Bianca Rose

Yesterday I had the privilege of hearing Bianca Rose live.She performed a live acoustic set at a bar/restaurant in Streatham.
She has one of the most refreshing, soulful voices I have heard in a long time. In fact she joins Bev Tawia and Corinne Bailey Rae as the trinity of soulful singers that have done it [...]

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Not in my Back Yard

It was interesting to read an article about a community in Hercules, California (some irony here somewhere) which told Wal Mart to take a running jump when the company wanted to establish one of their stores in their town.
The story goes on to say that three others towns in Maine, New England have adopted the [...]

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A Major Shift

How do you explain to those who you have grown up with spiritually that you are no longer on the same spiritual journey? That in your search for something deeper, to experience the presence of God, to step out and experience the kingdom of God, you are foregoing all denominational ties and just focusing on [...]

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Take Five: Will Your Anchor Hold?

I have gone through a rollercoast of emotions over the last fortnight. Last week alone two of my oldest friends both lost people dear to them. One lost her boyfriend , while another lost his son, the latter of which most of you would have read about last week. Then I held a gospel concert [...]

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Books: 1984

Rediscovered this book again in my library, and am reading it with a bit more passion than I did first time round in school.
The scary reality of the principles in this book in modern society is sometimes a bit too frightening.
And to think he wrote this in 1948!!

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On a Lighter Note

OK the video doing the rounds at the moment is of this guy who ended up on the BBC after being mistaken for someone else.
Ok I have not laughed this much in a long while, but look at the expression on his face, when he realises he is in the wrong place at the wrong [...]

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Life: 911 Video

Caught this video recently on google.Now I am not one for conspiracy theories, yet on the same hand I am always willing to listen to plausible alternatives.
There remains a lot of unanswered questions……..

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Take Five: A Time to Refresh

The last couple of weeks have been very busy for me. Working with a team for a concert we have next week. Planning for some future projects I want to get involved in. Developing my network and my speaking opportunities. It seems that I have been so busy that I have had no time for [...]

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The Tipping Point

So I have just finished reading this.Thought I would wait till all the hype died down and give it a good read…and it was worth the wait.
The principles about Connectors, Mavens, Broken Windows, teenage smoking and the like, make for good conversation. Gladwell writes effortlessly and has a lot of supportive scientific research behind [...]

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One Rule for the Rich…..

So Rush Limbaugh famed shock jock and commentator in the US gets a slap on the wrist for drug offences. Now any kind of drug addiction is a problem that needs to be addressed first by dealing with the health issues rather than just criminalising the person.
A US Columnist Cindy Rodriguezpicks up on the same [...]

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