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Easter Paradidomi

I’m colour blind – i.e. I can’t always discern between shades of brown and red and green. This means very little to me except that I can’t be an RAF pilot or a bomb disposal expert. It also means that I occasionally fowl in snooker by playing a brown by mistake. And it means that…

Make Us Dream

Who actually believed that Andy Murray would win Wimbledon last summer as the first British player in 77 years? Liverpool FC are making me dream of the first Liverpool Premier League title since 1990. Liverpool FC are making me dream of a World Cup campaign to better that of Bobby Robson’s squad of the same…

England vs Spain

I must confess, this wasn’t my idea; but it is a great thought and I wanted to develop it a bit.

The Wonder Of It All

Here are some snaps of our Paper Anniversary jaunt from Inverbervie, through the Cairngorns, to Loch Ness – awesome! I dedicate this to Mairi who is the biggest wonder in all of this. Thank you to Mum and Dad who have loved and supported us this year more than we can tell and for acceptingContinue reading “The Wonder Of It All”

A Mental Note To Self.

Originally posted on soul surfers:
I’ve felt this way before… The day I discovered that I’d had my offer received on the first flat I bought… The morning I awkwardly paced around my bedroom tied to the phone socket by a cable trying to pluck up the courage to ask my now Father in Law…

Priority Seating

I was sat in a bus heading into the City this week but not in any old seat; I was sat in a priority seat for those less able to stand than others. The bus had pulled up to a stop and a mother outside with a pram was struggling to see a free seatContinue reading “Priority Seating”

Make Us Dream

What Jesus Would Say About Marriage if He Appeared on the BBC’s Question Time Panel

Why Bother Writing? The main purpose of this article is to empower Christians to be able to think about the philosophies of our modern culture that produce the anti-Christian atmosphere hanging over virtually every tabloid and headline. It is also to empower expression as to why the proposed (so-called) ‘redefinition of marriage’ is absolutely wrong. I would like this article…

Hitting Unsubscribe

The Bible tells us to ‘take captive every thought that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and make it obedient to Christ” (2 Cor.10:5) Do you ever look at your email inbox and ignore a whole bunch of emails because they’re not important to you – you can tell by looking at theContinue reading “Hitting Unsubscribe”

David’s Polydipsia

We all know that the more yellow the colour of our urine the more dehydrated we are and if our wee is clearer things inside our body are generally better.