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This 40-year-old Graham Kendrick song forms the basis of my prayers this morning. Restore, O LordThe honour of Your nameIn works of sovereign powerCome shake the earth againThat all may seeAnd come with reverent fearTo the living GodWhose kingdom shall outlast the years ‘Restore O Lord…’ Many good things have been done in God’s nameContinue reading “Restore O Lord”

What the world needs now is love, sweet loveIt’s the only thing that there’s just too little of Yesterday we remembered Burt Bacharach. The songwriter with 73 Top 40 hits in the US and 52 in the UK had died aged 94. Many of his great songs were about love…. 5 Snapshots of my yesterday…Continue reading “Love, Sweet Love”

Our local news this week has included the unexploded Second World War bomb that’s been found in Great Yarmouth. This 80 year old 250kg bomb was found whilst dredging the River Yare on Tuesday. Bomb disposal experts have been called… roads have been closed… many folks have had to leave their homes… a controlled explosionContinue reading “Unexploded Bomb or Unexpected Gift”

I like washing up. Martin has just been on a 28 day cruise to the West Indies. He and his wife have already planned their next big holiday… Some folk live for their holidays; the bits between them are just time fillers. I enjoy appreciating the ordinary, the everyday, the usually unnoticed. …Washing up’s aContinue reading “Washing Up”

Following Monday’s two huge earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria… More than 9,600 deaths are reported– a number that’s expected to grow. The Turkish authorities report that 37,000 people have been injured and 8,000 have been retrieved from the rubble… Rescuers have spent a second freezing-cold night desperately searching for survivors trapped under theContinue reading “Include The Children”

Have you heard about the man who stole 10 bars of soap from a supermarket? He made a clean getaway… or the man who put on a clean pair of socks every day of the week? By Friday he could hardly get his shoes on. ‘Have you heard?’ can start a joke. ‘Have you heard?Continue reading “Have You Heard – Or Haven’t You?”

At church yesterday Danny talked about ‘even if…’ Shadrach Meshach and Abednego refused to bow down to a huge idol and were threatened with execution by burning.  They said that their God could rescue them. Even if he didn’t they wouldn’t bow down to the idol.. The prophet Habakkuk prayed that even if the harvestContinue reading “Even If…”

In my time, I’ve travelled some roadsA rolling stoneNowhere feels like homeAnd I’ve seen people come, then they goLife is just a story of some highs and some lows We all have a story to tell – roads travelled, coming and going, highs and lows. We get older, our stories get longer… Yesterday Geoff toldContinue reading “Never Alone”

In 2008 I was Headteacher of a good school. Young people and adults came together each day. Teachers were learners; learners were teachers. Leaders served, children learnt respect and care. We described ourselves as ‘In the community, with the community, for the community’. It was a community of good people working together, playing together growingContinue reading “Lessons in Community…”

David and Victoria Beckham and their family often attract media attention… I enjoyed Victoria’s report that 11-year-old Harper said: ‘Mummy, I’ve seen some pictures of you when you were in the Spice Girls and your skirts were just unacceptable. They were just too short.’ A plaque has been placed on a lamp-post on the roadContinue reading “Just Unacceptable”