On some occasions, I have mentioned that it must be at times really hard to live with me. This often gets a vigorous nodding of the head from my daughters and an exaggerated look of not knowing what on earth I could possibly be talking about from my wife. These aside, I have a decent […]
Read More December Thanks #10: GraceMy friend Ray introduced me to this better way of looking at the concept of hope. Previously the term was more like a wish you really wanted to happen. The sort of thing you crossed your fingers for, but held a degree of knowledge that it may not happen. It was a bit like optimism […]
Read More December Thanks #09: HopeGod looks out for me. 2016 has been a fascinating year for a number of reasons. Yet recently I have been able to briefly stop and be grateful for the fact that God looks out for me. The tag of laziness has long been one never to be placed on me. Of late, however, I […]
Read More December Thanks #08: RestKing Saul needed someone to deal with the torment that he felt within. Those around him saw that his troubled state needed soothing. The idea they came up with was to get a musician in on the job who could play a few tunes. They got the right guy and more often than not whenever […]
Read More December Thanks #07: MusicThere is much to be grateful for in regard to journey mercies. Things that could have gone wrong that didn’t, things that could have been good and turned out great. It’s something I appreciate especially as I am still on the journey. When I think about peace, however, I think not just about the journey, […]
Read More December Thanks #06: DestinationThe very thought of living without words is weird to me. That which I visualise and capture aurally I only know to express through the method of words. Spoken and written, read and heard, rich though the textures of life are beyond words, there is something powerful about the exercising of words. I was sitting […]
Read More December Thanks #05: WordsIt occurred to me again recently that there’s an order to things where I am concerned. I am a writer because I am a reader. If I didn’t read I wouldn’t be as curious and desirous to express myself in writing. In a similar way, I am only ever much of a teacher because I […]
Read More December Thanks #04: LearningEverybody needs somebody. Twenty years ago I was a student at Essex University. It was the first time I lived away from home. I was far from my family and there was no one I knew in the area. Everything was new. It was all weird for me. I had no idea what to do. […]
Read More December Thanks #03: FriendsRescue There’s a relatively popular old gospel singer called Shirley Caesar. Among her many appearances I recall her cameo vocal on a John P Kee video. In it she gave an example of what it was to be rescued. Her story was of how if you saw your child wander into the road when a […]
Read More December Thanks #02: SalvationBlessed. What a word. What a thought behind the word. What a delight in the thought behind the word. The more I consider the word, the more I appreciate it as a relational thing. Someone blesses me – that says something about the person and their connection to me. Being blessed is no even so […]
Read More December Thanks #01: Family
Life With CD 