I recall an occasion where God expressed His grace to me in the most emotionally and mentally outrageous way possible. The sector that I work in is training, primarily training in the Welfare to Work area. So the role I play is being a tutor/facilitator for people who have been out of work for over […]
Read More Grace Expressions: The Class ExperienceBetween 2006 and 2009 I was relatively active in aspects of community life in areas of Stoke-on-Trent. The church fellowship to which I played a role in various aspects of community life whether supporting city-wide carnivals, running community centres, supporting community initiatives, running training sessions for the disadvantaged, assisting with luncheon clubs for the elderly, […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is – Darkness and LightThis is the third and final part of a small series looking at lessons I’ve learnt from being on both sides of the door-to-door experience. The first part looked at my responses to being the recipient of the service. The second part looked at what I was like when I did door-to-door work for Jesus […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part ThreeIn the last entry I introduced this brief series with some door to door experiences I’ve had recently. As I mentioned, those experiences reminded me of my own brief foray into door to door life. Back at the end of the 20th Century I had got meself heavily involved in church work on a voluntary […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part TwoOK if you read the title and thought this post was going to be about my exploits in the world of poses and huge biceps, triceps and the like then you might as well stop reading now. That is not the sort of Body Building I have in mind. (Sorry to disappoint you … I […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part OneI thank God for peacemakers and I think they take on shapes, forms and professions. I was thinking about the point of doctors and nurses (representing the entirety of the medical profession). I think it’s a natural off-shoot of placing business concerns on the medical profession that the ethos of professions like being a doctor […]
Read More Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Doctors and NursesIt Started At A Wedding (Not My Own, Obviously) I don’t get invited to weddings often, and of late I’ve loathed being that much in crowds. Yet a dear friend of the family was getting married and invited my wife and I to his wedding. So we made an appearance at the ceremony and even […]
Read More Getting StuckIt’s good news right. We – created by God and rebelled against God have now been brought back to God by the ministry of Jesus Christ culminating in His death and amazing resurrection. This brings peace between God and us. This brings inner peace. Then it gives a peace between members of the family of […]
Read More Peace … with others (not yet in the Family)One of the things I’m delighted about concerning God is that this script that’s being played out and His plan is not plan B. I’m glad that this isn’t a contingency measure. I’m glad that it was part of the plan and there has been no deviation to the plan and whatever happens there will […]
Read More I Reckon We Can Be ReconciledI like to think of myself as a rather laid back kinda guy. Until very recently it would take a lot to get me riled up and all up in people’s faces in an antagonistic and aggressive manner. Overt violence is not my first port of call as a reaction to nuisances. Of very late […]
Read More I’m Just Doing My Job – And That Job Is To Love Sacrificially
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