There are times when you reflect on relationships and see that things changed and not for the better. It’s easier to remember those who did you wrong. Is it as easy to recall when you were the perpetrator? Those quiet moments when you reflect reveal so much. Yeah, maybe … no not maybe … definitely. […]
Read More When You Mess It UpIt is true. It’s not that everything that was going on was wrong. There may very well be some good in what is being done. The life of following Jesus, however, does include a degree of challenging everything. Everything. You think it’s a given that being married is a good thing. You see your upbringing […]
Read More Everything Changes From Where You AreIt’s a cosy room. Not cramped. Not small. Cosy. There’s a settee and two armchairs. Set like a square. There’s a coffee table in the middle. Typically Charlie and Joan take the armchairs and can still occasionally share loving touches. Henry and Anna are happy to take the settee and sit close to each other. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The LoungeJohn didn’t want to say anything. He was just getting on with his work from day to day. He kept his head down and just endeavoured to bury himself in the activities that needed completing. But no. He just couldn’t. This was because of Lisa. Lisa was sat in the booth behind him and every […]
Read More Yeah, But What Will You Do?She was taking on a lot. It was something I had got accustomed to. It was clear that she was the sort to look out for others and not really take the care for herself. In the brief conversations we had, I could see that there was someone who used work and busyness to cover […]
Read More I Am Not The GuyThey did lovely cakes at the bring and buy sale for charity. Sally prepared them and they were adored by so many in the community when they came along. In fact they were known as the sally-cakes. Sally laboured over those every year and they were a delight that the group really appreciated. It got […]
Read More Cakes, Games and Your StrengthsThey should have taken the hint from the childbirth. To say it was tricky would be the understatement of the year. How Kelly was able to make it through the hours of hard labour was a wonder to her husband Frank. The doctors said it would be difficult and at one point they weren’t even […]
Read More After All That TroubleI don’t talk that much, really. Those around me talk often. They talk a lot, actually. It’s only the headphones that gives me a degree of security from the incessant talking. I don’t mind though, because that evidently works for them as it works for me to just have my headphones on and get on […]
Read More Contribution to the ConversationPointing fingers at the failing of others is a good pastime to partake in if you don’t want to spend time considering your areas for improvement. I’ve noticed with some of the people that I admire that they don’t really have that much time, energy or inclination towards the finger pointing exercise. They are not […]
Read More Path To BlamelessnessDid they get the right idea of what the offer is? Have you ever subscibed to something or became a member of something because of a really attractive offer and then when the novelty wore off, you almost forgot about it completely until something would pop up to remind you of what you signed up […]
Read More Being A Member – Did You Get The Right Idea?
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