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It sounds like a rude question; it implies that you are a bit eccentric or ‘not quite all there’. The correct answer to the question is that you have got a slate missing, and no I am not saying that you are odd or losing your grip! The truth is that we all have aContinue reading “Have you got a slate missing?”

Imagine that God spoke to you, a bit out of the blue. You knew for certain it was Him. No doubt about it. He said “No one will be able to stand against you, all the days of your life.” NO ONE! Think about it…. It actually happened to someone once. He said it toContinue reading “Don’t worry, I’ve got this.”

When Jesus was baptised, three major things happened in the same moment. The heavens were opened The Holy Spirit descended and rested on Jesus Father God spoke from heaven – “you are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” How is that for affirmation? Wouldn’t that just give you confidence inContinue reading “What’s not to like here?”

You do know that it was God who found you? Right? He searched for you. He found you. He pursued you. He set His affection on you. He still does. He wants you. He knows everything about you. He has weighed it all up and made His final decision. He wants you. He has committedContinue reading “When He called you He planned everything”

Ok. So it’s January. It’s cold. It’s wet. It gets dark early. We’re in lockdown again. It’s Monday, and here comes Kev with a cheery thought – “Don’t waste your sufferings” 🙈 Stay with me folks. This could be invaluable I was chatting with a friend this morning about how God uses stress, pressure, adversityContinue reading “Don’t waste your sufferings”

As this pops up on your screen you’re probably thinking “it’s not Monday already, surely?” Well no, it’s not, but I felt provoked to put this out as an extra because I think it’s important. It’s to do with where we are as a nation, and particularly as believers in this nation. I’ll try toContinue reading “Coat hooks and prayer”

Years ago when I first started out my Building business, I augmented my income by digging graves at Ovingham. It was very hard work, all done by hand and the site was quite rocky. January was always the busiest month of the year and most of the burials were for the very old. What IContinue reading “He leads me through…”

So, I had the title in mind for this blog, and then I wrote it but it was all a bit impersonal and probably theological. I felt challenged to go back and think again. What was in my heart to say was that no matter what is going on, no matter what happens – GodContinue reading “He Wins!”

I had been reading and thinking about how Jacob planned to marry Rachel, but ended up married to Leah first. As I was doing that, this phrase “let it be so now” came to mind. At first I wasn’t sure if it wasn’t just a random thought, and perhaps not worth thinking about. After aContinue reading “Let it be so now”

This needs to start with a warning ⛔️ Don’t try this at home! Apparently if you drop a frog in boiling water it will leap out. If you put it in tepid water and slowly raise the temperature it will not realise the danger until it’s too late. [Expecting lots of angry emails from frogContinue reading “Boiling frogs”

I want to start off this blog by looking at an advert, which will amuse you, and then we’ll look at a scripture verse that is sometimes misused. Click on the advert and it will play He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3v10 The NIV translates this as “He must become greater, I must becomeContinue reading “Aliens and Smash…”

I was thinking about the time when people were bringing their children to Jesus, and the disciples got all upset about it. The picture I used to have was of Jesus sitting down in a village square with all these mums queuing up to have their children blessed by Jesus. Perhaps it had been theContinue reading “Late afternoon at Jesus’ house”

This might be a slightly shorter blog because I have been spending all my time finishing my Article called “Women in the Church, getting it right” which you can find on this site in the Articles section. There are helpful summaries at the end of each section if you just want to get an overview.Continue reading “Better together”

I went to visit my daughters last weekend, and I came home with a mantelpiece clock which belongs to Ruth. It’s not working and I offered to see if I could fix it. I removed mechanism, dismantled it completely and put it back together. It still doesn’t work, but I am learning and I willContinue reading “Clock design”