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A marathon, not a sprint
A few weeks ago, I was asked to record a five-minute reflection on Hebrews 12:1, and I chose to include verses 2 & 3 to make contextual sense. It was an instructive study for me, and as we approach another … Continue reading
Christmas Greetings
While most of our greetings are conveyed electronically, we always send a few cards and love to send ones that tell the Christmas Story, as well as helping a worthy charity. This year our cards are from Mary’s Meals, a … Continue reading
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Advent – preparing our hearts to receive the Gift
My hopes of blogging a bit in 2025 were forlorn! This is my first time at the keyboard bashing out some thoughts since I posted last year’s family newsletter. Hopefully, 2025’s will come in due course. But there have been … Continue reading
An adventurous and anticipatory year
It’s been a while since I published a blog – since before the first assassination attempt on Trump! A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then, and some of it has contained a great deal of sewage. … Continue reading
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Fail to prepare and prepare to fail.
It was Harold Wilson who said, more than half a century ago, ‘a week is a long time in politics.’ It has been a long week on both sides of the Pond. Joe Biden is facing increasing calls to step … Continue reading
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‘I’m just wondering how it got to here.’
These are the words of our son during a WhatsApp conversation about the state of politics in the US election, in the wake of President Biden’s poor, some say disastrous, performance in the first Presidential debate. The choice is between … Continue reading
This is my story
Yesterday we had a visit from two of my cousins and while they were with us we took a trip out to Currie for lunch, also visiting the house that he left fifty years ago to emigrate to Canada. There … Continue reading
Toxic Positivity
I heard this phrase for the first time a couple of days ago while listening to a radio programme in the car. The show was already in progress, so I had to listen carefully to understand what it was about. … Continue reading
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Gabon, here we come!
Well, we’ve booked our flights! After a lot of discussion and trying to find the best price around the time we wanted to travel, we have, at last, booked our Air France flights to Gabon, where we will stay with … Continue reading
‘If the Lord had not been on our side…’
Today the Allies, who banded together to stand against the threat of the Nazism of Hitler, marked the eightieth anniversary of D-Day and the counter invasion of Normandy. It was to prove a decisive, but costly battle on the road … Continue reading
Steps on The Way 