Tag: advice

  • retainers

    You may recall that I have had tooth scaffolding for a while (see https://nukelear.me.uk/2016/08/18/tooth-scaffolding/ for example). The purpose was to straighten out my teeth that had decided that they didn’t like being where God had intended them to be and had moved, little by little, to a place where they were actually causing me pain. A…

  • whispering

    When I left my last church in order to take up this post a friend gave me a book. It’s The President’s Devotional by Joshua Dubois, and is a year’s devotional reflections that he wrote for President Obama and sent him in a daily email for him to read first thing every day. The thought…

  • some things I have learnt in 26 years 210 days

    Sally and I have now been married for 26 years 210 days (to the date of writing this bloggage). I am not telling you this to brag, but to set a context for today’s bloggage, which is about a few things I have learnt along the way. In my previous role as a local church…

  • feeding back, moving forward, building up

    Last night I went to another meeting of the Mid Essex Magical Society (available to enhance a charity event near you – so long as it’s in Essex). Once a month we hold a Feedback Night. This is not where we try to see how close we can get a microphone to a loudspeaker before…

  • advice for modern living

    Having seen many ‘top ten’ and ‘essential’ lists of things that we need for modern living on t’internet and elsewhere I felt that it was time that I gave you my advice. It is based on no empirical research. 1. Love more 2. Live more 3. Laugh more You might be a bit disappointed by…

  • Time to reflect

    This weekend was the fifth anniversary of my Induction at Colchester Baptist Church. Time has flown by! Next year will be the 20th anniversary of my Ordination. Time has flown by! So as I am in an anniversaryish mood, I wondered what advice I would give the newly ordained me if I could borrow a…

  • instructed

    During  recent renovations at our church we installed a video camera system so that wherever you sit in the church you will be able to see what is going on. As part of it we have a picture in picture facility so that, for example, we can show a PowerPoint with the words of a…