Stuck in a moment
I don’t imagine this will cause Bono sleepless nights but I have never really been a fan of the band... Read more »
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Beautiful
Beauty (they say) is in the eye of the beholder. That, of course, depends on who is beholding; last year... Read more »
Dead on the path
This time last year as summer was drawing to a close, on the branches of a million trees the... Read more »
Said the spider to the fly
The silken threads were almost invisible to the naked eye against the backdrop of the window. Finely crisscrossing the panel... Read more »
People in glass houses
During the reign of Emperor Tiberius 2000 years ago necessity demanded a solution. The sullen and reluctant emperor had penchant... Read more »
Piri Piri indeed
It all started with a conversation in the shopping aisle. What sauce should we have to accompany our chicken thighs?... Read more »
Vicarious offence.
Never before in the realm of human history have many been offended on behalf of so few! I could really... Read more »
Turtle days
Not to be confused with the long running festival in Churubusca, Indiana. You’re very quiet today! You’re not saying much... Read more »
Building
At a purely grunt level, building things is an innate part of me. Ever since I got that first... Read more »
Consequences
There is something extremely disheartening about walking through the door of the county court. The gentlemen who greeted me... Read more »
There’s nothing wrong with the church.
He meant it in the best possible way; there was no irony or sarcasm in his tone. We had... Read more »
Weary
I write today, not from current but, from past experience. When the Apostle Paul lifted his pen to write... Read more »
No fortress was stormed
Some days are made for storming castles; yesterday wasn’t one of them. Yesterday was a day of great... Read more »
moment
Yesterday in my favourite coffee shop I had arranged to meet my long time friend. Long time is... Read more »
This
What a tremendous wordsmith the indomitable Mr Churchill was, he was a master of the soundbite when public servants... Read more »
Pain?
Three days grace had a song with a line, “I’d rather feel pain than nothing at all.” It is... Read more »
inspiration
INSPIRATION to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence What is it, where does it come from, why do... Read more »
Seagulls
I was watching two seagulls on a roof this morning, one of them had been happily standing in the sunshine... Read more »
An heretical king
I love nothing more than a good healthy debate about God, His existence, relevance and involvement in our world. Years... Read more »
Superchristians
Something that has long troubled me about many biographies and Christian books (and I had read hundreds) was... Read more »
Sign post of hope
What you are about to read is dedicated to that select group (you know who you are) who have been... Read more »
Outstanding
This post is unashamedly Bible based. 468 descendants of the family of Perez all ‘outstanding’ men. Some families just seem... Read more »
To be or not to be
It isn’t often that I find myself laughing when reading the Bible in the morning; but today I found... Read more »
My fickle friend.
There are few things of ‘real’ permanence in our lives. One of the tools that I have gained... Read more »
While my sweet wife gently sleeps
For the best effect the title needs to be sung to the tune, ” while my guitar gently weeps.”... Read more »
Sea
Sitting in my hotel room tonight as darkness has fallen and the population of the building has largely retired for... Read more »
Adventure is……
Does everyone else have these conversations or is it just me? Having paid a months salary (in some countries) to... Read more »
Words
text speak is a plague of epidemic proportions and we need some of Bill Gates philanthropy to stem its insidious... Read more »
Hole!
Unlike caffeine in coffee beans compassion in me is not a naturally occurring phenomenon. My first reaction to... Read more »
Will you let me be God?
How many times we have been tantalisingly close to all that has been promised to us, we have prayed... Read more »
The battle for peace
The following is an extract from my book which is currently still under construction but I felt that it sat... Read more »
Opinion…….
Paolo Nutini sang, “everybody’s got opinions girl their own version of a good idea.” I have written recently about the... Read more »
But I know
I was born into a family of pistonheads……I am not one; that gene was not added into the soup that... Read more »
I don’t like Mondays
Actually, I don’t mind them! The title for this was going to be ‘it’s just another day,’ but it inexplicably... Read more »
Hold back the river
What is it with me and this song? It constantly makes me ‘stop for a minute’ and think about something.... Read more »
It came upon a midnight clear
It was a hundred and sixty six years ago that a world weary, worn out preacher sat down and penned... Read more »
Where are the men of nobility?
Language, by its very nature, is an ever evolving beast; words that held a depth of meaning to one generation... Read more »
Big picture thinking
In our multi media driven age where ‘news’ is 24 hour streaming and we are bombarded on every side by... Read more »
In praise of a virtuous woman
The old joke goes, A guy says to his friend, my wife is a saint; his friend replies, you’re lucky... Read more »
Wind!
Of the many reasons that existed when I fell out of love with cycling two years ago, the ‘prevailing’ reason... Read more »
When the arrow needs polished
In our advanced militirised state where (increasingly) there is remote bombing and targeting, be it by drones or high level... Read more »
Why isn’t God more like Jack
24, more than any other TV franchise sums up for me where our minds have gone when it comes to... Read more »
I’d rather be a forest than a street
I am a confirmed towny. I love living in the centre of town and being minutes from supermarkets and shops;... Read more »
The Lord was not in the whirlwind
The story of mankind on this floating ball that we call home is one of constant struggle. We fight our... Read more »
Reasonable excuse?
Without exception every living soul has a reason why they should not be doing what they do. Few, if any... Read more »
Third in line
Four years ago, when our dishwasher had been out of action for several years, a friend called and offered... Read more »
Doldrums
discontentment is a great motivator but a terrible task... Read more »
Love’s pure light.
a spark of something like a long buried memory of a dream of a different way of living lies deep... Read more »
Yellow brick road or beyond?
Is it a fair assessment to view this Christian life as a journey from one point to another like... Read more »
There was a Man
Each and every person at some stage of their lives longs to something more than a number in the countless... Read more »