Just recently I was given the news that I had Metastatic Oesophageal cancer with a shortened life expectancy of 9 months. Although the consultant was looking directly at me for one brief moment, I had to check myself from turning around to see if she was talking to someone else. In the weeks and months […]
On the 10th of the 10th 2010 I was baptized by full immersion. But why? I grew up in a family that openly disliked church, though I’ve no idea why. Other than a wedding or two I had no desire to enter a church until I was 16 and that was only because I fancied […]
I remember when I had first decided to explore the possibility of attending my own personal therapy, even before I had made any enquiries, I had a number of fears/concerns/questions (call them what you will) about what I was going to face when I walked in to the therapy room for the first time. In […]
It’s International Women’s Day today – so why is Christian Vision for Men highlighting this? In lots of spheres across the world, people are working for equal opportunities for men and women. CVM is involved in this too… The problems The current average gender ratio in the UK Church is 1 man : 2 women […]
I know all too well the impact that gambling can have not only on the gambler but also on friends, relatives and colleagues. By the age of 49 I had lost hundreds of thousands of pounds due to this terrible addiction. Gambling landed me in the criminal justice system for over eighteen years, ten of […]
Have you ever had a young child, grandchild, niece or nephew, sit on your knee and unashamedly, closely inspect your face, kneading you like a piece of play dough? This is written for you. Suppose I’m on fire with rage, smouldering with resentment, awash with satisfaction, bubbling with hap-hap- happiness or just horizontally laid back, floating […]
Every man on earth is always self-conscious of having a Doctor looking at their testicles. However, I was one man who bravely took a step of faith to let my Doctor look at them and it turned into the best decision I made. Finding a lump is always a concern as there are always so […]
A friend revealed to me recently, that although she was a primary school teacher she too had been caught up in gambling. It seemed to her that a trip to the bingo offered a night out to enjoy herself with her friends but unfortunately as time passed those feelings passed by and the thoughts of […]
From a Dad of twins who survived last year! by Lee Jackson I’m the author of a few books. Three of them have been about teenagers, two about how to help them do well and pass exams in schools. I’ve helped teenage students for years, as a youth worker and for the last eight years […]
For ages, we’ve tamed the Christmas story and made it nice for the kids–time to face reality. Recite this out loud: She said God made her pregnant! What was in her head? Was that what, what she said meant? There were less idiotic ways to explain her Being in the family way—it’s a no-brainer. Well, […]
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