Category: resources

  • expending your energy

    Today I had an email from our energy supplier to tell me that a new statement was available online. Earlier this year we changed from one of the main suppliers to a smaller one that seeks to use more renewable energy while at the same time actually being cheaper than some of the main ones.…

  • some assembly required

    I have been given two books. The lovely Sally, my wife, went to a charity shop yesterday and came back with a carrier bag of books (they are selling them by the bag now!) and two were for me. One was a book of card tricks, and I won’t be sharing any quotes from that…

  • the future is bright, the future is God’s

    Hello, dear bloggites. I hope and pray that 2012 will bring blessing, comfort, encouragement and peace to you all. It will also probably bring a lot more bloggerel from me – you have been warned! The good old Baptist Union of Great Britain is having a very serious look at itself in the face of…

  • thinking outside the blue sky

    Yesterday I attended a roadshow that was telling us about the forthcoming changes to Baptist Ministers’ pensions. It was well-presented and clearly explained, and I was impressed with the depth of knowledge of those who were sharing this with us. I think the changes are needed, prudent and wise. I won’t attempt to try to…

  • mixed up and ambivalent

    I have just come back from a visit to the International Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park Racecourse (!) in Esher. I am in two minds about it. I went with our Church Secretary as there were several things we wanted to look at from different suppliers and it is easier to see them face to…