It’s been quite the personal journey into joy of the communion. It’s worth remembering where we’ve been. The prologue outlined the deal in the meal. The first part proper gave insight into my beginnings, whilst the second part gave the seeds to the change that was a coming. The third part showed the awakening that […]
Read More Journey into Joy in the Communion – Part 4 Mission and the Lord’s SupperThere are some days I don’t want to go through. It gives me a headache thinking of them as they approach, and when they come the headache worsens. It might be an impending bill, a dreaded inspection or a cataclysmic confrontation that needs to take place which might get messy. I am not a big […]
Read More The Necessary DaysAnxiety is something very easy to get. It’s like catching the flu. You’re alright one minute, then the next someone says something to you and all of a sudden, even if on the surface you appear in control, underneath, things are not so certain. I am rather blessed in having the parents I’ve got. My […]
Read More Anxiety, Responsibility And My ParentsHeadaches. I am not a fan of headaches. If headaches were to have a party in celebration of their effectiveness to humanity over the years and invited me with the promise of free goodies including cherry bakewell tarts and ginger beer, I would still decline the invitation. (I would of course still ask for some […]
Read More Not Getting Hung Up – Working It ThroughI have burnt bridges in my life. I will let that sink in for a while. There have been occasions when I have experienced relatively decent opportunities but due to selfishness, pride and immaturity I have walked out of those opportunities in a negative and antagonistic way. People who treated me well, had their kindness […]
Read More Finishing Properly – Building Not Burning Bridges(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) Zoe is our two year old daughter. She was carried into Bletchley barely 3 months old, she will walk out confidently when we leave. On this occasion her confident walking took her next door to Dave’s house, where he and his son were putting up their Christmas […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Live at Peace with Your NeighboursThings happen. That is how it goes. How we respond to things can determine whether we retain sanity, or slowly see it slip away. External factors are one thing, but the state of the mind is the centre for dealing with matters. The example of my Dad taught me that even in the most chaotic […]
Read More The Mind at RestBeing a Christian is a fascinating walk of peace in a war torn world. The older I get, the more I value the peace that comes from above. I treasure it as something very different from versions of peace that come from alternate sources. For example there is the version of peace where two warring […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is … Conflict and PeaceI’m sure your conscience is better than mine. Back in the day I did some things that would have been classed as ‘naughty’ but were really ‘bad’. I would be rumbled and then proceed to cry a river in apparent sorrow and plead for the mercy of the power that be. With the pleading was […]
Read More Godly Sorrow vs. Earthly SorrowI 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?
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