I just cannot tell you how often being a parent, I feel like I’m parenting myself! I see my attitudes towards my parents in the way my children behave. Though it’s a completely different context and they are genuinely very different people to me (for starters I was never the daughter!) it is amazing how […]
Read More Child Of God, You Will LearnAs 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 ChurchThis is not meant to be a facetious blog entry but I can appreciate those who might see it that way. This afternoon I had the privilege of engaging in the annual ritual of parent-teacher evening. Once more I sat across the teacher who has the horror/honour of teaching my beloved daughter. As I sat […]
Read More Just Wondering … If Our Father Went To A Parents’ EveningI was at a wedding today and I was delighted for the couple. Occasions like weddings get me all reflective. God gives us expeeriences to learn from. Some mention that the real test of lessons learnt is in adversity. That is true. Yet I also think how we make the most of the good times. […]
Read More Learning from Experience: The Good TimesSo I started something when I considered realising potential and then I went a bit further when I explored a little about playing out of position. This is not so much the conclusion of a trilogy as an exclamation point in an ongoing paragraph of life. Most parents would understand the sentiment of wanting the […]
Read More Wanting The Best For Your Children Means Living The BestA few years ago I was asked to preach at a church. In the course of my preparation I developed something called Fit for Function based on aspects of 1 Corinthians and Ephesians and the analogy of the church as the body with each part put in its place so that as we all grow […]
Read More Realising PotentialI used to love splashing in puddles. Big or small, it used to be fun to see it and then think about what I would do with the upcoming puddle. Would it be a running launch and two-footed splash? Would it be a sly one-foot splash to wet someone else? Oh puddles were such fun. […]
Read More Loving Puddles AgainThe Premier League celebrated 20 seasons of existence with the crowning of Manchester City as champions. Don’t worry, this is not a football entry. That’s over at The Other Place tomorrow. I mention it just because I’m able to watch reviews of 18 of 20 of those 20 seasons. I don’t mind a bit of […]
Read More If You’re Growing, You’re ChangingMy Dad went to work five days a week, helped in organising and officiating services for another of those days and would also help out with the Sunday evening services. As well as that he was married and had responsibilities for one daughter and two sons. At the time growing up I certainly didn’t appreciate […]
Read More A Quiet Place: The Story Of My Dad’s AllotmentOne of the things I have tended to avoid is conflict. I am not a confrontational type of person. The immense irony of this predicament is that to meet God where He is requires conflict. War must be fought to gain peace. I can’t afford to live off the mantra of anything for a quiet life, […]
Read More Quest For The Rest vs. Anything For A Quiet Life
