As I approached the roundabout I could see the helicopter through the top of my windscreen. It was hovering, purposefully, keeping a keen eye on something yet unseen by me. I next caught sight of the police bikes. Two of them, both with their riders with their hands in the air bringing the oncoming traffic […]
One of the most challenging aspects of any workplace can often be the people we work beside, the people we have to spend the majority of our week with. Often we are thrust together with people who we would normally not choose to spend a few hours with, never mind a whole day! How we […]
As we saw in the previous blog, one of the big challenges we face in the workplace is trying to maintain our integrity in all that we do, say and think. From my experience the temptations are all around us in the workplace and quite often we don’t even realise it. Issues or areas that […]
One of the big challenges that I faced in the workplace, especially within a sales environment, would be the pressure put on by my boss to lie, or exaggerate the truth a little, just do or say anything to get the sale especially if there were a few zeros on the end of the selling […]
The workplace; a place where we spend most of our week, a place where as Christian men we can influence our co-workers, suppliers and customers with the Gospel. Or is it? Are we really showing God’s love in our attitudes, work ethics and conversations? Do we struggle to live by our Christian values when the […]
Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: BD Wong, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Irrfan Khan, Judy Greer, Omar Sy, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D’Onofrio Reviewed by Matt Adcock “You just went and made a new dinosaur? Probably not a good idea…” Can it really be twenty-two years since the events of Jurassic Park, which saw Isla Nublar become […]
Kidlington Baptist Church held a public lecture series in the Summer of 2015. Featuring four leading Christian thinkers, who also happen to each be an Oxford professor, these talks tackle some of the weightiest arguments against belief in God. These talks are all available as a free download (below). We’ve covered some of these topics, religion, science, wishful thinking etc., […]
“By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail” Benjamin Franklin As a boy I was a cub, and loved it, then a scout and loved that too and our motto was about being ready for whatever survival challenge came our way. Preparation for an event or even something we don’t see coming seems to […]
A lay in is a rare and unique thing. I have 3 children and they don’t mess about when it comes to starting their day at full speed. Our normal routine in the home is that I do the mornings and get things moving before I leave to get to the HUB at CVM. On […]
It’s always been understood that a shed is a man’s domain… But now there is the “She Shed” – to read more about this alarming phenomenon At my church we have a group called Pass-it-On where some of our ladies demonstrate how to do particular things to other ladies. This group has resulted in a […]
