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Category: inspiration

  • inspirational

    As I said in Friday’s bloggage I am reading a lot about Leonard Cheshire at the moment. It’s inspirational stuff, and I am only about a quarter of the way through his life in his biography. I am also inspired by the people I know who work consistently and unnoticed behind the scenes to make…

  • inspiration or information

    One of the perils of blogging is that if you have a ‘comments’ section people will comment. I think that’s brilliant for the most part. If something I have written provokes, prompts, or otherwise perturbs someone enough to make them respond – whether in agreement or disagreement – I am very happy. That is not…

  • motivation, inspiration, perspiration

    I have been reading a bit recently (and doing some personal reflection) on different strengths and weaknesses, different preferred learning styles and different ways of looking at life’s problems and blessings. We are all different. If that comment shocked you, welcome back to the real world from wherever you have been cocooned for the rest…

  • the toughest challenge

    I am about to embark on one of the most challenging tasks of the whole year… putting all of the finishing touches to our Carols by Candlelight service (Colchester Baptist Church, 6.30 pm, 18th December). It is not technically that difficult. We have already chosen all the carols and the readings more or less choose…

  • inspired by toads

    This evening I will be making Toad in the Hole for our tea. That is not a particularly ambitious meal, I admit, but I will be making it from scratch, not just getting a pre-made one out of the freezer and reheating it. Even so, I realise that this is perhaps not the sort of earth-shattering…

  • Inspiration and perspiration

    Writing a sermon is like riding a bike. You have to wear a helmet, bright clothing and lights at night, and you have to avoid potholes and keep your balance. Or… you never forget how to do it. I am hoping it is the latter. Today I am going to be preparing my first sermon for…

  • it is finished

    I have finished. I can’t quite believe it. It should have been a very difficult task. I should be struggling through it. I should be looking for distractions that will keep me from the task. But it happened so quickly and easily that I am now wondering whether I have got it right! What have I…