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The Shock of Finding Snow after we thought that all the Snow had Melted
Yesterday my wife and I went for a walk and we were astonished to come across snow. Most of the snow where we live has melted and most of the places we went on our walk were also snow free. … Continue reading
Posted in change, creative communication, discipleship, Faith, Following Jesus, Holy Spirit, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness
Tagged being open to change, change takes time, ezekiel 36 26, heart of stone, let god change you, life experiences, May God melt our hearts, spiritual growth, walk of life, walking
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How do we Measure Success?: People really are are more important than Statistics
The stats counter on this blog has just ticked past 100,000 hits and as a result of this and some other things I have been pondering what success is and how we measure it. 100,000 hits in three and a … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed to be a blessing, change, Faith, Learning, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, success
Tagged being open to change, blog anniversary, God is changing us, God transforms, let god change you, life experiences, measuringsuccess, success, what makes a successful blog
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Time for a Clear Out?
In the not too distant future we are going to have our garage converted into a bedroom and an office. The church only decided on Sunday to do the work and already Tracey has spent a whole day beginning to tidy the garage … Continue reading
Posted in change, Faith, God loves us, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness
Tagged 2 corinthians 5.17, being open to change, change, God is in the business o recycling, God is in the business of recycling, God is in the recycling business, God renews, I am doing a new thing, let god change you, life experiences, new years resolution, renewed by God
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Advent 11: Change Takes Time
At first, Zechariah hadn’t believed that he and his wife could have a child, even when God promised that it would happen. Fast forward just over 9 months and at the circumcision ceremony of his son (you know, the one … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, change, christmas, Christmas story, Faith, time
Tagged Advent, change takes time, christmas, Christmas story, first Christmas, John the Baptist, let god change you, luke 1
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Is Jesus speaking to his followers through Pokemon Go?
Pokemon Go is incredibly popular but it has also been a challenging reminder to me about a key element of what it means to follow Jesus. In case you somehow aren’t familiar with it, Pokemon Go is a game that … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, Faith, Following Jesus, Kingdom of God, Life experiences, Listening to God, Relationship with God
Tagged A Christian perspective on Pokemon Go, are we open to God's leading, changed by an encounter with God, filled with the spirit, God transforms, kingdom of God, led by Jesus, let god change you, may your kingdom come may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, Pokemon Go, seek first the kingdom of God, what does the Bible say about Pokemon Go
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How is your life being shaped?
Sometimes, when I am asked to speak to a group of people about my faith I start by giving them some play dough to make something with. The activity is a lot of fun and it is amazing what people come … Continue reading
The One About Sleeping Peacefully
Have you ever thought about how daft the phrase sleeping like a baby is? Babies do sleep peacefully at times, but they are also helpless. If they have a wet or dirty nappy, they have been sick or they feel unwell … Continue reading
Posted in change, Faith, God is our father, God is with us, God loves us, parenting, peace
Tagged being open to change, God of hope fill you with joy and peace, God's face smile on us, God's gift of peace, let god change you, peace, pour our your hearts, psalm 4, Psalm 4.8, sleep in peace, sleeping like a baby ironic
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Potential
I had a real Lightbulb moment this evening as I discussed how Jesus viewed his disciples, with some friends. You have to be honest and say that Jesus’ disciples were pretty hopeless some of the time but Jesus didn’t treat them as hopeless. … Continue reading
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Tagged chang, change, changed by an encounter with God, God has not finished with me yet, God has the best perspective on life, God sees the good in us, God sees who we are, God transforms, let god change you, potential, receiving and reflecting God's transforming power, they will never change, transformation
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The one about masks
At a recent family event at Orchard Baptist we thought about superheroes and the children who wanted to made masks. There were some really impressive creations and we got this great picture of some of some of the children at … Continue reading
You can’t put God in a box
Lots of people are going to church today and some of them think that they are going to keep God company. They think he is some poor old fella who is shuffling around a church building in his slippers hoping … Continue reading
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