By CVM writer Dazz Jones So, today the plumber came over (and no he wasn’t late). He arrived, asked me what the problem was and proceeded to crack open the boiler, taking bits out and turning the taps on and off. I had no idea whether what he was doing was right really … or […]
So, today the plumber came round (and no he wasn’t late). He arrives, asks me what the problem is and proceeds to crack open the boiler and begins taking bits out and turning the taps on and off. I had no idea whether what he was doing was right really … or wrong for that […]
A Christian and a Muslim were walking down the road. Sounds like the start of a bad joke doesn’t it? In fact, this was last Sunday. My newly met Muslim friend genuinely wanted to know whether she would be “allowed” to come to church with me. I’d not really noticed the headscarf. Looking back, I […]
So when people find out what I do, they inevitably want to hear my most gruesome stories of injury, disease or misfortune. Here’s one. This guy comes into my surgery a few months back, he is so obese he can’t see or take care of his feet anymore, and his belly hangs in a floppy apron over […]
We are currently in the midst of the annual 16 days of global action to end violence against women. Last week, Alesha Dixon presented a BBC programme which highlighted the experience of children, including herself, affected by domestic violence. More than 750,000 children in the UK are living in homes where such violence takes place. […]
LoveZim International prayer day for Zimbabwe 26th September 2010 An exciting thing is happening in Zimbabwe. There is a move on to redeem the broken land that was once called the ‘breadbasket’ of Africa. Zimbabwe is rich in resources but has become a place of poverty, hunger and dependency. A move is afoot to bring […]
Since I began full-time church work as a curate in the Church of England last year, I have become increasingly convinced of the need for the church to engage with the local community, to be salt and light, to allow the light of Jesus to shine out in all places. This was part of the […]
I’m a faulty man in my mid-fifties, with a wonderful wife of 28 years with 23 years of full time ministry under my belt. All my children are in their early and mid-twenties, walking with Jesus and I’m a Grateful Dad. Two bits of advice I found worked pretty well. I always tried to be […]
At about 4am this morning I was trying to comfort my five month year old son who was teething. Despite the circumstance I was shocked at how normal it actually seemed and how life had changed so much and so quickly since his arrival. Despite being from a relatively large and comparatively happy family I […]
I keep hearing the newsreaders going through that matter-of-fact but deadly patter—part of the almost weekly routine now for us it seems, but each time, the end of some family’s world. ‘The MOD has announced the death in Afghanistan this week of another British serviceman. He was corporal… of the … battle group, killed by […]
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