Category: following Jesus
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pointing power
I have been well and truly stitched up. Following an innocent conversation last year about good and bad PowerPoint presentations we have seen, one of the participants offered me up as a sacrificial lamb to run a seminar/workshop at this year’s Ministers’ Conference (where I am currently) on PowerPoint skills. I find that daunting. Already…
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simplicity
A local school is using our church premises for their Carols Services and Nativity plays. This morning I was showing our premises to a couple of members of staff from the school and trying to sort out some of the details. As we looked at the church I tried to see things through the eyes…
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switching off
Technically today is a day off. But that does not stop me trying to be a good free sample of Jesus, nor does it stop me caring about the people I am pastoring. It’s difficult to switch off. Today I have watched Dr Who from last Saturday. OOOH, that was good! I tried watching some…
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kneeling
I have hurt my knee. I slipped down a step and it feels like I strained the ligaments behind the knee. I am not telling you this for sympathy, but because it is the sort of injury that I can forget for a while until I move my leg in a direction that makes me wince. It…
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footprints
I was thinking earlier this morning [sound of readers fainting in surprise] and for some reason the phrase ‘leave nothing behind except your footprints’ came to my mind. Psychologists may have fun with analysing that but I want to lead you along my train of thought that came from that starting point. The phrase is…
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ring ring, ring ring
I have an interesting task ahead of me today. I have been asked to bless someone’s new ring. It’s not a wedding ring. I think it is a ring that they wear to bring them good luck. What to do? All sorts of theological issues are raised. It reminds me of an occasion when I…
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lights, cameras, reaction!
Happy new week! It’s Monday morning and a new week with all sorts of opportunities, events, happenings, experiences, encounters, people and ideas stretch out before us like a freshly revealed beach that has not yet been walked on since the tide went out. How do you respond to that? Did it energise and invigorate you…
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“I have never been so insulted…”
“… Maybe you should listen more to what people are saying about you!” Regular readers will be delighted to know that this Christmas I received two joke-related gifts. One is a calendar with a new joke every day, and the other describes itself as “The Ultimate Collection of Jokes and One-liners”. WOOOO HOOOOO! The book is…
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I’m back
Yes, it’s been a long time since the last blog entry. Sorry about that (if anyone is disappointed). It has been the result of Christmas busyness and a week’s holiday after Boxing Day that has led to the blogence (blog-silence). We travelled a long way during our holiday and one of the things I reflected…
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there’s snow business like…
Snow has finally hit Colchester today. But (other than that initial comment) this is not going to be a snow-related blog entry. After all, it is not the first time that snow has fallen in the UK and there are many places in the world that would regard our reaction to a snowfall as rather…
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