Searching for hope and joy

I learnt a life lesson at a fairly early age in a very simple manner. I was nearly ten and I had saved my money to buy a new Action Man figure with a “real” parachute. It looked amazing. I unwrapped it, dressed the 12-inch SAS para in his black combat fatigues, carefully Read more

And one more makes five

No, not a new baby(!!), we’ve got a dog. As though having four children wasn’t chaotic enough we’ve added a new four-legged toddler to our family. Some might think that I just missed picking up someone else’s poo too much, but I assure you that was not (and still is Read more

Changing the strapline

Photo Credit: bikesandwichI’ve realised that something on this blog was no longer true. Thankfully it was just the strapline that needed to be updated and not the main title. I’m not dead, yet, but I’m also no longer a 30-something. Ouch. That smarts a little. There’s something odd about turning Read more

I change: not God

Photo Credit: bradleygeeHave been thinking about prayer and what it is; what it does. When you read accounts like that of Abraham when he was talking with God about how many righteous people he would need to find in Sodom in order for God to hold back His wrath, I Read more