Romans 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (KJV) In the late 1960’s, in the early days of our marriage, I successfully applied to become a trainer at our firm’s training college in London. At the same time, I was attracted to a 12-week evening course at London Bible College (then based…

While in London recently, I went to see the musical ‘Hamilton’. At the beginning of his career, Aaron Burr offers Alexander Hamilton some advice.  He tells him to ‘Talk less, smile more.’  It reminded me of a written comment a year 7 student made, when asked to define a Christian, ‘Christians eat bread and whine,’…

I had an interesting conversation the other day about camping. I have to admit, trying to get to sleep whilst laying in a sleeping bag on the hard ground, sharing my tent with a variety of buzzing and biting insects, is not my idea of a relaxing holiday. The first holiday I had with my…

We travelled down Woodhall Road in the Village of Calverley West Yorkshire a few years ago, passing my childhood family home, I asked my eldest daughter if she remembered my mum who died in the summer of 1992 when my daughter was just two years old.  I was really surprised to by her reply, she…