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A prayer of Augustine

Today I offer you a little prayer. But it packs a punch. “God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us…

Bricks

It is said that a successful man or woman is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. How do you…

Esther reading

This morning I found Esther with my Bible. “What are you doing darling?” I asked, hoping she wasn’t going to tear the pages or revert it to its component parts….

Graham Cooked

Those of you who know me will be interested that I have not yet blogged about the Graham Cooke conference last weekend. The reason for this is that I wanted…

Jesus knew

Jesus knew what was coming. His disciples didn’t. But Jesus knew. He always knows what’s coming. He sent them on ahead – just two of them, to find the place…

An extra mile

Last week was sports day at school. During one of the races for the tiniest children I was amused to see a dot of a child running rather slowly and…

Righteous

This morning before he went away for a few days, Jon wrote me a little card. In it he quoted Psalm 55:22 “Cast your cares on the Lord and He…

Dispensable

For a long time I lived under the misconception that I was indispensable. I would panic if I wasn’t able to sing or preach, or visit someone. I worried that…