When I was a child I had a suspicion, now as a father those suspicions are confirmed. What on earth am I talking about? Bear with me, all will be revealed. I would love to be an interviewer. Some of the learners in my sessions struggle to believe it, but I actually prefer listening to […]
Read More Favourites and Right-FitsA friend of mine asked an innocent question – “Have you got any advice for bringing up a child?” After I finished laughing at the thought of me offering advice to anyone, I did acknowledge that there some lessons I’ve learnt and am still learning in this fatherhood gig so far and I went off […]
Read More More Lessons In FatherhoodBoth sides of the fence, eh? Nothing quite like it. I have clear recollections of being a boy growing up in the family home in Wellingborough. I would get upset about something and feel aggrieved at the injustice of it all and my voice would raise and I’d overstep the mark and my Dad in […]
Read More Do You Know Who You’re Talking To?I remember a time when the child would be counselled by the parent on the ‘birds and the bees’. This picture would give you the impression that it’s only recently that things have changed. I’d argue though, that the whole peer pressure and influence of other forces have rendered the concept of that talk all […]
Read More The TalkThis might come as a major shock and surprise to some who know me as one who endeavours to follow Jesus, but follow me on this. I really do think Jesus was onto something. I know. It’s a shocker. You probably weren’t expecting that. It might have come like a bolt from the blue. There […]
Read More Children Still Live The DreamI saw this picture recently and couldn’t help thinking of my daughters. Deborah is still that verbose and is picking up a wider vocabulary with each passing book she reads. Abigail may not be as dexterous verbally but she knows how to use her ‘cute’ looks and sheer force of nature to convince her parents […]
Read More The Baby EvangelistAm I missing something here? Follow me carefully. I reckon if I did a pop survey of those who are Christians and read the Bible, if I said Matthew 18, I’d imagine a significant number of respondents would talk about binding and loosing. I’d probably get some people talking about agreement. Perhaps one or two […]
Read More Insight From Matthew – Jesus, The Community of Faith and The Little People(Please check this week’s Prayer Points) Paper Talk Inspiration The Guardian, as ever objective and in no way leaning to a liberal, humanist and secular agenda, asks the question should schools require Christian worship? This comes at an intriguing time as I just read about the Anabaptist movement which was all for the separation of church […]
Read More The Church And The State – Educating Christopher’s Children
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