There is a danger in expecting the miraculous every time. Likewise in believing the mundane is all there is. Getting to Bletchley was a miracle. Some days in Bletchley appeared routine and mundane. Yet again however God proved to be just as present and important in both. The ongoing life of faith is one about […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: The Miraculous and Mundane Are ImportantFor starters, don’t get me wrong. (A brilliant phrase, I love it.) When things don’t turn out as I planned, when serious problems arise and when the pressure hits I have been known to duck for cover, cry like a wailing baby or just completely zone out. So what I’m saying is not a pie […]
Read More How To Smile When Things Go Wrong(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) I don’t remember walking that much when I was living in Manchester briefly, and the last few years of life in Stoke-on-Trent had infrequent walking episodes. For the first half of the time in Bletchley, walking was hardly in the picture. In latter times however, there has […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: It’s Good To WalkIn the last entry I shared a mock open letter from me to God on why I don’t pray. In it you’ll note there are some ‘lighter’ moments, and some more serious things that are said. I would like to tell you that I didn’t mean any of that. To be brutally honest, however, if […]
Read More Why Prayer Is Essential – An Open Letter To YouDear God: Thank you for allowing me the chance to write this letter. I was thinking about actually praying to you, but as you’ll see if I did that it would defeat the whole point of this letter, so I thought this would be more appropriate. And not a prayer. I would like to inform […]
Read More Why I Don’t Pray – An Open Letter To GodIn my brief time on planet earth there have been various ways I have come across to describe this thing called life. There are pretty metaphors used that can help make sense of it. It doesn’t explain everything, but it certainly helps with some areas of it. One of the helpful metaphors I’ve come across […]
Read More Check The ScriptIt came to me when I woke up this morning. First of all it was the tune. There have been quite a few versions of the song, but the one that was fresh in my mind because it was the one that I had listened to most often was the one by Michael McDonald and […]
Read More Stop, Look and Listen To God’s HeartEvery day I am in a place to realise there is so much more to learn about love. Sure, love is about giving, yet the whole thing about it is what to give and how to give it. When it comes to long term relationships, I cannot afford to rest on what was done in […]
Read More Living to Love and Learning to LoveIt is rather intriguing how narrow my worldview can be. I have a tendency to be fairly insular and have in the past considered myself a bit of an introvert. My recollection of childhood is one where I was familiar with the floors of many places, because I didn’t really have the confidence to look […]
Read More Embracing God’s Gifts In All Its GuisesPermit me a football reference just at the beginning of this entry. Thank you. Rafa Benitez was appointed the new manager of Chelsea on Wednesday (if like me, you enjoy football, you can read more about it here). He had a press conference yesterday. I find press conferences fascinating. It is not an interview. A […]
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