Live Like a Prince

On Thursday I attended the funeral for Kiyan Prince.Not only did it break my heart to see a father have to bury his son, but moreso that this father Mark is one of my closest friends.
How do you even begin to feel or put into words the emotions that go through your head?How do [...]

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The Darker Side of Self Help

Firstly let me say I have some ’self help’ books. Unlimited Power, 7 Habits, The Richest Man in Babylon and How to win friends. I think there is value in them, some nice gems about defeating toxic thinking etc. however………
The biggest concern I have about the self help industry is that it is more like [...]

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Take Five: Are you hungry?

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matt 5:6
Have you ever been hungry? I mean really belly achingly hungry? Have you (like me) ever watched the clock on a fast thinking of how tasty that food is gonna be when the fast is done. Repent. Repent. (Just kidding). [...]

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Thirsty? Hungry?

Having met the fork in the road of my spiritual journey, there is some real soul searching. Having broken away of many of the beliefs of the denomination that I grew up in, this has brought tension and contention.
People are scared when they realise you are looking at things differently. But is different enough? Is [...]

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Faith

Faith is a huge thing. Let’s be honest.If you read the bible literally you have to believe God created the whole world in seven days. The world was fully covered by water for forty days and all nations were wiped out. The Red Sea was parted for Israel.
And even if you dont neccesarily buy into [...]

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Personal Branding | It’s Me You Want!

Well am pretty chuffed at the moment as I am putting the finishing touches to my personal branding programme.
It’s called “Its’ Me You Want!” and is aimed at is aimed not only at getting job hunters to leverage their job hunting techniques, but also to think about their career and job strategies as a whole.
Rather [...]

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HumanUtopia

On Wednesday I had the opportunity to see the two guys who run HumanUtopia in action. WOW!
Now for those of you who know me and my attitude to youth work I am very critical of those (including myself) who will get engaged in this field. I believe you have to be even more passionate about [...]

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Take Five – Do you Really Love Me?

I was talking to my wife this week about the amount of effort needed to keep a marriage going. We reflected on the highs and lows of our own relationship. The love, the hurts, the insecurities, the happy memories, broken promises, having to love even when you are upset, forgiveness and being silly. How [...]

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Child Extremism

Michelle Malkin the famed right wing columnist, writes about a 7 year old poet called Autumn Ashante. Now I am not usually a fan of Ms Malkin but I have to agree on her position that one the one hand we cannot spend acres of newspaper and media coverage slagging off white supremacist twins [...]

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KT Tunstall

Ooh lala…what a lovely voice.Am loving Eye to the Telescope. This is what music sounds like when Scotland meets China.
I think I am veering towards the very folksy side of music this year. Time to go out and buy some hardcore stuff methinks.

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