I got another lesson in the importance of understanding through helping me daughter with her schoolwork. She’s a bright girl is me daughter (note I’m not being specific for reasons that shall emerge in the fullness of time). She’s switched on and is alert and attentive to what’s going on and can grasp concepts very […]
Read More The Importance of UnderstandingI realise as I type this that there is a very real risk that I’ll come across like a pompous buffoon who has something against ‘practical’ people. Yet I write as I’m given utterance and we’ll take it from there. Today’s entry is inspired by a conversation I had with one of the learners in […]
Read More The Cosy Relationship of Theory and PracticeA brief part of the autobiography reveals the following. From 1996-1999 I attended Essex University and after that I lived in London for six months. In a move that would startle and surprise some (like my Mum and Dad) whilst having everything seemingly go my way, I packed up everything and moved to the middle […]
Read More Learning From Your Mistakes – Ten Years OnI came across this picture today and I was so taken with how aptly it depicts seasons in life. Linking to what I was talking about yesterday in terms of the anxiety attacks, it’s pictures like this that should stimulate us to not waste any time at all, for as it passes so it can […]
Read More Time Passes – It Is InevitableI was sat in one of the WORST CONFERENCE SETTINGS OF ALL TIME. Now when you’re stuck in one of those there is not that much room to move. You must endure … until the very end … until the very bitter end. What helped to endure was to take mental notes of how note […]
Read More Life: It Doesn’t Get Easier – It Does Get More JoyfulJesus lovers. That’s what we are. We love Him. We love Him because He first loved us and has now given us power to really love that we didn’t know was possible, but He’s made it possible. Through this love He allows us to see who God is, who we are and who we can […]
Read More What To Learn From The Old TestamentI did a degree Philosophy & Politics for three years at Essex University. Before that I did a two year course at A-Level in Theology (as well as English and also Government and Politics). Before that I did a GCSE option in Religious Studies. Throughout this time moral issues and their practical and political implications […]
Read More Briefly Entering And Exiting An Aspect Of The Abortion DebateA small tale of patience. I work in a place designed to help young people between 16 and 18 into an apprenticeship. From the time they join the programme they have two to three months to find an apprenticeship with our help. Those who are keen and job ready, however, will more or less get […]
Read More All Good Things Come To Those Who …HT: The Meta Picture Here’s something that’s always struck me as a bit bizarre. Why is death such a taboo subject? don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying we glamorise it and turn it into a celebrity issue. (Though we’ve probably done that already when you consider the deaths of celebrities.) I am saying that […]
Read More Death: It’s InevitableResting in the grace of Jesus is one of the most reassuring things you can do. Genuinely resting. That is also one of the main things to do, funnily enough whilst serving. Giving to people of your physical, emotional and general relational well being can be hugely exhausting. You don’t want to cast pearls before […]
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