Gold Nugget #30: Worship – life’s heartbeat

I hadn’t been a Christian very long when I discovered surely one of the most revolutionary verses in the Bible. ‘Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ (Eph 5:19-20...

Exaggeration for effect!

In my family, I am well known for hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration for effect. “I’ve told you that a thousand times!” I say regularly. As a literary device, hyperbole (all three syllables of it: it’s a lovely word!) and its opposite, litotes,...

Gold Nugget #29: Don’t let the dreams die

I love watching little children. They worship God so enthusiastically; they approach life so positively; they have a gleam and a sparkle in their eyes that shines more brilliantly than the finest diamond. It doesn’t matter how mundane the thing seems to us, they have...

Gold Nugget #28: Character counts

A few years ago there was a lot of controversy again about politicians and their morality. John Major’s Back to Basics campaign backfired because of media focus on its moral aspects, where they exposed “sleaze” within the Conservative Party and, most...

Generations of birthdays!

Last night we also celebrated two forthcoming birthdays in the same family. It is always encouraging when we see faith passed on from one generation to the next – the baton being passed on to our children, children’s children and beyond. Our best wishes go...