Posted in France/French, Sunday, blogging, conversation, happiness is, hope, laughter, music, people, random, stories, teaching, work on Sunday, 11 May, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Buzzing.
Just spent the night speaking to teens about Daniel. Great bunch, great dynamics, great drama, great God. Loved it, loved it, loved it! I got the chance to sing a couple of my songs and hear them beg for my myspace details (they’re only young - they don’t know any better, bless em!). They totally [...]
Posted in conversation, home, hope, housemates, people on Monday, 4 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I am thankful that I have had people and experiences that will be worth mourning if and when things begin to change.
I am thankful that tears didn’t drown my chance to speak.
I am thankful for a housemate who is my friend.
I am thankful that God is greater than I could ever imagine and that he met [...]
Posted in Jesus, conversation, gospel, grace, hope, truth, work on Thursday, 31 January, 2008 | No Comments »
(Eh, so the students were only 25 mins late - the rest of the blame was on traffic. I stand corrected.)
Conversation, conversation, conversation. Dreaming dreams, discussing realities; theorising, categorising, somethingelse-ising. Great.
The indoors when outside is so manky.
Seeing awesome potential in an already so competent student leader… Looking forward to hearing how his life proceeds. Listening to [...]
Posted in Sunday, The Unexpected, beauty, church, conversation, friendship, hope, music, people, prayer, sleep, travel, work on Sunday, 13 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lengthy lie-in, cosy and warm and no pressure to get up.
I was taking the service in my home church tonight. Talking about my work with students. Took a different slant and got people within the congregation to talk about their experiences of the CU movement. It was magic! Not only did they say exactly [...]
Posted in hope on Thursday, 3 January, 2008 | No Comments »
Honesty and integrity. Painful but liberating.
Posted in Jesus, The Unexpected, church, grace, home, hope, music on Thursday, 29 November, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Driving down the road, seeing a great big man amble across the road just to stroke a little ginger kitty. Very poetic.
This is another one of those weird ones where something seemingly not great becomes my great thing…
I was at a funeral today. Of course it was heart-breaking, but yet… The singing of songs like’The [...]
I spent the entire day inside the house, but before going to bed I stepped outside to go and get the bin to put it out and breathed a great lungful of cool, crisp autumn evening air… Breathing sustains life, breathing air like that sustains beauty and hope.
