The English Language is weird! No two ways about it. For as long as I have spoken, my language has always been English. To my shame, I have always struggled when it comes to learning other languages. Over the years I have tackled French (c’est une catastrophe), I was hopeless at Hebrew and Greek was […]
I read a quote this morning that really made me stop and think, it comes from Henri Nouwen; To pray for others means to offer others a hospitable place where I can really listen to their needs and pains. Compassion, therefore, calls for a self-scrutiny that can lead to inner gentleness (Henri Nouwen – The […]
This morning, I sat down for my quiet time with my Bible, journal and reading notes. I have been working through the section in the Gospel of John where Jesus talks of Himself as “the good shepherd” (John 10 vs. 1 – 30). The particular verse that I was focusing on this morning was […]
It was a time of feasting in the city of Jerusalem. The feast of Tabernacles and 8-day festival of music and dancing, food and friendship. An 8-day party! A time when the Jewish people remembered God’s provision in the wilderness and looked forward to the day when all people will flow into Jerusalem to worship […]
Something interesting happened this morning which, sadly, my photo does not do justice too. My wife, Paula, was setting up the song and reading boards (yes, we still have them) when she called me to come from my office to look at something, “just look at that” she said. I took a look at […]
It’s interesting how things sometimes fit together. Over the past few weeks, I have been feeling a bit “out of sorts”, a bit low, not comfortable in my own skin. There have been some issues to wrestle with, through work and some things I have been heavily involved with in the past, I can no […]
How did you cope with the time change? For those of my readers who are wondering what I am on about, in the UK last weekend we moved our clocks forward one hour to British Summer Time. Twice a year we go through the ritual “Spring Forward, Fall Back”. I always struggle for a few […]
I was feeling pretty wound up this morning when I got into the office. I am sure you know the feeling. I had been out of the office for just one day and it seemed like there was an Everest of paperwork all needed doing ready for the next lot of meetings. […]
I had a lovely passage as part of my daily quiet time this morning. It came from Isaiah 65; “Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for […]
This morning, I switched my computer on and did a bit of clearing up. I was amazed at how much rubbish had got on there. We have a name for that rubbish, it is known as “Spam”. I remember Spam (I think you can still buy it in) and I used to quite like it, […]