Category: following Jesus
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coin-cidentally speaking
Regular bloggites may have gathered that I like gadgets. I love to see and experience changes in technology, marvel at innovation and see how these change the way I carry out tasks. One of my favourite gadgets is very simple in concept, clever in the way it carries out the task and effective in achieving…
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migration
I am in the process of transferring my life from a slow computer to a whizzy one. I would like to think that it would be relatively simple and painless. Of course anyone familiar with computers will know that ‘simple’ and ‘painless’ are not words usually associated with them. I may have resembled this man…
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access all areas
I have been amazed recently to find how much the current generation of popstars are using social networking and other media to enable their fans to follow them as never before. Twitter accounts allow fans to see what they are up to and comment on it. Websites give all the details fans would want to…
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proverbial tension
“The Lord will provide.” How many times have you heard that or said that? Let me say that I do not doubt the truth of it. But there have been times when I have heard it said and it has been (in my opinion) a little bit of a cop out. It has been said…
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amaaaazing!
Sunday morning promises to be amazing. Five people will be witnessing to their faith in Jesus Christ in Believer’s Baptism. I LOVE baptising people: it is one of the privileges and highlights of being a Minister (there are a lot!). It’s not so much the physical act of baptising someone, although the child in me…
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complications
We are about to buy a new car. Well, when I say ‘new’ it’s new to us, but is about 7 years old. Yesterday we went to have a look at it and tried it out for size. Literally. Our son is now 6’6″ tall so we needed to find a car with adequate legroom…
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how do you do it?
As regular readers of this blog will know I love magic tricks. I love watching them, learning them, performing them, and seeing the audience reaction (if it’s good!). It seems to me that the question I get asked more than any other is: “How did you do that?” My response might be a cheeky ‘very well’,…
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swing low sweet golf club
I am attempting to become a golfist. I have been taking some group lessons at a nearby golf course and have found that I am more confident and understand what I’m supposed to be doing far better than before. The professional who was teaching us began by explaining what the golf club is designed to…
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taxing questions
Recently I received a letter from HM Revenue and Customs. It was dated 6 April 2012 and told me that it’s now time to complete my tax return for last year. It sets out to different deadlines. If I use paper then I have until 31 October 2012, whereas if I file online I have…
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you cannot be serious!
Yesterday morning I was preaching at our church from what, at first glance, looked like a pretty mundane part of the Bible: Luke 6:12-19. Not a lot happens. It might even be considered boring. Yet (and at this point I can almost hear members of our congregation saying this over their lunches) there was still…
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