“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.”
Amid the clamour of consumerism, David Essex singing “It’s only a winter’s tale” stopped me in my tracks in the middle of the supermarket. I have no idea why. I don’t know the rest of the lyrics, only the title. It’s not one of my all time favourites, but perhaps the music evokes memories of […]
How must it feel to have your homeland occupied by the enemy, to be dispossessed of your land, to have your home bombarded and devastated, and reduced to a pile of rubble? How must it feel to lose relatives and friends, lose possessions, lose dignity, and be surrounded by devastation, chaos and uncertainty, knowing no […]
Let`s be honest, not one of us of likes to be out of our comfort zone, that is because we feel and look vulnerable. Well today I felt vulnerable, I had organised to go to a place in Aberdeenshire called Go Ape, this is a place where you can do the ‘Tree Top Challenge’. The […]
Who are you remembering?
Gordon is a good friend. We have spent some fun times together, but he is totally locked into ‘stuff’. He’s a busy person and he’s gadget mad and considers it a priority to have the latest versions. He has a good job and can afford to buy these things. I suppose when I had a […]
STOP EATING FROM THE DEVIL’S TABLE! New blog from CVM’s Northern Director Gasky.
Check out this excellent blog from friend of CVM, Jason Muxworthy – the first in a new series on this important subject.
As I look out across the landscape of my own life there have been times of success and hope, and times of failure and despair. I wonder just how many blokes out there struggle to rebuild their lives after a disaster. How do we transform the rubble and devastation caused by the earthquakes and tsunamis […]
One of Satan’s strongest weapons is discouragement through negative words. If David had followed his brother’s or Goliath’s or Saul’s words in 1Samuel 17 he would not have gone on to be the greatest King Israel ever had. To his brothers he had a wicked heart and to Goliath he was the runt of the […]