Category: followers of Jesus
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view from my pew 8
Dear Internet I wish to register a complaint. Some people can’t make up their minds. At a recent church service I sat in my usual pew, in the row behind Mrs Higginbotham. When she got up to sing in the first song I noticed that the poor lady had got her skirt tucked into her…
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episode 4
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a tidy desk is a sign of…
It’s been said that “a tidy desk is a sign of a tidy mind”. Or how about, “A tidy desk is a sign of a full desk drawer.” But Albert Einstein apparently said that, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” This week, among…
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view from my pew 7
Dear Internet I have often been asked what my full name is, and I always answer that it is Mr QR Grenville-Stubbs. Some more persistent (and, in my opinion, far too familiar) people ask me what the Q and the R stand for. I don’t know why they feel they should know this information but…
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Episode 3
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view from my pew 6
Dear Internet I read Nick’s article on the tennis courts at Wimbledon (for some reason he calls it a ‘bloggage’ – you can read it here). It made me think about my own sporting achievements which, if I am honest, were quite a few years ago. When I was at Primary School I was entered…
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Episode 2
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worn out or worn in?
Don’t you feel sorry for the groundsmen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships? Before play began on Monday they must have worked tirelessly to get the courts into pristine condition. The grass was perfect, the lines were precise so that it was looking at its absolute best. This comes from the Wimbledon website: It takes…
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The ongoing adventures ofthe Minillennium Falcon
A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away… (or not so long ago in my study) (You might like to read this by scrolling upwards to get the same effect as the opening of the Star Wars films) My children gave me several gifts for Father’s Day, one of which is a model…
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a reflective response to the referendum result
I have been trying to work out in my mind how to respond to the EU Referendum result. I want to offer some disparate thoughts. To those who voted ‘Remain’: You did not lose. We made a decision. Right now you may feel as if you have lost, I understand that. (I voted ‘Remain’ too). From the…