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It’s all over!

In: current affairs, television

My West Wing sojourn has come to an end and I’m feeling a little bereft. Jimmy Smits is in the Whitehouse, Bradley Whitford is chief of staff and Martin Sheen is winging his way to new Hampshire to forget all about MS so all’s well with the world (America can rest easy!), but I’m left [...]

A bundle of nine of us from Sawyers went to Norwich mid-week to engage with life, ministry and marriage stuff. This was hosted by Gordon-and-his-aqua-wife-Gail McDonald; their intensity and general approach despite some helpful content resulted in only a 4/10 score for me…. Here are some of the nuggets from the time shared,…
Reserve your primary [...]

Apologies for the lack of blogging recently… Try these threads out….!

The thought of Rev Steve Jobs (parody!! Apple’s CEO-genius) if he was your church leader…!!
10 things we could learn from Disney! Educative as to how we could do church-better!
A really interesting interview with NT Wright about his new-ish book that I’m loving: ‘Surprised by Hope.’
Marshall [...]

smiles of hope

In: current affairs, family stuff

our dear ones,
messaging hope in our
townwide outreach a few weeks ago!

It’s always a really encouraging occasion. It means a-lot, whenever someone just says,…..“I’m thinking of you……”
In the garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus said, ‘My soul is overwhelmed 
with sorrow to the point of death ……. Matthew 26:38 and when He prayed and His sweat was like drops of blood, Luke 22:44. Jesus said to His [...]

St. Patrick’s Day has become a cultural phenomenon well almost everywhere, forever associated with Irish pride, copious amounts of alcohol consumption and those weird green milkshakes from some McDonald’s. But, how much do you really know about where it all came from? Here are 10 facts you may not have known about St. Patrick’s Day.

1. [...]

31 Days is a really well-thought out web-based initative that asks, the obvious needful, challenging, eternal question about timing!!
What if you only had 31 days to live?
What would you do?
Go skydiving
See the world
Party until it’s over
Live every day to the fullest
Visit family
Get right with God
Settle all your [...]

brevity

In: current affairs, reflection

Ernest Hemingway  once bet that he could write a complete story in six words!! He wrote, ‘For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.’ He won his bet. Now the questions is being asked!! is asking its readers to sum up their own lives in just six words. The BBC is tracking this story; you can read more about [...]

New beginnings

In: current affairs

As you can see it’s all change and Johnny and I have joined forces and launched an all new website on the unsuspecting public. As we are now both submitting entries to the same blog, extra points for anyone who can guess the author before reading the header!
We are both excited by this new [...]

Easter surprise

In: current affairs

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Johnny and Hannah reside in Essex with their gorgeous kids Noah and Esther. They love to connect with people and make an impact in their local community. Johnny is a church leader with a passion for communicating truth and encouraging people in life-long obedience to Jesus, whilst Hannah keeps the family together and is busy with women's ministry and writing projects. They love life, music, movies, coffee and books, preferably not all at the same time!

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