Some of you may have seen the sanddodgers T-shirt I sometimes wear. Sanddodgers = some friends of mine from university who drove a clapped out Saab to the Gambia to raise money for charity. Well they’re at it again – in the snow this time. Check out www.snowdodgers.co.uk for more info and if you would [...]
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Took the boys to the Imperial War Museum on Saturday while Amanda was at a one day conference in Nottingham. London may be an expensive place to live but there’s also a lot of very cool stuff available for free (although it’s nice that the kids are still at the age where even getting on [...]
Here’s one of my favourite performances (KT Tunstall playing on Jools Holland’s show): A couple of thoughts: You can get great results with less than you’d think – as long as you’re willing to think outside the box Most of the great musicians are outside the church and it’s about time the church started figuring out how to reach [...]
Lessons from the lawn: It takes time
Posted: 13 May, 2008 in Christian Life, Discipleship, Life, Random ThoughtsYou can call me sad if you like, but there’s some exciting news. The new grass is growing at last! Our lawn (or rather the muddy patch of earth with a few clumps of meadow grass on it) has always bugged me. A few weeks ago I decided to take some action and sow some [...]
My Gran was 80 yesterday. Life’s getting harder for her these days – she has Parkinson’s, arthritis and angina. It’s not easy to do simple things anymore and she is in constant pain. Yet her faith in God is stronger than ever. I think over the past few years she’s become one of my heroes. [...]
