Gripped by Jealousy

Do you look at some people and envy their lives or their things? I find some things eat away inside me, on occasions I get bitter. I know it’s wrong and sinful yet why is it such a powerful destructive emotion? The green-eyed monster that speaks so loudly! We pick up...

More than mates

My old pastor Ray Gaydon would often describe church as like snooker balls that bumped into each other and then returned to their pockets. I do wonder if we are yet to discover true biblical friendships that go beyond bumping together. If the church is the people, why...

In the red corner

Historians say David would have been about 5ft to 5ft 6 inches tall. Goliath was 6 cubits and a span (6ft 9 inches). It’s a massive mismatch. David has a slingshot and a few stones, Goliath has a spear with a head that weighed six hundred shekels (140lbs). I love the...

Training, hard work and discipline

I did not get on with training, week in, week out. Running and more running, circuit training and more circuit training. I was told repeatedly that what I did on Tuesday and Thursday night would make a difference on Saturday, Saul in the end agrees reluctantly to let...

They all saw the same giant

Sometimes on social media I stare at those puzzles where hidden in millions of spots is a number or an animal. I look at the hundreds of replies where some can see it and others can’t and wonder why some people see things and others don’t. We are still in 1 Samuel 17....