As you know, I love football. I don’t play it, obviously, because that would require physical effort that has already been spent getting the can of ginger beer and me laptop ready to watch it and converse about it. Yet I love watching top quality football and everything that surrounds it. A cause of much […]
Read More Loyalty and the ChurchThe world of football, is one that I am fairly familiar with, being a bit of a football buff meself. In the world of football, I would say the most important person is the manager. Players can come and players can go, it is the manager who is responsible for selecting the team, for selecting […]
Read More When Loyalty Is Unhealthy ConformityFaithfulness is not a hugely valued commodity especially when opposed to the value of choice. As choice is so vaunted and regarded as essential to quality life not much is said about staying with the made choice. I reckon this is down to two key factors. First not making the most of that which we […]
Read More MTP05 Remix – Wisdom and FaithfulnessWould that my marriage have a similar tale of longevity and faithfulness. Would that my relationship with God similarly be long and faithful. Would that friendships and the development of Christian friendships be marked by such longevity and faithfulness. (HT: The Meta Picture) For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More A Picture of FaithfulnessSaturday 17 July 2010. Location: Little Hulton, Greater Manchester. Everything that could be packed was packed, there was uncertainty as to whether everything would go in one trip, but there was certainty that we were moving. Again. I’ve mentioned moving in a number of blogs and they may say the only thing that doesn’t change […]
Read More The Bletchley Experience One Year OnI don’t talk often. I talk at work – it’s what I’m paid to do and I do that to the best of my ability. I have banter with my colleagues and I’m texting quite often when the football is on. Yet for all that I really don’t talk often. By that I mean, I […]
Read More What Mattered Then – What Matters NowWhy should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? (Proverbs 5:20) The thing about the word ‘forbidden’ is that it can almost appear to be a challenge to the inner person. Like the child that’s told the chocolate is forbidden, when we’re told we cannot have […]
Read More MTP05 – Avoiding the ForbiddenI let go … often. He doesn’t let go … ever. That’s good to know. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More DMCD Songs: You Never Let Go – Matt RedmanDeacon Henry – a stalwart of a church in Derby died today. Death at the best of times is something to take seriously, but this one had a big impact on me. I needed somewhere to express my gratitude to God for his life and here seemed to be the best place. The years in which […]
Read More Goodbye Grandad – Tribute To My PatriarchI’m a big fan of the character Stone Cold Steve Austin. You have not got the wrong blog, this is the entry you are meant to be reading in the right blog place. I do not condone his anti-authority stance. I do not condone his tendency to resolve matters by stomping and stunnering people into […]
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