A Recent Testimony from Someone Called to Ministry Early Years: Roots I Didn’t Yet Understand When I look back, I can see beginnings that I didn’t recognise at the time. I grew up in a close and rather sheltered Christian community where church, school and family all overlapped. It was a warm world, mostly kind, sometimes claustrophobic, and full of people who thought in similar ways. I took...
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A day in Bath at the famous Christmas Market
This is mostly going to be an image based diary entry. We decided to take advantage of the fine weather and took our local bus to Bath. We saw many coaches parked on Wellesway, the road from Radstock to Bath. We did not even consider using the park and ride because even that gets full. I have written before about this event, see previous editions of this diary, and we travelled through virtually...
Self sabotage and how it can impede progress
I have reflected on the article below and have decided that I'm all too guilty of imagining negative outcomes when in fact they do not happen in practise. It may or may not be due to discouraging events that have happened in the past but, when all said and done, programming is programming and I attract what I imagine. Someone described worry as a abuse of the creative mind and I can certainly...
Thoughts and implications of my new book publishing venture
My new book 'Secrets of Village life in Somerset' was delivered to me today. I'm impressed by the speed that Amazon can operate when you submit a book for printing so here is a tip for all budding authors. Self-publishing is not difficult to achieve, you just have to tick the boxes such as to check your text integrity and your cover before ever sending it off. If you don't do this it will be...
A lively Saturday morning at a Repair Cafe
I've learnt over many years to trust my gut when it comes to what to do . Yesterday I received the December edition of the Mendip Times and chanced to spot the calendar note about a Wells Repair Cafe meeting. We were planning to go to the Timsbury Festive Village Market the same morning so how could we fit both in. When I don't know why I need to go somewhere but get an urge I always follow the...
AI – Chat GPT is not all bad
This was a conversation I had this morning with someone and I thought I would let CHATGPT loose on it to see if it could draw out the academic implications of what we talked about. I reckon they have done a good job. This 'meeting summary' technology has been around for years and it seems to be a fine art Understanding Today’s Big Concerns: Health, Technology, Money, Farming, Spirituality and...
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