Not an extended blog for today, but I picked up the local newspaper this afternoon, now when I say local newspaper, I mean local newspapers. Little Hulton rocks in terms of being equally as close to Bolton as it is to Manchester and so although being counted as part of Greater Manchester we get the […]
Read More Being Spiritually AmbitiousIt might worth your while reading this companion piece that I recently posted about the things that last to help with what this post is all about. It’s a Sunday evening, officially the end of the weekend and already the beginning of the week. At this time it’s a special end to the weekend and […]
Read More A Blank Piece of PaperFor quite a while I’ve been surrounding by the gung-ho go get-them mentality. Key themes of this thinking include: “Try it and see how it goes” and “Go forward and do something for crying out loud.” Now the mentality like that is impressive because it shows dashing, dare and a sense of grabbing the initiative […]
Read More How Do We Get There?As you can appreciate in preparation for the new study series that begins next week I’ve begun reading the Sermon on the Mount. I am big on not missing out on the big picture and the connected nature of all the pieces in the puzzle when we start segmenting scripture for teaching purposes. It is […]
Read More Seeking in the Sermon: Live It – Teach ItSo just to remind you we’re in a brief four part excursion from the main series on fasting. Connections will be made later on. What triggered this off was a sequence of thoughts and events on Tuesday that compelled me to write this series on nothing personal. In the last entry I shared my journey […]
Read More Nothing Personal Part 2Well it was a brilliant holiday. I really enjoyed myself – it was in Kilkhampton a place in Cornwall literally on the foot of the country. A more detailed report of what happened will pop up sooner rather than later. This is just to give you a brilliant article I read as part of the […]
Read More Just A Quick PointerWhat Am I Doing To Please God (My dear friend and li’l sista Lydia asked me a question in a text this afternoon and I sent her this, I thought it would help set the score for where I stand and who I am in case of any ambiguity.) This question did say ‘what am […]
Read More How Do I Please God?So I have a wonderful program called e-Sword which among other things has three daily devotionals. This is always good to start my day when I get on the computer to do whatever, it gets my mind focussed on the Word and also gives me a chance to connect with my whole purpose. I’m not […]
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