Changing Seasons

Changing Seasons

I came into work this morning and noticed that the temperature is up quite a bit, and I’ve been feeling really Evangelistic for the past few weeks. My wife usually gets headaches at times like these. This time two years ago our Church was given this awesome...
A tree is known by its fruit

A tree is known by its fruit

There was a freshness to the air and the streetlights were gently illuminating our front garden. I had arrived home late after being out in town, and I had been to the pub. Just seven months earlier I was arriving home to a scared and angry wife because, to be frank,...

To Make The King Stand

It was my first World Cup. Well, maybe not the first I had been alive for, but the first that I had taken interest in. It was 2002 and the England football team had made it to the quarter-finals and were facing the mighty Brazil. My wife and I were in a local pub...
Break Here To Multiply

Break Here To Multiply

Aged eighteen I weighted about twelve stone and my waist was thirty inches around. I remember going to the local strong man gym, where Bill Pittuck used to train and probably still does. If you’ve ever been interested in the strongman competitions you’ll...

Compassion when things go wrong

According to the dictionary the word ‘compassion’ describes the act of ‘witnessing suffering and desiring to alleviate it’. Compassion, when flowing from a healthy heart, is what drives us to meet the needs of those who have nothing to give us in return. It’s what...