Tag: life
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Plain Safe
Mutley Plain, the road on which our church premises are located, is a busy vehicular artery into Plymouth city centre. There are lovely shops on both sides of the road, which means there are lots of pedestrians who want to cross it. While there are little green men at the crossing points to help people…
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incredible you
The human brain is incredible, isn’t it? I could reel off loads of statistics about it, but I want you to think for a moment about something. Anything. If you’re thinking, “I don’t know what to think about,” then consider your mind magically read. Tadaaa! (Or perhaps I am just playing the probabilities that someone…
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How’s your inbox?
When I returned to work after my sabbatical leave I had over 250 emails waiting for my attention. Some were spam, some were newsletters, some were received because of subscriptions and some were sent personally. I selected them all and pressed ‘delete’. It was wonderfully cathartic. I can already hear some of you complaining that…
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Everyone has a book in them… but it may not want to come out
A very long time ago I had an idea for a novel. I even had what I thought was a clever title. So, I started writing. It’s set in a specific time period and, as I wrote, I was delighted to see how actual events happened around that time which I could incorporate into the…
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sailing grace
If you’re more than an infrequent visitor here you will know that I own a 6 metre sailing yacht, based on a traditional America’s Cup yacht. Sorry, that should read I own a model 6 metre sailing yacht, based on a traditional America’s Cup yacht. There is a small (or should I say large) difference.…
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choices
Modern life seems to be defined by choice. From the moment we open our eyes in the morning to the moment we drop off in the evening we are faced with choices: Do I get out of bed? What do I have for breakfast? What do I wear today? And so on. It seems to…
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water
This week we have had some plumbers working on our house. In order to plumb they have had to turn off the water. I didn’t think it would be a problem… but it has become one as the day has gone on. The kettle was filled with water before they started. The coffee machine was…
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Hateful
Over the last week or so hate has been bothering me. Not, I hasten to add, because I am feeling hated. And not because I hate someone else. I was reading some comments online from someone I don’t know but whom I respect about the level of negative, critical, judgmental, cruel and rude comments they…
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addidges
Some words start to sound funny when you say them out loud a few times. They may start off sounding fine, but when you repeat them they start to take on a different audio character. Try these (repeat them slowly out loud 4 or 5 times): Bliss Grumbling Indulge Adage I hope that you are…
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what am I doing?
In a couple of weeks’ time I have been asked to facilitate a weekend for a church Leadership Team to look at God’s vision for the church. In preparation I have done a lot of reading around the subject and there seem to be a lot of different nuances and terminology used but the same basic themes…
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