Inspiration and perspiration

Inspiration and perspiration

Some smart individual once suggested that living out a Vision is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration! That seems about right to me. The fact is, dramatic dreams require diligent execution, vision is empty without action. The real work occurs in taking our hopes and...
Dare to be a Daniel

Dare to be a Daniel

We live in times that have been described as the “Age of Anxiety.” Our society, it seems to me at least, is increasingly shaped by the fear of litigation and “reputational damage”. Organisations, of all shapes and sizes, apply great attention to the mitigation of...
Dare to be a Daniel

Baptisms

This Sunday we have the joy of seeing three people being baptised as part of our morning worship. There are many things to celebrate as part of baptism, and I suspect that something which stands out for many of us is hearing people’s stories of how they came to faith...
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Seek and you will find.

If, like me, you were around in the 1990s, you might remember a brief craze for Magic Eye pictures, or stereograms, as they are more properly called. (Kids, you’ll need to ask your parents or grandparents about them!)  People would sit around for hours, peering and...
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A familiar tale?

Feeling nostalgic?   Do you ever get an ear worm, a tune which unbidden starts to play in your head and whether you like it or not you can’t find the off switch! I recently had an earworm from my youth, not the whole song just the opening guitar riff. So off I went to...