. In the meantime I just wanted to share this from something I read today. This article made me laugh. A legitimate report on the BBC with the National Secular Society are complaining that staff in faith schools have to support the faith of the […]
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