There comes a time when stepping out from what may seem a relatively small world becomes something of a challenge; a moving on, a passage of rites, a personal extension that brings a larger world view. This truism is often shaped when we start thinking about owning a car. To be successful in broadening our […]
First of all I would like to thank Lady Gaga for the title of this blog. As a result you may be reading this with a deal of trepidation as to what might be coming next. Some of you might already know what I am about to reveal about myself, either because I told you […]
Every Christmas a friend of mine, who passed away some time ago would, give me a bottle of whisky as a present. It was probably the cheapest whisky that could be bought in the UK. It didn’t have a label that was easily recognised and the shop that sells it only stocked that one brand. […]
Don’t know about you, but feeling like our moral compass is all over the place in these uncertain days ……….. Just off the mobile phone to a friend who has just lost his job, he was with his company for 14 years in a senior position. The way they paid him off was so impersonal; […]
Back in the day I had two momentous things happen to me. Firstly I passed my driving test, secondly I became a Christian. Both these things happened within a short space of time of one another. Being young and naïve aged 17, I combined both of these events. I was as really into my new […]
In the 1970’s Jackson Browne had great success with his song ‘Running on Empty’. I listened to it again recently as a friend of mine said he felt like he was running on empty. He had nothing left in the tank. He had nothing in reserve. Life had taken its toll. He felt his life […]
On Saturday evening I was at the Cinema to watch the new Sci-fi movie Tenent, the story is about a secret agent who embarks on a dangerous, time bending mission to prevent the start of Word War III. The film was fast paced and all action, but I just could not follow the story, too […]
There are two reasons why I dislike seaweed. The first one being that once when I was paddling in the sea as a child I slipped and fell into a huge patch of it that was lurking under the surface – that and being a child who grew up watching Dr Who caused me to panic at […]
Have you told God lately that you love Him? At our Men’s Breakfast recently we started talking about ‘strange times’ and how some of us were not feeling very spiritual (in the absence of church and communion). Others were reviewing their values/priorities (i.e. family as top priority). It was suggested that our current situation could be a prolonged […]
A bloke in a high viz jacket was checking the contents of car boots, “What have you got in the car, sir?”, he said. I felt the anxiety level increase. “Could you open the boot please”. The drivers behind me looked at me suspiciously. Perhaps because my car had blackened out rear windows, he was […]
