I came across this prayer the other day. It was based on some meditations from the Northumbrian Community and suits very well the changes in life as we men get older. Lord, help me now to un-clutter my life: to organise myself in the direction of simplicity. Lord, teach me to listen to my heart: […]
A few months back I was in the gym trying my best to lift heavy, or not so heavy, weights as the case may be. As I came to the bench press, I had a quick look at the program on my phone, saw that the weight was 40Kg and quickly stuck two 20Kg weights […]
“Time is on my side,” said Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in 1964. I wonder if at age 70 Jagger is still singing it? As young men we all think time is on our side, not just in relationships but in life itself. Life is there before us full of opportunities. “The world is […]
We are living in exciting times, a period of volatile, rapid and even discontinuous change. I think that I can safely say that we 50 plus guys have seen more changes in our lifetimes than our dads and their dads did. Our churches can change either because they have to in order to survive or […]
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