• What?
  • Contributors
    • Nick
    • David
    • Mike
    • Anna
    • Oli
    • Ed
    • Matt
    • Steve
    • Bloggers…
      • Building Blocks
      • Grow Up!
      • Pop Thy Collar
      • Pregnant With Hope
      • Thorns and Myrtles
      • Unending Love, Amazing Grace
      • The Recovering Legalist

Ebs and Flows…

Ebs and Flows…

Category Archives: God

When you frame it like that… what are you missing?

November 12, 2021

This post, which interrupts the flow of my reminiscences from life at sea in the 1970s, is a response to …

Continue reading →

My Will be Done

November 3, 2021

After just ten hours in Port Cartier the Irish Wasa was back at sea, loaded with 16,000 tons of Canadian …

Continue reading →

Awesome

May 1, 2021

Awesome is not a word we used much when I was sixteen, although awesome would more than adequately describe my …

Continue reading →

Taken for Granted

April 26, 2021

What made me join the Merchant Navy? Was it my early connections with the sea through living in Plymouth and …

Continue reading →

Happy Birthday!

November 10, 2020

Those birthdays with zeroes at the end impact each of us differently. I still remember the first one when Dad …

Continue reading →

Time to Pray More

September 22, 2019

It has been nearly two months since my previous post: ‘Time to Pray.’ In that post I wrote the following …

Continue reading →

Time Stops

June 1, 2019

To celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary Marilyn and I returned to one of our favourite places on this planet. To …

Continue reading →

What’s the Point of Church?

December 12, 2018

I struggle sometimes with the question of who church is for, and what church is for. What is the point …

Continue reading →

Dregs

September 13, 2018

I looked expectantly into the mug, but only the dregs remained. Certainly not enough to satisfy my craving for coffee. …

Continue reading →

Unexpected

March 18, 2018

British winter isn’t what it used to be. The last significant winter event took place in 2010. During the winter …

Continue reading →

A Distant Generation

March 8, 2018

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn …

Continue reading →

Blessed not Stressed

March 6, 2018

I never imagined that three inches of snow would create havoc with the transport network in Switzerland. In the UK …

Continue reading →

Clean Hands

February 15, 2018

Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has …

Continue reading →

What I Want

November 11, 2017

I have a confession to make: my study of the Welsh language has fallen by the wayside. Life seems to …

Continue reading →

No Longer Here

October 27, 2017

I first blogged about my Aunty Beryl five years ago. By then Beryl had already spent one year in a …

Continue reading →

Dinosaur Church

October 5, 2017

One of our children had a thing about dinosaurs. I can’t remember who it was but I do know that …

Continue reading →

Dirty Coffee Cups

September 29, 2017

I have a corner in my home office where I retreat to spend time with God. It separates me from …

Continue reading →

Wish You Were Here

September 15, 2017

Today I submitted a photograph to a competition for amateur photographers. The subject of the competition was ‘Wish You Were …

Continue reading →

Whose Church?

August 15, 2017

I’m still having trouble getting Harvest Bible Chapel Miami out of my head, even though I am back in the …

Continue reading →

Beautiful

June 10, 2017

For the last two years we have come together as a family at the end of May in the North …

Continue reading →

Flows

April 11, 2017

It is Easter and the Welford family are back in Skegness for Spring Harvest. We hope for a recharging of …

Continue reading →

A Different Clock

February 27, 2017

If there is one thing God has been repeatedly reminding me about in the last twelve months it has been …

Continue reading →

Broken Church

October 10, 2016

I have picked up and lost a couple of nicknames in my time. On my first ship they called me …

Continue reading →

Driven by Love

August 24, 2016

On Monday this week Marilyn, myself and our youngest son John headed down to Cardiff (75 miles from us) to …

Continue reading →

Sarajevo

August 15, 2016

Sarajevo is an unusual city. It is a place where east meets west as the old town area that hails …

Continue reading →

Finding Our Way Home

August 9, 2016

It has been a busy few weeks with little time spent at home due to work commitments, and even less …

Continue reading →

Don’t Blame God

July 25, 2016

Last week I was in St Petersburg, this week I am in Kiev. Not so many years ago Kiev was …

Continue reading →

The MiT Diaries – It’s all Greek…

July 5, 2016

Welcome to the MiT Diaries! MiT in UK Baptist terminology means ‘Minister in Training’ after this I become a NAM …

Continue reading →

Incomplete

July 2, 2016

Do you ever wonder why the world has so many different religions? They can’t all be right, can they? Could …

Continue reading →

The Captain of the Ship

June 30, 2016

When I was sixteen all I ever wanted to be was a ship’s captain. I spent three and a half …

Continue reading →

Under Pressure

June 26, 2016

Life has been a tad demanding of late, hence the sporadic nature of posts on this blog. In the last …

Continue reading →

← Older posts

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

Archives

Blogs

  • A simple man of God
  • Alex Willmott
  • ASBO Jesus
  • Barren to Blessed
  • Chris Yeager
  • Christian Vision for Men
  • Cookie Crumbs To Live By
  • Encouragement for Every Day
  • Jessie Clemence
  • Out of Eden Ministries
  • Pregnant with Hope
  • Proverbial Thought
  • Quiet Confidence
  • Sacred Touches
  • Snowgood
  • Stuff Christians Like
  • The Recovering Legalist
  • Tripping Over Typeset

Rest of Web

  • Christianity
  • Rend Collective Experiment
  • Sorted

Writers

  • Steve
    • Prayer
  • Anna
    • Anna’s Journal Part 2
  • Building Blocks
    • Fifty Shades of Normal
  • David
    • Reunion
  • Gjaowngnsmf
    • The silent treatment.
  • jessieereddia
    • The Shape God Has Given You
  • Oli
    • And the bottom fell out…
  • Matt
    • Hubris
  • Mike
    • A Bitter Pill
  • Nick
    • Modern Idols of the Church: Accountability
  • Anthony Baker
    • The Only Way Across

Comments

  • David on Reunion
  • Gary Fultz on Reunion
  • David on Rust
  • Karla Jo Wasion on Rust
  • David on Rust

CVM

Bible Gateway

Threads

Proverbial Thought

Follow @NickWelford

Twitter Updates

    Boring stuff

    • Register
    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.com

    RSS Feed RSS - Posts

    RSS Feed RSS - Comments

    IVF Posts

    • IVF Posts
    NetworkedBlogs
    Blog:
    Ebs and Flows
    Topics:
    Jesus, Christianity, God
     
    Follow my blog

    Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

    Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
    • Follow Following
      • Ebs and Flows...
      • Join 1,756 other followers
      • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
      • Ebs and Flows...
      • Customize
      • Follow Following
      • Sign up
      • Log in
      • Report this content
      • View site in Reader
      • Manage subscriptions
      • Collapse this bar
     

    Loading Comments...