We can’t predict what the next year will bring. None of us could have predicted how 2020 would go. None of us could know how much time we would spend in our homes and without our friends. And none of…
Judging by the sheer amount of fireworks exploding into the sky at Midnight on New Year’s Eve, plenty of people were happy to see the back of what has been a troubled year, with Covid changing the wa…
So it's the end of the crazy year, thats been 2020. Andy, Mel, Bekah and Jamie sit round and discuss the Beacons. Which are there favourite, which ones to head for if its your first time listening. E…
The more excuses you produce, the less convincing you sound. The words provide a verbally comprehensible answer to a doubt or request. However, the fact that so many words were used to begin with cas…
One thing that I have learned as a Christian over many years is this. There are no words, that any speaker, no matter how good, can say, that are better or more effective than the scripture itself.
Every type of government that we have ever seen, even if it has “safeguards” in place, becomes corrupt and becomes about money. Democracy is meant to have the safeguard that the government can be vot…
It seems that many have taken to putting up Christmas decorations well before the start of December in order to bring some cheer in these strange times, where we cannot be together as much as we woul…
What a year it’s been. What a journey we’ve been on together. There are some points in history that you will never forget, no matter how hard you try in certain circumstances. But sometimes they a…
If you live in the Western world, you likely have a constitutional “inalienable right” to freedom! You may have freedom to practice religion, freedom to speak, freedom to travel, and the list goes o…
You know that feeling, when we get to work on a Monday morning, and are already tired and wishing for another weekend. As a result of the last year happenings, with it being such an unusual year, I t…
These are well known words from Isaiah chapter 9 describing the coming of the saviour, Jesus, in the future. From this passage we later hear of his nature and character “he will be called Wonderful …
One thing is for sure on a cold December morning and that is that summer holidays seem an awfully long way away. We were fortunate enough to be able to go to the seaside this summer, it wasn't that w…
You know what - I’m tired. Today I’m not going to hide it, I’m tired. I just want a holiday. Its been a long time since I've been able to put my feet up, sit back - even it seems just having one day…
Jamie and I watched a program on Netflix called we are the champions last week. In it, there are lots of different zany contests around the world, including things like cheese rolling, yoyo contests …
One of the amazing things of this strange year, has been the way in which people have responded. I remember well speaking with Jamie way back in March about how we could keep connected with people
It’s at this time of year that darkness is very real. We wake up in the dark and return home in the dark, with the shortened daylight hours. And it can really affect people, not seeing and feeling …
The way we prepare for things is very important. I’m talking about preparing for simple and ordinary things as well as things to which we give more importance, things which have life long effects.
He did this through a natural process called tree grafting in which, a branch from an orange tree, for example, is transplanted (grafted) onto another tree, like an apple or an olive tree. If success…
Challenges can turn us inwards. This is particularly true at the moment, when we’re much more isolated than usual, with a lot more time to think over our problems. I come to this subject, because I n…
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