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You have a Friend Request this Christmas
Christmas approaches and all manner of frenzy is underway. Peer through the busyness, brush aside the wrapping paper and underneath it all is a timeless treasure that has never changed. A God who loves so passionately that he stooped as low as possible to whisper his words of hope and love, joy and peace, life…
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From John Lennon to Multibillionaire Slumgod – Imagine!
“Imagine”… a word forever linked with John Lennon’s song of world peace through wishful thinking, a beautiful melody, wonderful sentiment – and that’s as far as he can go. Imagine imagination as a gift uniquely given to humanity. A gift enabling us to spread our wings and fly free of earthbound thinking and soar high…
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God on a Leash
So the other day I was having my hair cut and while the artistic shredding was underway I watched an older gentleman emerge from his car clutching a little dog under his arm. Got me thinking of how many people have little dogs. I see them everywhere on leashes prancing on tiny toes, usually with…
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Reconciliation – a Wonderful Thing :-)
In a world of broken relationships, hostility, and constant news of break ups and break downs it is a joyful and rare occasion when we get to experience ‘coming together’, restoration, reconciliation, and new beginnings. Yesterday Jericho Road (the church I help lead) gathered together to begin a new journey with an old friend from…
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Blooming at Last!
In my garden is a hydrangea bush that is blooming beautiful purple lilac flowers for the first time in its four-year lifespan. What a life it’s been thus far. I have to confess I’ve been the cause of much of its suffering. First I planted the young hydrangea bush at my workshop entrance but it…
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Jesus and ‘you’ at the Antiques Roadshow
Every week it seems people ferret through their house for treasures somewhere in England and cart them off to another Antiques Roadshow when it announces a venue near where they live. The camera picks up lines of hopefuls and then lets us eavesdrop as they come face to face with the expert who knows almost…
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Having a Heart Attack…
If you want to know God ask him for a heart attack. I’ve only visited Paris once and it was wonderful. Despite the winter in 1975 I wandered the streets for almost a week drinking in the architecture, the ambiance of the famous city, and the bustle of a self-conscious community who knew they were…
Googling God 