Journeyman

Yesterday evening I was back in Southampton for a meeting of the Focus trustees. The sun was shining as I arrived and driving through the side streets on the way to the meeting I was thinking about how nice it was to be back in town. It would have been even better to call some [...]

Tany’s parents came to visit this weekend. So, on Saturday morning, after a hack around a local par-3 golf course, we took a picnic to West Wycombe before heading in the evening to Thame for dinner. Perfect weather, good company and a couple of nice photographs.

There are two noises that break the peace and quiet of the Wycliffe Centre. One is the distant rumble of the M40 motorway, hidden in a valley on the other side of some trees. The other is aircraft on their final approach into Heathrow, or one of the many private airfields scattered around the surrounding [...]

Graze.com have a brilliant business plan. They give you a whole variety of fruit, nuts and treats to choose from, then package them in a box and send them to your desk for those moments when you could do with a little energy boost. Today’s delivery included, roasted pistachios, cherry pie (a mixture of three [...]

A few days early, for once, but my April Newsletter is now available to download.

I have been enjoying reading Urban Pastor’s blog – he’s based at Christ Church Balham (London). Today he wrote, But increasingly I’m finding that people are troubled by the ‘ought’ of the Christian life. They have an idea of the Christian life in which the second half of Paul’s epistles should be left out. It’s [...]

Starbucks have finally released their instant coffee in the UK. This is the stuff that’s supposed to be as good as any fresh ground coffee and means that you can enjoy a cup of Starbucks quality coffee at home, without the hassle of brewing, percolating or grinding. I bought a small packet to try but [...]

My newsletter is now available for download in pdf format from this page. Thanks to all of you who have been praying for Tany and myself, supporting us financially or just giving us encouragement. It’s all warmly received. Thank you.

…has been manic. Not really in a bad way, although, I think I have reached capacity and could do without anything new and interesting happening over the next week or so just to give me time to work through what’s already taking place. I am in the middle of preparing for preaching on Sunday at [...]

Last night I got an evening out with some friends from Southampton and went to see some football. It was a pretty poor state of affairs to be honest. Wycombe’s home ground is shared with London Wasps rugby club, and you could tell by the state of the pitch. When the football hit grass it [...]