What’s the Point of Church?
I struggle sometimes with the question of who church is for, and what church is for. What is the point …
Category Archives: God
Dregs
I looked expectantly into the mug, but only the dregs remained. Certainly not enough to satisfy my craving for coffee. …
Unexpected
British winter isn’t what it used to be. The last significant winter event took place in 2010. During the winter …
A Distant Generation
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn …
Blessed not Stressed
I never imagined that three inches of snow would create havoc with the transport network in Switzerland. In the UK …
Clean Hands
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has …
What I Want
I have a confession to make: my study of the Welsh language has fallen by the wayside. Life seems to …
No Longer Here
I first blogged about my Aunty Beryl five years ago. By then Beryl had already spent one year in a …
Dinosaur Church
One of our children had a thing about dinosaurs. I can’t remember who it was but I do know that …
Dirty Coffee Cups
I have a corner in my home office where I retreat to spend time with God. It separates me from …
Wish You Were Here
Today I submitted a photograph to a competition for amateur photographers. The subject of the competition was ‘Wish You Were …
Whose Church?
I’m still having trouble getting Harvest Bible Chapel Miami out of my head, even though I am back in the …
Beautiful
For the last two years we have come together as a family at the end of May in the North …
Flows
It is Easter and the Welford family are back in Skegness for Spring Harvest. We hope for a recharging of …
A Different Clock
If there is one thing God has been repeatedly reminding me about in the last twelve months it has been …
Broken Church
I have picked up and lost a couple of nicknames in my time. On my first ship they called me …
Driven by Love
On Monday this week Marilyn, myself and our youngest son John headed down to Cardiff (75 miles from us) to …
Sarajevo
Sarajevo is an unusual city. It is a place where east meets west as the old town area that hails …
Finding Our Way Home
It has been a busy few weeks with little time spent at home due to work commitments, and even less …
Don’t Blame God
Last week I was in St Petersburg, this week I am in Kiev. Not so many years ago Kiev was …
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 …
Incomplete
Do you ever wonder why the world has so many different religions? They can’t all be right, can they? Could …
The Captain of the Ship
When I was sixteen all I ever wanted to be was a ship’s captain. I spent three and a half …
Under Pressure
Life has been a tad demanding of late, hence the sporadic nature of posts on this blog. In the last …
Old-Fashioned
It is a fact that not everything old is bad and not everything new is good. Take telecommunications as an …
Reasons
I am always intrigued about the reason a village, town or city is populated to the extent that it is. We …
God’s Signature
Although Hereford Baptist Church (HBC) is very much a city centre church, many of the congregation live in the surrounding market towns …
Working 9 to 5
I must apologise for the lack of content on Ebs and Flows during the last week. The main problem is …
Business Traveller
Business travel is not all it is made out to be. I drove down to London’s Heathrow Airport last Sunday …
Good Food
How far would you travel for a good meal? How much would you pay, and what you would you be …
Humans
Anyone else round here getting fed up with humans? I know that we have to share the planet with them, …
