Change is good. Right?
Work takes me to Scandinavia a couple of times a year, mainly to Sweden and Denmark, with visits to Norway …
Category Archives: Change
How Lovely on the Mountains
My journey to attend a business meeting in Switzerland the other week included taking a train from Genève Airport to …
Clean Hands
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has …
Books and Covers
Tempus fugit and it is nearly two months since a post last appeared on this blog. Christmas with family and …
Uncomfortable
Are you comfortable with your comfortable church, or does the fact that your church has become so comfortable make you …
Lessons from a Guernsey Holiday Cottage Garden
Ever since I had a Fitbit I have had difficulty standing still. Why waste the opportunity to accumulate more steps …
Modern Idols of the Church: Accountability
The church tends to latch onto certain buzz words. One that has sprung up in my life time is accountability. …
Closed
Once again I must begin with an apology for absence. In my defence the Christmas and New Year period has …
Broken Church
I have picked up and lost a couple of nicknames in my time. On my first ship they called me …
The MiT Diaries – It’s all Greek…
Welcome to the MiT Diaries! MiT in UK Baptist terminology means ‘Minister in Training’ after this I become a NAM …
Cathedrals
Ever get one of those ‘I’m done with church’ moments? I guess we all have them. They come from many …
The Jesus Shop
There is a shop next to our church called The Common Room. It has been open for just over two …
Back Home
It doesn’t seem possible that a week has passed since we headed home from Spring Harvest Skegness. It is a …
Behavioural Problems
The British joke that when they go on holiday to resorts in Southern Europe the German holidaymakers get up early …
Bubble Wrap
The Welfords find Spring Harvest to be a time of blessing. Apart from spending time together as a family and …
Bad Friday
Why is Good Friday known as Good Friday when the first Good Friday wasn’t a good day for most people? …
Humans
Anyone else round here getting fed up with humans? I know that we have to share the planet with them, …
Here for a Reason
Hereford Baptist Church (HBC) is located in Commercial Road, at the gateway to the main shopping area of the city. …
Sister Act
Marilyn and I spent Sunday evening watching the Whoopi Goldberg movie Sister Act. It seemed a little cheesy at first, …
The Wrong Train
My youngest son John uses the train regularly, mainly to come home from school when he has attended after school …
Four Seasons
I do not look forward to autumn (fall if you are from North America). While I love the colours of …
I Know Nothing
The phrase “I know nothing!” was made famous in an episode of Fawlty Towers when Manuel the Spanish waiter refuses …
Signs and Wonders
It has been good to spend a few days staying with my parents in Devon. They are blessed to live …
This Museum Used To Be A Cute Cathedral
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed is more commonly known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral. St Basil’s stands at one end …
My Lighthouse
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey Luke says that He paused as the city came into sight and …
Lands End for Orders
Today I have been challenged by the waiting times in my life. Back in the 1970s when I was serving …
The Point
Last Friday 2,000 men gathered together in a field near Swindon in the UK to spend a weekend together. Some …
Change
Back in 1999 I heard God speaking to me very clearly about change. I had the same message twice in one …
In a Relationship
One of my earliest memories as a child is of walking hand-in-hand with my father to and from kindergarten. I …
Ruins
The weather in the UK over the New Year holiday was very unpredictable. New Years Day was most definitely a stay-indoors …
A Good Example
Several summers ago while staying with our son Nick and his wife Anna in Scarborough we were crossing a roundabout …
Ebs and Flows... 