Amazed & Confused

Good weekend

I skived Friday and escaped to West Witterings beach to relax, sunbathe, jump about in the sea and get accidently sunburned. This bank holiday weekend was exactly what I needed to get a bit of rest and recharge my human battery to get back to work...

Help me write my talk

I'm speaking in Revs (my church here in Chi) the Sunday after next and I am rather nervous. I've travelled to four different countries to speak for 24-7 but never have I stood up in my own community and talked about the bible. I am more nervous about this than any talk I've ever done. The opinion of my community means a lot to me, if I screw up here I don't get to take my notes and run, safe in the knowlege I may never see them again...

Quick Question

OK, so to be upfront, I am not profound, I am a blog blagger. This question was on Jonah's blog a couple of days ago and I love it...

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

It's an interesting one to ponder. My imediate thought was 'Play the Piano! Write songs!' and then 'Explain why I love Jesus in a way people could understand', which proves I'm more ambitious than spiritually focus ;). What's your answer? xc

Free Craig & John

Hi Guys, I don't normally do this but I received an email this morning and I'd like to do something to help. My new friend Maggie emailed me to ask if I'd sign an online petition to free an English guy called John Packwood. He's been unjustly imprisoned in Spain under a ten year old International Warrant issued by the Moroccan Government...

Goodbye Katrine :(

Last night Charlotte, Bex, Smiles, Katrine and I dressed in our best denim and cowgirl boots to make our way, jovially, to the Smith & Western restaurant. Despite our grins and friendly banter it was actually a rather sad last supper marking the immenent departure of the Danish lovely Katrine...

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith!

It is finally complete and by some great mercy I am not dissapointed. Saturday night Steve, Troy, Michaela, Jamie, AJ, Becky and I all qued for 45minutes to get our seat for Revenge of the Sith. I have to admit I was a mixed bag of emotion. Part excited 5 year old, part sceptic fan. As the music began and opening scrall made it's way accross the screen I lost myself in Lucas's world hoping beyond hope that he could pull this tricky transitional film out of the bag. My verdict...

Trailer Trial

It's Friday afternoon so I have invariably wandered onto Empire to distract myself from my anticipation of Star Wars. I found four brandspanking new trailers online. Roll on the summer!

The Island
Stealth
The Fantastic Four
War of the Worlds

Happy to be home...

I got back from Dublin on Wednesday night and I'm really glad to be home. I'm always amazed at how tired I am after travelling but I guess at something like a retreat you don't really get any space so you're on show the whole time. My highlights include...

Getting out of the way…

When I came on this retreat I found myself praying again and again, “Lord, I don’t want to get in the way of anything you’re doing.” Last night I took some time to tell my story and everything God’s done for me, it went well I think. Honesty generally goes down well…

Day Two – Somewhere in the Wicklow Mountains

Yesterday at Granddad’s really did end up being a rest. After panicking that I may have to do the Methodist Youth Worker’s retreat on my own I sat in the garden, basking in the sunshine, apologising to God for being such a doubting wimp. I was acting like the whole thing depended on me rather than this lovely person called Jesus. It was a nice reality check!