I realise that this is going to be a very contentious subject as a CVM blog with fruit in the title – but it’s a manly fruit as it has thorns! So here is a definition of the noun Gooseberry: To be an unwanted third person who is present when two other people especially two people having a romantic […]
Most days during lockdown, my wife and I have made time to pray for our family and for one another. Before lockdown, our family life was hectic! driving here and there with the younger children, who were doing boxing and football, so taking them to training and matches. Love that the kids enjoy what they […]
It was the 4th of March, and I was working at school. Some teachers started to talk about a possible closing of the schools, some said that it wouldn’t be possible, that last time the school closed was during the second world war. We left school at 2pm, later that afternoon our prime minister said that […]
Each year, when I was a child, we were taken to an ‘open day’ at the Steelworks where my Dad worked, it was a really enjoyable family day out with rides and other entertainment. Consequently, for me, the words ‘Open Day’ became synonymous with such a fun event. However, on a hot summer Saturday in […]
I take our dog for regular walks in the surrounding countryside. However, walks over one particular week recently proved something of a challenge, but nothing to do with the restrictions in place due to the pandemic. No, the main difficulty is in my footwear. I have managed to acquire a stone in one of my […]
‘You play good cop and I will play bad cop, hopefully we can drag a confession out of this guy.’ There are probably many, many scenario’s, in many films where the ‘good guy – bad guy’ scene has been played out. It fits a basic construct, cowboys and indians, cops and robbers, good against evil, […]
For me I love nothing better than settling down to watch a movie to relax, there are so many wonderful movies, and yes, I know there are many not so good. As a man, we do tend to like the more action type of movies, war movies, dramatic battles scenes or seeing the all action […]
So, I took the dog for a walk the other day, I had decided to go to the coast with him as he literally runs non-stop for an hour chasing birds and waves then will sleep all day. We were plodding around like normal in the mud and I came across a lump of green […]
As I write this blog I have literally just arrived home from a trip to South Wales. Over the past weekend I have met up with guys who have a heart to reach their mates for Jesus and I spoke at a men’s breakfast where 60+ guys came along to simply hang out with each […]
God and Satan had one thought in common; Jesus had to die! This may seem to be a strange thing to say but on face value it carries much truth. Of course the rationale for this statement collides as different agenda are being declared. The Cross became the accumulation of all the planning and scheming […]
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