PASSION

Passion is a word that’s used abundantly in our society. We have crimes of passion and passion that’s associated with sex or romance. Furthermore we can be passionate about pretty much anything in our world from train spotting to making …

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Will we bid?

The auctioneer’s voice echoes through the large hall. ‘The next product for sale in the catalogue is item number 457…” The suggested opening bid is read out. The stage is set. But who has arrived at the auction? What will …

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Billboards

Billboards – they’re everywhere. Sometimes they annoy me – too much crowding in on my busy brain; sometimes God uses them to speak to me. It all started with the Honda advert I watched in the cinema. I knew God …

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Building Bridges

Like Billy (see Jan 27 blog), I have also just returned from Sri Lanka (though we managed to miss each other!). There I was seeing first hand the work being done by The Paalam Project – long time partners with …

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A Brand Too far

The renewal movement of the 1960’s and 70’s gave rise to the emergence of the New Churches. In one sense they were ‘planted’, however these Churches had little intentional strategy at first, but ‘fellowships’ and new Churches emerged in most …

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Good news bearing fruit all over the world

Just returned from a trip to India and Sri Lanka. It is really true that what Paul says in Colossians 1:6 is still happening today. I met a guy involved in anti-trafficking work. 570 girls rescued and 39 convictions in …

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“Baby it’s Cold Outside!’

It was absolutely freezing and I realized I was seriously underdressed. As the cold bit into my ears and fingers I wished I’d never come. The sight before my eyes was unforgettable, beyond every expectation, and the bitter chill warred …

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What is in your Heart?

Our heart is at the core of who we are, but often our heart, or our “inner man” as the King James Version puts it, gets hidden as we learn to cope and manage with the variety of events that …

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I’ve started so I’ll finish….

So, here we are at the start of another year. 2012. When I was a child, 2012 seemed a long way away. We watched sci-fi movies and series about life in the future – all dressed in tight lycra all-in-one …

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‘Tis the Season to be Jolly…

Our online dictionary reads: Jolly [jol-ee]. defintion: in good spirits; happy; joyous; cheerful. The build up to Christmas is as much part of the season as Christmas Day itself. We’re thinking about what to buy who? Who we’ll be seeing? …

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