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making . maturing . mobilising
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In the Nick of Time
Podcast - In the Nick of Time
Have you ever wondered why when you seem to be doing everything right and praying with all the faith you can muster, God just doesn’t seem to come through the way you want Him too. Of course you have. And you’re in good company because whether they admit it [...]
Red Letter Days
My wife has an important birthday today. I realise that it’s not polite to state how old my wife is, especially in a newspaper, so I am keeping tight lipped about it.
Most of us have some special days we celebrate, birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, exam successes etc. I recently heard a successful local businessman tell [...]
No Exaggeration
On a recent trip to Perthshire in Scotland we visited a palace which is famous because it was the site where many of the kings of Scotland were crowned. The friendly guide showed us a huge mound of earth about the size of a large bungalow and explained its origins. “The mound is here”, she [...]
New Discovery
Being born and bred in Scunthorpe I have a lot in common with readers of this local newspaper.
Though well travelled, I’ve never lived anywhere else except this part of the country which we now call North Lincolnshire. How exciting then for my family and I to venture last week off the usually beaten track and [...]
Giving and Receiving
I’m very blessed to have a growing team of staff who work for me. On occasions they must think I expect them to work miracles. I remind them that Moses worked miracles with his staff – but they tend not to appreciate that comment.
One of my staff members has the privilege of speaking to thousands [...]
Bad Smells
Hamsters are smelly! Sure, they’re cute and they bring you pleasure as you watch them play. But they don’t half smell. If the pet store had placed a “Warning – these animals stink” sign on the cage I would never have bought them. Having got that off my chest, I wouldn’t now get rid of [...]
Lost for words
Meeting in a small group of leaders just a couple of days ago I was humorously reminded of a key leadership lesson.
In a time of praise one of my team commenced singing a song which is reasonably popular in our church. We soon all joined in and were singing quite happily and heartily. I soon [...]
Moving Targets
Perhaps you have seen old stock footage of the war games or, more properly, Joint Force Exercises that the armed forces engage in. You will have noticed that each force does a great job of camouflaging its vehicles. The Army tanks can hardly be seen against the sandy background and the Navy tanks blend into [...]
We Salute You Larry
My youngest boy still likes me to sing him some songs at bedtime. If he senses, sometimes rightly, that I would like an evening away from this night-time routine, he chastises me and of course gets what he wants. For the past few months he only ever wants to sing two songs; an old spiritual called [...]
Tackling Marriage
I’ve just heard something both remarkable and rare. On the Radio 4 daily news programme “P.M” the former leader of the British Conservative Party, Ian Duncan-Smith spoke eloquently and bravely about the sorry state of marriage and family life in the U.K.
The latest statistics for marriage in the UK show that only 23 in every [...]
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