Category: reflection
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relax
Hellooo! I am back from my retreat last week. It was a lovely relaxing, refreshing time in many ways – spiritually and physically. I thoroughly recommend it. A couple of highlights: The retreat was specifically for Ministers / Clergy. At the start we were told that there was a strict ‘no shop talk’ rule. That…
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run away, run away!
This will probably be the last bloggage… for a week. (I can hear a strange noise all of a sudden. It sounds like cheering) This weekend I am heading down to Devon for a week’s retreat* at the Society of Mary and Martha. It’s a retreat designed for Ministers and is called a ‘12,000 mile…
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interrogatory insights
What’s the most difficult question you’ve ever been asked? Perhaps it was a question in an examination that stretched your understanding and ability to (or beyond) breaking point. Maybe it was a question that tested your loyalty to someone else, or put you on the horns of a moral dilemma. It could be that it…
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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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tales of the unexpected
I normally wear contact lenses. In itself that is not a particularly revolutionary statement. However there is a follow-on statement: there are times when I don’t wear the lenses and have to wear glasses. Again, in itself, that is not a particularly unusual statement: many people wear glasses. Things become more complicated, however, when you…
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looking at my reflection
It’s always difficult on a busy day to find the time to stop, pause and reflect. But those are the days when I need to do it most. So here goes. Stop being busy, stop thinking about my to do list, stop reacting and responding to the demands on my time. Stop. Pause for breath,…
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what sort are you?
A seemingly random question, to which I will return at the end of this blog: if you were to describe yourself as a car or a motorbike, what sort of car or bike would you be? This is predominantly a week of preparation for me. As well as having to prepare for two services (incl…
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intro-speck-tion
My eye is irritated at the moment. I usually wear contact lenses and it feels like there is a tiny bit of grit or something else under the lens. The contact lens-wearers out there will be empathising with me right now. Those of you who don’t wear them can’t really understand. It was quite funny, therefore,…
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mind the gap
When you ride on a train, do you ever stop to listen? No, not to the one-sided phone calls, the conversations and (if you are unlucky) the snoring of the person next to you. Have you ever listened to the sound of the train itself? The regular clackety-clack of the train wheels as they…
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reflecting on an awesome photo
What do you make of this picture? I can’t remember where I found it online (so if it was from your website, thank you and I hope you don’t mind me using it here). The picture fascinates me for many reasons: Reason the first: how disciplined must those dogs be?! All of them look ready…
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