A while back I was asked to speak at a church I had never been to before. I think they had been told about CVM Cymru and that I was a good person to fill a ‘pulpit’ slot that would have otherwise been difficult to fill. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the opportunity […]
Asked if there was a compromise in being Kingdom Man, and trying to be all things to all men caused me to check and think through again what my personal values are in what may seem a confusingly challenging world. There are lots of blokey things that I like and that I take for granted; […]
Happy New Year. Let me retell a story, perhaps one of my favourites found in Mark 2. Huge crowds had gathered around Jesus, so many people that there just wasn’t any space left as Jesus was teaching truth and healing the sick. The house he was in must have been heaving, with people filling every […]
“When the seagull follows the trawler it’s because they think the sardines will be thrown into the sea” Probably one of the most famous yet misunderstood football quotes. For football followers you will have already guessed the name of the person who made the comment – Eric Cantona, iconic Manchester United footballer. (28/10/03 Eric Cantona: […]
This week my brother Ben and I are trying to cycle from St David’s in Wales right across the widest point of the UK to Lowestoft. When I dreamed this Grand Challenge up in lockdown it seemed like a fantastic idea and made perfect sense, right now it makes no sense! What’s a CVM Grand […]
In conversation with a friend recently we found ourselves analysing our families. We were considering those things that have influenced us, particularly areas of family life that emerge when two families come together from differing cultures and backgrounds. What we ourselves bring to make our families seem normal, our inheritance if you like. For example; […]
If you have any school connections you will be aware that school reports usually indicate what level the student is working at. This has a number of undesired effects: The level acts as a label. Those with a low level will be convinced that they can never achieve more than their level and may give […]
So I have decided to set myself a physical challenge, to compete in a half Iron Man, it is called the Gauntlet, and from the moment I had the idea my body is telling me this was a stupid idea. The Gauntlet is a 1.9km open water swim race, then a 90km bike race then […]
“Do you speak English?” An elderly woman asked from the other side of the locked grilled front door of my rented holiday home near Benidorm. A second woman in her mid-40s stood alongside her. “I am English”, I replied; momentarily forgetting I was standing in just my budgie smugglers! Unfazed, she asked a supplementary question […]
The following was sent to me some time ago, it seemed worth repeating! “The older I get the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours […]
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