We used to have a friend who had a sometimes difficult husband (he was lovely really!) and we would ask her how she coped with him? Her response was always the same - she prayed for ‘more grace’ each day. When people and situations become challenging...
How do we go about attracting God’s favour? Can we actually attract His favour? Does God simply choose to favour some people above others? Does God has favourites?...
Church is barely recognisable today from those that I attended in my childhood. I grew up sitting in my Sunday best on cold hard pews, in poorly heated buildings, singing endlessly long hymns, listening to what seemed like interminably long sermons. We had flower rota’s,...
Sometimes you just never see it coming. In the space of about ten days God turned our world upside down. One moment we’re settled and committed to building God’s Kingdom in the east end of Newcastle and the next we’re going to be heading down...
A few years ago on New Years Day, I emerged out of the shower and said to Julia, ‘How do you fancy going to the New Year sales at the Trafford Centre?’ She thought I’d slipped and banged my head in the shower! A few...
Game Changers In sport one change can transform the result. We can probably all remember a sports event where a coach has made a decision that has literally changed the game. Perhaps it has been a strategic move or a change of personnel. It has become a...
Have you ever been driving and not seen someone and nearly hit them!? I was driving on the motorway in England a couple of years ago and having checked my mirrors I began to slowly pull out into the overtaking lane only to hear the...
Charles Blondin, was famous in the 1800’s for walking across Niagara Falls on a tightrope numerous times. He even crossed blindfolded, with a stove and in fact, on one occasion he even cooked an omelette on the tightrope! In June 1859 he crossed with a wheel...
When Bob Marley sang the immortal words, ‘Don't worry about a thing, cause every little things gonna be alright’ (Three Little Birds) he was pretty much on to something! The Apostle Paul taught the Philippians: “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you...
Just recently I was attending a conference at a hotel in the north east of England. We headed for breakfast and I noticed a waitresses rushing around looking quite stressed and angry with everyone. In fact she nearly knocked me over as I walked across...