Tag: Jesus
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welcome cards
We have some new welcome cards that have been designed for our church by a wonderfully creative and talented young lady (thank you Sara). When you look at them at first they look like this: When you open up the ‘lcome’ flap it looks like this: I think they are really clever, look bright and…
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priceless
These cufflinks were a wedding anniversary gift to me from my wonderful wife, Sally: 25 years!!! You may be able to see that they are made from the internal workings of vintage watches. The watches no longer tick, but you can see cogs, wheels and other tiny gubbins (a technical term). I think they are…
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re-happying church
Is ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams the ultimate feelgood song? It first came to prominence in one of my favourite films: Despicable Me 2 and then seemed to be everywhere. I heard it again on the radio a bit earlier today. Here are the lyrics for the chorus: Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel…
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in case
I noticed recently that my mobile phone was getting a bit bashed. It had dropped out of my pocket a few times and the casing was a bit chipped and scratched. The screen had survived (thankfully) but I wondered what I should do to enable the phone to survive at least beyond the length of…
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This morning I was at a local school taking a lesson on ‘how did we get the Bible?’ At the end of the lesson I asked if the children (aged 9-10) had any questions. And wow, didn’t they have a lot of questions?! They started with questions about the subject and then covered all sorts…
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34th anniversary
It was a momentous day. I was not aware of just how momentous it was. Indeed I am still growing in my appreciation of that. 25th May 1980. Torquay. It was a Sunday morning and I was about to get wet. Very wet. I was baptised by immersion as a follower of Jesus on that…
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what does a free sample of Jesus look like?
Regular bloggists among you will know that I often refer to Christians (and churches) as ‘free samples of Jesus’. It was pointed out to me today that I have never really said exactly what I mean by that, so this bloggage is an attempt to rectify that… In essence what I mean is that as…
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do the hokey votey: in, out, or shake it all about?
It was an election day yesterday. I had the opportunity to put my kiss* on a piece of paper to declare my democratic love for a local council candidate and some candidates for the European Parliament. I was surprised when I was handed the ballot paper for the European Parliament to see just how long it was.…
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return of the dead guy
A long time ago in a parallel Universe far, far away (known as my brain) I came up with an idea. What if Lazarus had met a publicist after he had been brought back from the dead by Jesus? The following sketch was the result… (I have changed the name of the publicist since the…
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But we had hoped…
Regular bloggists among you will know that occasionally something strikes me while I am preparing for a sermon and I will share it here as a kind of sneak preview as God is shaping what I say. Today I want to go back to what I shared last Sunday morning. We were looking at the…
