Mar 18, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
Amplification and acceleration are two words I had not thought much about previously, but over this last year as a growing number of thinkers and commentators have observed that global pandemics don’t actually, in and of themselves, change culture or technology, but...
Mar 11, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
This Sunday we will be continuing with our series looking at Paul’s letter to the Philippians. We will be looking at chapter 4 verses 8 – 13. These verses are very personal to me. They are embedded in me because if my mum had a favourite bible verse it was...
Mar 3, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
Moreover I remember the years of learning how to write essays, how to keep then interesting and not repetitive. Conjunctive adverbs were my biggest hurdle. Most sentences began with also, or however. An expansion of vocabulary was required. My dad saw this as a...
Feb 25, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
Mr Chippy Mr Chippy, two words that sparked a vision in my soul. More than a vision: a smell, a taste, and a hunger satisfied. It was my dad’s tested technique for tired teenage legs staggering our way back from a hill walk. He would describe the joy set before us...
Feb 17, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
Hey Church, I’ve been thinking and reflecting lately about The Point and the success we had over Christmas with our hampers for schools and emergency accommodation. I was talking with our missions sector leaders and saying how incredible it was that our plan for 80...
Feb 11, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
Snow, we all seem to have had lots of it. For the home schoolers, physics has suddenly become a popular subject as youngsters and their parents venture outside, sledge in hand to measure the force of gravity and kinetic energy as they slide down the nearest hill. No...
Feb 4, 2021 | Life to the Max, QPLive
Yacht racing As some of you may have gathered, one of my lockdown pick-me-ups has been to follow the arduous, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, the Vendee Globe 2020. It has provided 3 months plus of daily drama: Southern Ocean storms, mid-Atlantic doldrums,...
