This is another entry in the ongoing blog conversation with the better brother of our sisters, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: What it is with David, you see, is that he knows that not everything is straightforward. There are a number of things in life that are complex and require wholesale changes […]
Read More ADBC: 14 – Law, Love and LiverpoolPoint of passion to connect. When it comes to following Jesus, there are no off-limits. He has access to every aspect of my life and everything I do is i His gaze. It’s good to have that in mind so that I am aware of when something will look to compete with Him for prime […]
Read More December Thanks #11: FootballHave I ever told you about the time I played football? OK that narrows it down to nothing. So back when I was a boy, loving football as I did, I had the honour of playing for my junior school football team. I played two games for the school. After that I was not picked […]
Read More Who’s The Keeper?Over the course of the month of October I have just made lists of ten where the order wasn’t set. Lists of ten to ponder over and contemplate. For the last list, however, I thought I’d stretch myself by considering what were my top ten life goals – in order. It’s certainly not an easy […]
Read More Top Ten Life GoalsI was fascinated by the response to the release of the papers by the Hillsborough Independent Panel and the reaction of people surrounding it. The events in Sheffield in April 1989 has been described as the greatest sporting tragedy in British history. Many have spoken of the shame as a country that it has taken […]
Read More Talking Point: What Does Justice Look Like?He’s Been There All The Time: A Story I’m putting the following in my own words for ease of writing, but it comes from Bremner: The Real King Billy by Richard Sutcliffe. If you’re not a football fan, no worries, the point isn’t about football as you’ll discover. It’s 1961 and 40 years after their […]
Read More Oh Yeah, It Was Right Under My NoseAnalogies. I love them. One picture to help with the point that you’re making. A picture that is easy to understand and its basics can be seen in the other side. Football analogies. I love them. I love football. I have a point to make. I make the point by using something I love. Just […]
Read More Playing Out Of PositionI am loving Twitter. The brevity, the speed of information, the diversity of interests to follow and the creativity used in expression is some of the reasons I love it so much. With the ease of availability – to me a tweet is literally getting a text from a friend – I can also enjoy […]
Read More Best Thing I Ever DidAt the moment I enjoy my sleeping patterns. In the evening my wife and youngest daughter will retire to bed at a relatively early time and being exhausted by events, I won’t have that much stamina to stay up for that much longer and I’m usually gone before 11pm. Almost like clockwork way before 6am […]
Read More Thanking God For The Valley(Please check this week’s Prayer Points) I did two of my favourite things today – went to a church gathering and watched a football match. My engagement with both is the set-up for a look at something rather important to how I currently view life. I’m a bit concerned (No. 15 of 101 Understatements of the […]
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