Merry Christmas from Carl Beech I have some great memories of Christmas as I was growing up. I was walking the dog early this morning and I had a vivid memory of playing a king at the infant school nativity. I can remember being dressed up in a blue velvet robe and plastic crown on […]
In truth I’ve actually spent more years as a bible teacher/pastor than as an evangelist. As a pastor I had a deep concern to introduce all types of people, from all walks of life, ages, stages to Jesus and to see them grow in faith and understanding. That concern hasn’t changed.
Matthew Ch. 2 v 16-18. Narrator. A rival to the throne Somewhere unseen, Unknown. This would mean All little boys must die Who had been That same night Of visitation, Under the flame-bright Night sky Of that star’s illumination; Strange light To identify The World’s light And those who’s plight Became a dark abomination. What’s […]
Being an Internet Movie Database addict, Star Wars geek and owner of many movie themed t-shirts, I often watch ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ on one of those (mostly) pointless sky channels. It features a Hollywood star being interviewed and always ends with them being asked the same six or seven quirky and often insightful questions. In a recent episode, […]
The winner of the Yorkie Bar prize for naming the CVM ’50 plus group’ was Keith Harper from the Netherlands … he wisely suggested that we keep it as it is – 50 Plus – “it does exactly what it says on the tin” Our thanks to Roger Leitch, Mike Stenbrook, David Entrican and Oliver […]
It was Monday night and the queue started at 930pm. People were already gathering, excited, anticipating, literally sweating to get what they came for. And what they came for was a video game. Tuesday 8th November saw the release of one of the most anticipated video games of our life time, Call of Duty: Modern […]
Stubbington, near Portsmouth, was recently CVM’s port of call for yet another fun-filled, packed out Regional Day. The night before a Regional Day, the team usually stays in a Travel Inn close by to chill out, eat food and frequent a local pub. This evening was no exception. What followed a good meal of ribs […]
A few weeks ago the CVM team and I headed off for another nights stay at a hotel somewhere in the UK, ahead of a regional mens conference we were putting on. Pitching up at the hotel my wife (and PA) had booked for us, we found it difficult to find the reception but eventually […]
If you had seen the big chocolate fudge cake for two quid on sale in Sainsbury’s on a casual Thursday night, don’t pretend you wouldn’t have snapped it up too. It wasn’t that I was hungry for the cake particularly, but something in me decided that the discounted item was too good to pass up, […]
‘Faith’ the atheist concluded ‘is a crutch for the weak.’ As he sat down, I seethed in my seat. Although I was aware of this argument I couldn’t believe that a supposedly educated man would use this aged saying as his closing gambit. The theme was ‘Do we need God in the 21st Century?’ As […]
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