Category: free sample of Jesus
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episode 44
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Old Testament satnav
When I was a child I used to love this book. It was about an Old Testament Syrian General called Naaman (you can read about him in 2 Kings 5). The story was told in rhyme and I asked for it as my bedtime story so often that I knew the whole story off by…
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seeing things
I wear glasses. They are varifocals – correcting both long and short-sightedness depending on which part of the lens I look through. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly my eyes and brain adapted to this (I doubted I would ever get used to such a strange thing but it happened almost instantly). When I…
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Profound thoughts and how to fail at remembering them
So… here I am sitting down trying to think profound thoughts to share with the world via my blog. And the problem is that I find that profound thoughts are really elusive (pun intended). They are a bit like Nanny McPhee. When you want one and you are looking for them you can’t find them.…
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Episode 43
(Admittedly this is probably scraping the barrel!)
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Holy Hamsters
This is Sandy. She was the first of our family hamsters. As you can see she was a very holy, prayerful hamster. . It may be that she was actually eating a sunflower seed, but it looks like a praying hamster to me (as opposed to a praying mantis). I use that image to illustrate…
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neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours
[This post was written on 19th June and does not appear to have made it into the full bloggage history, so I repost it now for completeness. Apologies if you got it more than once.] The news recently has contained harrowing accounts of a number of hate-motivated attacks, the most recent at the time of…
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scarred love
There have been several major tragic events in the UK in the past few weeks, involving significant loss of life and injury, and my heart goes out to all who have been bereaved or injured. Recognising and honouring the incredible acts of selfless generosity and heroism that have been shown in response to these…
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doing things properly
One of the things that has occupied a lot of my thinking recently is our EBA Gatherings. These are opportunities for us to get together from across the Association. (In case you were unaware the first one takes place in the Southern Sector this Saturday at Romford Baptist Church. You can find out details about…