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I’ve done a few Word Associations with you over the last few months, so today I’m going to give you another one. So as usual I’m going to throw some words at you  and I want you to note down the first word that comes into your mind when you read each word. So here goes… [...]

Last Saturday in Respite Care Request I spoke about how this week my Dad, who suffers from vascular dementia, was going into a local care home (David Walker Gardens) for a week’s respite care, to give my Mum, who cares for Dad at home, a rest. I had taken Monday off so that I could [...]

In the last few days I’ve spoken about how we all need family, how good it is to be part of God‘s family, and the gift of making a child part of your family. So what are my thoughts for today? Well following a conversation with colleagues recently, I’ve been thinking about families where there are [...]

Do you believe in God? Do you believe in the power of prayer? If you answered yes to those questions, I’d like to ask for you support in prayer in this coming week… My Dad suffers from vascular dementia and over the last year or two his condition has deteriorated very quickly. So much so that he [...]

At the start of this year, I shared with you my aims for this year (Welcome to 2012) - not my new year resolutions, but what I aim to achieve this year. So now that January is over I thought it time to review how I’m getting on (or not!) with my aims, so here goes: [...]

It’s Saturday again, so I’d like to give you another word association challenge today. So as before, I’m going to throw some words at you and I want you to note down the first word that comes into your mind when you read each word. Here goes… 1. Chocolate 2. Bible 3. Interview 4. Diet [...]

It can be tough when you’re struggling to cope with what life is throwing your way, people you have to work with or things in general just don’t seem to be going your way. However it’s during times of difficulty that your true faith in God will shine through… 1 Peter 2:20 (The Message) You [...]

Well that was a long week! Maybe it was just because it was my first week at work since before Christmas, but that seemed an exceptionally long working week…and that’s with me being off on Wednesday as well! Monday My week didn’t start well as despite going to bed at a reasonable time on Sunday [...]

Over the next few days I want to focus on how, as Christians, we should live our lives, using words from the bible for guidance. The text I want to use today is from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (The Message): And now, friends, we ask you to honour those leaders who work so hard for you, [...]

Healer of My Heart by The Martins   God of Light, take away the dark of night Fill me with Your pure delight, touch me with Your hand. God of grace, flow into this lowly place, Listen as Your children pray, take me as I am.   Chorus Healer of my heart, Lover of my [...]