Category: church
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what did you think of church today?
Dearest bloggists I apologise for the recent silence – I was enjoying a week away and felt that it would be better for me to take a holiday from writing bloggages as well. But now, da da daaaah, I am back. And I have been doing a lot of reflecting. This morning I was visiting one…
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tweeting
Many years ago a chick in a nest noticed something. At the end of every day it got dark. But every morning, after the chick had started tweeting that it was hungry (through its beak not the microblogging site) the sky grew lighter and eventually the day arrived. The chick was fascinated by this. Every…
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the parable of the oasis
The Eastern Baptist Association, whom I now serve as a Regional Minister, is putting together a series of thoughts that we will send out in order to help us to think through how we can engage with mission and evangelism. Each month churches will receive a parable to introduce a theme and there will also be…
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a little joke on a day off
A mother was struggling to keep her wriggly child quiet in church. She tried bribing the child with a promise of sweets but the child ignored her. She tried threatening the child with the naughty step when they got home but the child ignored her. In the end she tried reasoning and asked the child,…
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a compromising position?
You know how it is, you are having a perfectly normal day when all of a sudden, unannounced and uninvited, your mind is invaded by a song or a piece of music. It is not necessarily something you hear, but it’s been in your subconscious and chooses to surface into your conscious awareness. And you…
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customer service
I do like nice coffee. It is one of my little indulgences. And to that end I was chuffed when Sally (Mrs Nukelearfishing) gave me a nice glass mug (full of sweets) for Valentine’s Day. Somehow it makes drinking nice coffee just that little bit nicer. In fact it was so nice that when I…
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son
I am reading a wonderful book at the moment. It’s called ‘stand’ and is written by Karl Martin, who was at Bible College at the same time as me (feel the reflective glory!). Indeed we played in the same football time. Or rather, I played in goal in the same team as Karl. When Karl…
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accidental blessings
In my role as a Regional Minister I am quite itinerant. I am never in the same place for long. I feel a bit like a bee, buzzing around from church to church seeking to be a blessing, being blessed by being with them and at the same time sharing thoughts, ideas and contacts with…
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chemistry
I have a little test for you: what are these the ingredients for? Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Maris Sal, Salvia Sclarea Extract, Parfum, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Lactate, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Salicylate, Linaool, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Trideceth-7, Sodium Benzoate, CI 42090, CI 19140 What do…
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the Columbidae conundrum
What is unusual about this picture? Don’t focus on trying to look into the windows. You just did, didn’t you! But there’s nothing unusual to see there. The unusual thing is the concentration of pigeons and doves on the roof. We can see this rooftop from our house. I don’t know if it is unusual…
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