Category: forgiveness
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sand art
I will try to tread carefully today. That’s because the subject of this bloggage is still an active court case and I do not want to be guilty of contempt of court. Yesterday, shortly before his trial for perverting the course of justice was due to begin, Chris Huhne changed his plea from ‘not guilty’…
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je ne regrette rien
We are following a series of sermons at our church at the moment: ‘Living life in all its fullness’. On Sunday morning we will be looking at ‘Living without regret’. It’s a theme that seemed important when I prepared the series. In preparation I have been wrestling with Peter after he had denied knowing Jesus.…
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stumpbusting
Our stumps are being busted today. I wonder what that sentence means to you. Some of you may be thinking it’s medical, dental, mis-typing, ‘yoof-speek’, or just ‘confused’. Others will have jumped to the right conclusion (probably guided by the photo): people are coming with a machine to chomp up the tree stumps in our…
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china crisis?
A few years ago I had the immense privilege of travelling with a group of Christian leaders in mainland China. It was a wonderful experience and one that has made a profound impact on me, and on my perspective on life. I was humbled and in tears when we were introduced to a lady who…
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flagging
What a mistake to make! Putting the South Korean Flag on the screen next to the pictures of the North Korean Women’s Football Team at the Olympics. The press have made a big deal of it. The BBC news had it as their headline this morning, reporting on how offended the North Koreans were. There…
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i can’t believe it’s not clutter
Sometimes I don’t know what bloggerel I will write until I sit down and start typing. Sometimes I don’t know until after I have started typing. Sometimes you don’t know even when I have finished! Today I was sitting at my desk, looking for inspiration, when I realised just how untidy my desk has become.…
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God’s trophy cabinet
I put my size eleven feet in it recently. I forgot to do something I said I would do and as a result some people were upset. What would you do in those circumstances? Shrug, accept that we are all fallible and carry on… Worry about it and make yourself upset… Write a note of…
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rememberiscence
This morning I had a moment of reminiscence. I am not sure if I was daydreaming or remembering, nor do I know what triggered it, but all of a sudden I found myself remembering being at my Grandparents’ church singing “To God be the Glory!” A rememberiscence: TO GOD BE THE GLORY! great things He…
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Who are you?
Yesterday morning we had a service of Believer’s Baptism at our church. The lady being baptised (Allison, pictured in the middle) shared her story in an incredibly honest and powerful way. From responses afterwards I am sure everyone was moved by her testimony about finding faith in the midst of a serious illness. I have…
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Time travel solves many problems
Yesterday my computer forgot who I was. In fact I’m not sure it even knew who it was. I tried to log on to the computer in the afternoon and was told that my user profile was corrupted. This meant that I could not access the computer as myself and it would not open up…
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