Month: February 2017

I am not a coffee drinker (tea only thanks) and I cannot understand the desire to consume, what appears to me, a cup of foul smelling mud.  What I understand even less are the options available if you have the misfortune to stumble into an expensive coffee outlet.  It seems so complex, so varied, so […]

There are a couple of phrases that I have hearing recently that have really struck me.  I don’t want to get political but, Donald Trump’s reference to the media being the enemy of the American people was pretty unavoidable the other day! The other words? They were prayed over me and I have been reading […]

What do you see in the picture above? Rubbish, heaps of old rubbish. Discarded bikes, empty packets, broken items, no good for anything.  Only fit for the rubbish tip. Yet, I wonder if there is perhaps a little more? Perhaps, if an artist were to look at this picture, what potential would they see?  Maybe […]

I have been thinking about friendship recently and my thinking has been helped by this character! Yes, I am a granddad and I have come under the influence of my 18 month old granddaughter who loves Mr Tumble.  For those of you reading who have no idea what I am on about, I recommend CBeeBies! […]

One of the things that used to really get to me, when the kids were little, was the sound of the voices coming from the back of the car “are we nearly there yet”.  Usually, this happened, when we reversed off the drive and could carry on for the entire length of the journey.  Even […]

I have been wrestling with a couple of issues recently.  Now, in the grand scheme of things, the issues are probably not that big, but they have been enough to unsettle me.  When I get unsettled, I struggle to sleep.  I play out in my mind the conversations I am going to have, what they […]

  There is a fascinating story in the book of Genesis chapter 26.  Isaac had become rich and powerful, his flocks and herds were numerous.  As a result, the Philistines became jealous of him, and they filled in the wells that Abraham had dug. In Britain, we don’t really appreciate the value of water.  It […]

I wonder how many times you have been asked the question “how are you?” and you have responded “I am fine thanks!” and, underneath , you are anything but!!!  We all do it.  We don’t mean to tell an untruth but we all, to a certain extent wear a mask. If, a couple of weeks […]

This week, I had a lesson in Lion Taming.  Just before you think I have a lot more courage than you had given me credit for let me explain….     It was an image like this that I saw at a conference this week that really inspired me.  The theme of the conference was […]