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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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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Are We There Yet?

The family are on their way, as they get stuck in traffic Charlie asks again ‘are we there yet?’ Again the response is that they will be there soon. Sometimes we are impatient – are we loved yet, do we have enough money yet, is the spouse sorted yet, can I get over this annoying […]

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New Month – New Things

So January’s over and it has been an interesting way to start 2009. No doubt that the centre of attention was the community launch and dedication service for the new COG Training and Conference Centre. It’s taken up a lot of time and energy and now that it’s out of the way and over with […]

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Perceptions and Reality

Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)It’s always good to have certain conversations that highlight how people perceive you for […]

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What I Do When I Get A Break

It’s nearly 16:45 and I’m allowing myself a little break from activities. It is a manic week with people pulling in all kinds of crazy shifts in the hope of being ready for a big event taking place tomorrow. The local fellowship to which I belong has taken on a two unit warehouse and converted […]

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Make Yourself At Home

I read this article about the true nature of the Biblical church and I say a hearty amen to this picture of a community of house churches coming together. That of course would shatter quite a lot of edifices and structures that we have built around our current perception of church life. That’s cool with […]

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What Are We Like?

I had a good conversation with a dear friend today. Among other things she touched on the subject of our nature as people. I’m using that as a springboard for a couple of thoughts that have been jogging up and down my head for the last three years at least. What we think of ourselves […]

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