A warm glow of sunshine caresses the bare arms of a middle-aged woman as she completes her early morning run on a serene spring morning. A stickler for routine, she’s ran the same five-mile route for over twenty years; one and a half times around the perimeter of Richmond Park, then straight across the grasslands […]
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‘But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and was filled with compassion for him. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.The son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your
“The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart of man.” Samuel 16 vs 7As some of you know, I love my running, and usually go for a run four to five times a week. My early morning run
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‘One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”‘John 13 vs 23 – 24The phrase, ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ is used six times in John’s gospel, and the general consensus is that the disciple whom Jesus
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A warm ray of sunshine glides across a spacious sitting room on a Good Friday morning, landing softly on the small shoulders of a ten-year-old girl. She’s seated on the wooden floor, reclining on a bright orange bean bag with TV remote in hand and eyes fixated on the large screen in front of her.
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‘Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’John 5 vs 8I had always understood this verse in the context of the blind man being healed. Jesus asked him whether he wanted to be healed, and in reply, the blind man explained the problem he had been experiencing; mainly that he
There I was, perched on my sofa, anticipating the start of another Ashes series with the feverish excitement of a five-year-old who’s been let loose in a candy store. Heaven only knows why, as it had been painfully obvious to me for several weeks that there was very little chance of England winning a single
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They say life begins at fifty; or is it forty? Well, for this fast approaching fifty year-old, the former seems a far more appealing notion. Towards the end of January, it suddenly dawned on me that the fortuitous forties were fast coming to an end. My gut instinct was to allow the fifties to enter
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According to Robert Booth, writing for the Guardian newspaper in February 2019, ‘new research suggests that the number of young people in the UK who say they do not believe life is worth living has doubled in the last decade, amid a sense of overwhelming pressure from social media which is driving feelings of inadequacy.
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Angry drivers beat their horns, frustrated by slow-moving traffic and the stubbornness of docile pedestrians on a busy street in suburbia. A mosaic of jackets, trousers, skirts, trainers, high heels, coats, different races and various lengths of hair, has come to life once more, yielding an ensemble of synchronised chaos. Many are already on their