Another reason why I’m not too taken up with people’s engaging of the New Year festivities is because in most cases it is a pretty superficial event. Sentiments are given about how much we hope it’s a happy one, resolutions are rustled up, but even by the end of the month they are soon forgotten. […]
Read More Out With The OldAs much as I want to ignore the goings on of this particular time of year I don’t need to on this occasion – it plays into my favour. My dad was never one for these kinds of thing – not a party man, not one for the big festivities and all that kind of […]
Read More Another Step On The JourneyMy church background is pretty interesting and the things that I’ve learnt over my time in Stoke-on-Trent and especially at the YMCA has been eye-opening for so many reasons. I’m extremely grateful to God to be exposed to these things and experience a lot of them as well as observe them. The more I see […]
Read More Living For Spiritual Highs – Walking Through Spiritual LowsThe biggest achievements started small. The longest journey starts and ends with a single step. Wherever you are in your journey, maybe you haven’t even left the comfort of your own surroundings. There are, though, significant, positive life-changing experiences waiting on the way towards conquering something of eternal value. The invitation has been made for […]
Read More One Small Step For ManHow can you know the directions a full life if you’ve never been there before? Help will be needed in getting the map on how to get where you’re heading. Acknowledging that having not been there before it is not possible to know the directions the next best thing is to check if someone has […]
Read More Directions to LifeLife can really be brilliant. Oxygen is just one of a number of other chemicals and resources required for the body to function. Similarly we can get fed by different streams of influence – what we watch or listen, the friends we knock about with, interests and hobbies. It’s good to reflect sometimes on what […]
Read More Nourishing StreamsPeople can be characterised by their delights. Spend enough time with someone and you can find what buttons to push to get them excited. Mundane existing is suddenly transformed to bright energising engaging living. Some of these passions, though, have a short life span and their ability to truly change life for the better is […]
Read More What A DelightNow unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20) Ephesians 3:20 is often used way out of context to justify the kind of ‘God as Tescos’ mentality of consumer Christianity. Thankfully Authrine is a living testimony of […]
Read More Thank God For … Married LifeWow – it’s really been too long! OK before I look to make excuses, let me briefly point out what’s been going on since last I checked you. Deborah developed a stomach bug which concerned us enough to admit her to Accident & Emergency – thankfully she stayed for a couple of hours and made […]
Read More Is That The Time? Friends of the Year 2005I continue to be amazed at how God works in my life. I mess around, keep it on the hush, get exposed, get forgiven, start afresh, get going well, trip up, mess around, keep it … (you’d have thought I’d have taken the hint after the first 4.8 million times, but like a lab-rat, I […]
Read More The Gift and the Giver
