Monthly Archive: February 2015

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A life well lived

So there we are. We’ve arrived at the last chapter of the Book of Joshua. It’s been a great journey – full of challenges and mistakes, confidence (or lack of it) and victory, promises...

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Be very careful…..

‘Don’t do what Auntie Helen has just done. It’s too dangerous.’ Yesterday, we walked out along the pier at South Shields and when we arrived at the end, there were some convenient metal footholds...

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In the name of God what have we done?

One of the most controversial issues in the world for the last 100 years has been which land “belongs” to the Jewish people in what is now called Israel. The roots of that issue...

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Love wins

Love wins. A strange title for a blog all about death and destruction (that I sidestep dealing with yet again in the hope that you won’t notice and won’t get too frustrated with me!)....

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Grounded in truth…..

Back in Deuteronomy 27, Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people – When you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat...

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Try, try, try again…….

‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.’ A familiar saying to encourage us all to have another go when we’ve tried and made a mess of something. Sometimes this is harder...

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Mistakes

Hey, guess what? You know how the Israelites were told not to take any of the precious plunder from Jericho for themselves? Yup, you guessed it…… But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to...