Tag: church
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what did you think of church today?
Dearest bloggists I apologise for the recent silence – I was enjoying a week away and felt that it would be better for me to take a holiday from writing bloggages as well. But now, da da daaaah, I am back. And I have been doing a lot of reflecting. This morning I was visiting one…
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learning (from) the trades
It’s been all go here recently. There have been a lot of workmen coming and going for different tasks that needed doing inside and outside our house – and the conversion of the garage to a study has not yet happened. I have been fascinated by the approach of different ‘trades’ who have been approached…
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moving thoughts
Yesterday the EBA got the keys to the house in which we will be living next month. I joined a couple of people from the EBA to look around so we could work out what needs to be done. A couple of things struck me (not falling masonry – the house is sound!). One was…
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tweeting
Many years ago a chick in a nest noticed something. At the end of every day it got dark. But every morning, after the chick had started tweeting that it was hungry (through its beak not the microblogging site) the sky grew lighter and eventually the day arrived. The chick was fascinated by this. Every…
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mission made simple
Churches seem to have the innate ability to make things complicated, don’t we. Putting aside all of the complexities of Church Meetings, Leadership Meetings, ordinations, inductions, church accounts and finances, child protection policies, insurance, choice of music in services, sitting in our favourite seats, charity law, constitutions, and so much more that goes into running a…
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what’s going on?
What do you think is going on in this picture? It’s a photo taken during the show I put on with my friend, Richard Jones. I was performing an illusion with some balls in such a way that my volunteer (Peter) had no idea what was going on, but everyone else did. I did feel…
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a little joke on a day off
A mother was struggling to keep her wriggly child quiet in church. She tried bribing the child with a promise of sweets but the child ignored her. She tried threatening the child with the naughty step when they got home but the child ignored her. In the end she tried reasoning and asked the child,…
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accidental blessings
In my role as a Regional Minister I am quite itinerant. I am never in the same place for long. I feel a bit like a bee, buzzing around from church to church seeking to be a blessing, being blessed by being with them and at the same time sharing thoughts, ideas and contacts with…
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chemistry
I have a little test for you: what are these the ingredients for? Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Maris Sal, Salvia Sclarea Extract, Parfum, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Lactate, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Salicylate, Linaool, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Trideceth-7, Sodium Benzoate, CI 42090, CI 19140 What do…
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the Columbidae conundrum
What is unusual about this picture? Don’t focus on trying to look into the windows. You just did, didn’t you! But there’s nothing unusual to see there. The unusual thing is the concentration of pigeons and doves on the roof. We can see this rooftop from our house. I don’t know if it is unusual…
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