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What is a Christian?
Book, Podcast, Film, and Blog Reviews
Poetry
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Dad-daughter 10K challenge 2025…Post Four 15.01.25 Winter Training methods: Porto v Press-ups, Botox v Blaise
Winter training doesn’t always have to be like it sounds…
Wrong End of the Telescope? Via Dolorosa
I expect most of us as children looked at the world through BOTH ends of a telescope or binoculars? This post applies that to looking at the death of Christ from both ends of the telescope.
Coffee#1 Cold Friday
Cold Friday morning, ice on windscreen, retreated to Coffee #1, for the usual…
The Illusion of Control
Imagination versus inspiration - is there a difference? Internal v external source?
A Walk in South Wales
Perfect January day - full sunshine, crisp. Only one thing to do - head for the hills.
Dreary December
O dear - I was seized by a nasty bout of alliteration on a dull and dreary December day…another in a long line. BUT hope springs eternal…January’s coming
What should we do? Tomorrow – Sunday 29th December 2024
Tomorrow’s the first Sunday after Christmas - what should we do?
Book Review: Light Force, Brother Andrew and Al Janssen, Hodder & Stoughton (2008)
An extraordinary account of the impact of Brother Andrew’s mission to Palestinian and Israeli Christians - and meeting leaders from Hamas and Hezbollah. A must read.
The Wedding at Cana – what was that all about?
Such a familiar story - but why did John say it was ‘the first of signs’?
Dad-daughter 10K challenge 2024-2025…Post Three 13.12.24
Blog post 3: Dad & Daughter 3 preparation for 10K 2025
Standing on tiptoe
Maybe a poem for a cold grey December day…such as today…with a slice of Advent thrown in
Acts Chapter 6 Rethought in terms of English Law v the Law of Moses
A short essay looking at the influence of the Law of Moses on our present day legal system…and a peak into the future
Left Brain v Right Brain…for writers
Originally my monthly blog post contribution for www.morethanwriters.blogspot.com
Dad-daughter 10K challenge 2024-2025 Post Two 01.12.24
Just Dad today. Run number 2. Sluggish.
Gargling A look back: combatting childhood ailments in the 1960s
A fond (?) reminiscence of methods employed by mother and family doctor to combat childhood health problems