So here’s a story. Two guys … let’s call ’em Bert an Ernie. They’ve been friends for years, meet up regularly most weeks at the bar and chat about other people, work situations and sports. Ernie has always been pretty open and honest about stuff that’s been going on and always asks Bert about his […]
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You know what’s even more frustrating than that moment when you have a golden opportunity to share your faith and you bottle it? That moment when you take the opportunity to share your faith, start well, but fall down in your last twenty metres of track, and end up face down still holding the baton […]
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 […]
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 […]
“I figured you’d ask me where I’m at with God stuff so I spent a few hours last night thinking about the answer to that question.” I didn’t expect Matt to come out with that. I didn’t realise I was so predictable. We only had an hour or so for a mug of tea outside […]
LoveZim International prayer day for Zimbabwe 26th September 2010 An exciting thing is happening in Zimbabwe. There is a move on to redeem the broken land that was once called the ‘breadbasket’ of Africa. Zimbabwe is rich in resources but has become a place of poverty, hunger and dependency. A move is afoot to bring […]
There are a few things on the walls of the office here at CVM. This is one of them. A prayer from Sir Francis Drake, written in 1577. Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we […]
