Round The Table

My very good friend and I visited a furniture store here in Stoke-on-Trent. Brilliant community scheme, it’s called Emmaus Potteries Furniture Mine. A lovely place that I enjoyed walking around. I think it was my friend who suggested we walk in and take a look. Window shopping is not one of my pastimes and furniture […]

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Why Take On The Hassle?

Life is never meant to be easy. Rich or poor, black or white, old or young, whatever your condition in life, this is not designed to be easy. There is plenty to keep it from being easy. Why add to that? Why complicate matters further by adding on the hassle you already have? I’m not […]

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Names and Shapes

Recently I was challenged about the language I use. I must confess, from time to time, to suit my particular sense of humour I can be rather pedantic about the semantics. Someone will say something and I will look for any opportunity to take what’s been said down a different avenue. The other person might […]

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The Making Of A Superb Show

What is the key behind a good performance? Whether it is play shown at the theatre, a film shown at the cinema or a programme/series shown on whatever viewing device you wish to use, our eyes take in a performance. We see, we hear and thus consume an experience that is designed to stimulate a […]

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Do My Eyes Deceive Me?

It is truly sobering to note how often in the Scripture, those called by God can miss out, because of a vision problem. The children of Israel who witnessed God deliver them from slavery miraculously, missed out on entering the Promised Land because they preferred to see the land and its inhabitants as too big […]

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Trust and Promises

He calls you to put your hands in His and follow Him. Why would you trust Him? There appears to be nothing to base it on. It might have worked for others, it doesn’t mean it will work for you. It makes me wonder what others in the past had to trust in? When they […]

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A Little Bit Unconventional

There is definitely a place for routine and rhythm. Couldn’t really do without it. There’s a little bit of a problem though if those rhythms and routines become the only way by which life operates. We start at 11am and have always started at that time. We couldn’t possibly consider changing that. We usually have […]

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Take A Breath And Hear This

Breathing and hearing. There is a narrative outlining the beginning of humanity. That narrative starts with man being formed from the dust of the earth. Indeed it really is dust to dust when you see how the human form decomposes. What made man a living being was the capacity given to breath by a breath. […]

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Because Of You

You are amazing. When I see you and realise what a difference you’ve made in my life, it is the reason why I have to say you are amazing. You give me a reason to live. You do this by example – showing me the life that you live and how I can live it […]

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Which Way Is The Wind Blowing?

There’s this bit in the book of Acts where it’s recorded that Paul and his apostolic team were stopped from going somewhere because of the Spirit of God. I could of course give you the exact scripture location, but I genuinely enjoy from time to time encouraging you to search it out and see if […]

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