A very good friend celebrates his birthday today. He turns an age that is relatively familiar to me and in as much as there are better qualified folks to give advice, I got to thinking what advice I would share with my good friend to help him enjoy the day and enjoy this stage of […]
Read More A Word of Advice – A Jesus VisionOn Sunday 15th June 2003 Authrine and I held the wedding ceremony that expressed to the world we were committing the rest of our lives together in holy matrimony. We get this date every year to celebrate our anniversary, so we’ve done this a few times now. On this occasion, though I am truly grateful […]
Read More Anniversary Celebration: FoundationYeah, it’s football related, but it’s still good. So it’s the European Championship in France. Belgium, apparently ranked number two in the world, take on Italy who are not widely fancied because of their lack of big names. Belgium, meanwhile, have a number of very good players. As the game progresses, though, the Italians have […]
Read More Team vs Bunch of Gifted IndividualsPeople can behave in really odd ways sometimes. You see someone whooping and jumping, leaping and singing and doing their jig around you before kissing a random stranger on the pavement. They do all this sober, but you’re not quite sure if they are sober because of their odd behaviour. It can come across as […]
Read More If They Knew What God Took You Through …This journey with Jesus has some very interesting stopping points. For me, the challenge is to distinguish between Jesus and what is just tradition that has served its purpose but is no longer fit for function in helping relationship with Jesus. I grew up in a Christian background in which there were plenty of positive […]
Read More What Was The Way Is Not Always The WayIt works. There’s not much I have up my sleeve, but one thing I have observed, experienced and occasionally practiced is that when you know how to give someone your attention, that in itself, is a significant step towards making progress in life. Very simple action that actually requires a great deal of energy and […]
Read More Can I Have Your Attention?I know of an organisation that is desperate for men. Yeah, that can be read in a number of ways. On this occasion, with your pure minds in place, I am referring to the development of the organisation relying on a healthy and growing mixture of males and females. Unfortunately for the organisation, there is […]
Read More A Word On MasculinityThere is something about fads and trends that influences even the church. I am aware of it, sometimes I have got caught up in it and I have an understanding of why jumping on the latest bandwagon is scorned by some. There is something a bit light and insubstantial about going for the latest trend […]
Read More Where Jesus IsOK dear reader, I need you to follow me on a little journey in this entry. I really enjoy watching episodes of Columbo. There’s little doubt that he is still my favourite television detective, just beating Sherlock Holmes and Detective Robert Goren of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I don’t claim to be a walking […]
Read More I Would Have Got Away With It If …It’s funny for me to reflect on ten years of blogging and remember how that span covers the time that I worked at the North Staffordshire YMCA. Funny in the sense that I didn’t write a lot about it at the time. I don’t doubt that were I working there now I would certainly be […]
Read More Reflecting on Partnerships
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