Category: God knows us
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honest soul searching
This is a ‘thought for the week’ that I wrote this week for the Ministers of the Eastern Baptist Association. I offer it to you for your reflection… I have been reflecting on Psalm 139 recently. To save those of you who can’t remember it entirely word-for-word I have copied it below (NIV UK) 1 You…
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not much has happened
Dear Bloggists, sorry that it has been a while since my last bloggage. Not much has happened in the intervening time… We have been on holiday to Sweden, meeting up with lots of Sally’s friends (and me making new friends). So I have seen lots of lakes, lots of words that in Swedish are normal…
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knowing me, knowing you
Ahaaaa. I am currently attending a course about transforming conflict. A part of it includes reflecting on a personality analysis of myself. It’s far more sophisticated than these ‘what muppet are you?’ quizzes that seem to populate Facebook. I’m not going to tell you the details about myself because I have a lot more to…
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Big Bother is watching you
Ahoy there blogmates! It will now be much more difficult to find somewhere to sit in our church… our camera is a lot more discrete! …where you can’t see what is going on. We have installed a video camera and some extra screens so that wherever you sit you should be able to see what…
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wood you believe it?
I had a sense of satisfaction on Saturday after I successfully installed two shelves onto a wall in my study. Not only have they stayed up, but when I put the spirit level on them at the end they were both perfectly level! I am a DIY Expert! Or not. I can correctly identify 11…
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I don’t believe it
Sometimes you have to stop and throw your hands up. In a moment I want to make some comments about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but first I want to scream at the screen “WHY?” Not “WHY?” about the earthquake, tsunami, suffering and death but about this news story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12756366 British bureaucracy has prevented…
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doctor, doctor…
In preparation for an operation next month I visited my Doctor’s surgery this morning for a barrage of pre-op tests. They had to do it at my GP’s because the hospital where the operation will take place is in London. Last week the hospital phoned me while I was in a friend’s car, being driven…