Category: Spirit
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Today is Christmas Eve Eve: the night before the night before Christmas. Husbands who are more organised than most will use today to buy their wives a Christmas present, rather than relying on the last minute rush tomorrow. Children are looking forward to Christmas, but can’t ramp up the excitement to Christmas Eve levels because…
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expect the unexpected and other silly things we say
I was listening to the radio recently and the interviewer was asking his expert interviewee about the financial crisis in Greece. He asked the expert what surprises lay in store as the process unfolded. To be fair the expert was not fazed by such a daft question and pointed out that by their nature surprises…
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dew see the webs?
As I looked out of our kitchen window this morning I noticed lots of tiny cobwebs on the lawn, made visible by the dew that had settled on them overnight. I have not seen so many before. The photos here only show one in relative close up and a few clustered together, but there are…
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the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth
Today I say goodbye to an old friend. They have been a part of my life since my childhood and for the most part they have been a blessing. They have shared mealtimes with me, they have even been there when I have needed to grit my teeth. But recently I have been fed up…
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updates
Yesterday my computer decided to go slow. It was running well below optimal and I could not work out why. I was not running lots of programs, I was not asking it to do anything particularly difficult. I was stumped. Until I saw a little icon in the system tray (that’s the bit in the…
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middle of the road
This week I am preparing some sessions for a Church day away on Saturday. We will be looking at the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), so that is in my mind at the moment. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things…
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re-chaaarge
As I type this bloggage today I am recharging. Literally. I have a rechargeable neurostimulator implanted into my body in order to combat a chronic migraine and once a week (roughly) I have to recharge myself in order that it does not run down completely. The nature of the equipment means that if it runs…
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the sequel
I had an interesting and helpful conversation with someone this morning following yesterday’s bloggage. They helped me realise that I needed to expand a bit more on what I had written, so consider this the sequel. I finished yesterday by saying that Jesus offers us life in all its fullness as the Creator’s intended answer…
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wrestlemania
Doesn’t it strike you as odd? In the midst of one of the most profound and exciting theological documents ever written we find an admission of failure by the author. I am talking about Paul’s letter to the Romans. It is a theological gold mine, with a rich seam of gold sprinkled with priceless jewels…
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