(Originally published at carlbeech.com) Being the leader of the largest UK men’s movement, I’ve been asked more than a few times lately where we are with some of the teaching coming from the United States. I need to take serious time to start to put my thoughts down in a considered manner but as my […]
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He should have died at the scene. That was what they were saying. His first 24 hours after the car crash were to be his last. That was what everyone was preparing themselves for. So when he walked into the living room last week, smiling, I don’t think any of us quite had the words […]
It was only for an hour or so, and I was adamant that it would be productive. I really didn’t see a problem. I didn’t really need to be anywhere else. I get paid very little for what I do; nowhere near enough, frankly. The teachers look down on us teaching assistants if I’m being […]
So – there we were. Blokes. Blokes in a big tent. Blokes in a big tent in a windswept field. Blokes everywhere. Big blokes, little blokes, beardy blokes, shaven blokes, baldy blokes, hairy blokes, young blokes, old blokes. It was exciting. Banter, bacon rolls, burgers, beer, and the ….I’ve run out of b’s – but you’ve […]
(Acknowledgements to Roy Crown, after his talk at the CVM Gathering, 26.06.11). Pete: “It happens ‘specially when I’m driving alone on a long journey. I’ll get one of my big ideas. It’ll be something which will solve loads of our problems in one go, or make the work go ballistic. They come from something that’s […]
The Goonies, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, Forrest Gump…these classics were just a few of the movie locations we researched ahead of our epic three month jaunt across the United States. My wife and I had specific instructions and detailed maps regarding exactly how to find the square in Georgia where Tom Hanks sat […]
How do you balance leading a Holy and pure Christian life and getting involved in the things of this world? Well … my dad always says (Good Ol’ Dad): “You can’t cross a river without getting your feet wet” But I would like to add (hopefully this is part of my legacy): “You can’t cross […]
In my childhood my ears were amazing. I mean they are still pretty awesome and everything, but in my childhood, man they were good. They could hear a bag of sweets being opened from two miles away, while simultaneously ignoring a request to complete a chore issued from less than two metres. I know what […]
So the other day (Monday) before lunch, as we do every week, at my bible college we spent 15 mins praying for graduates of the college. Each one of us sitting around our various tables may pray for one or two people and read from information collected on sheets that are given around from folders. […]
The queue was huge and it didn’t seem to be going down at all. I knew I should have left five or even ten minutes earlier, I could have done without this. There were shelf stackers but there was only one person on the tills. That’s the problem with these express supermarkets – you know, […]
