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Like the others, Geoff came to us from our outreach in Horfield prison in Bristol. The monolithic grey Victorian institution sat menacingly on our doorstep for years before we dared venture inside. When we did we were amazed at …
Travelling through London on the Tube in the rush hour is probably no-one’s idea of fun, but strangely millions of people do it every day. I had the misfortune to have to do so last week while visiting my …
Dave came across us in Horfield prison and decided that he wanted more from life than the regular cycle of going in and out of prison every few months. He was a classic recidivist. Nothing anyone had done could …
It felt a bit like that when all the family turned up on Christmas day. Jenny, me, 1 sister, 2 mothers, 4 daughters, 4 sons-in-law, and 5 grandchildren. If not world domination, then certainly a good attempt at world …
He was every pastor’s dream of a new convert. He was enthusiastic, passionate, got totally involved, blessed everyone around him, and above everything else had a dramatic past that God had rescued him from (or so we thought). We …
I have a great intention to glide through life on a serene plane of tranquillity, unruffled by the daily irritations, frustrations and setbacks that are the stuff of most people’s lives. That’s the theory anyway. There are two big …
Hard on the heals of the hugely successful ‘Now discover your strengths’ by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O Clifton, there have been the usual follow on books that develop the original ideas further. If you have never done the …
Well it may not be everyone’s idea of a great Christmas, but dealing successfully with a maggot invasion was one of the highlights of ours! After all the Christmas turkey was gone and the last morsels of Christmas pudding …
There can actually be great deal of difference between what leaders think they should be, and what followers actually want. In Jo Owen’s ‘How to lead’ he looks at the improbability of the perfect leader. He or she should …
Tucked in the corner of Bold Street Coffee is Stan the harpist. Every Wednesday afternoon he sits playing the most wonderful melodies on his half sized harp. It is a little bit of heaven in a crazy mad busy …
