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This topic came up at our Vineyard prayer group this evening. St Paul and the other disciples 'gave offense' when they preached the gospel. Let's have a look at this word with its various meanings and context.  The noun 'offense' comes from the Latin word offendere, which means 'strike against'. An 'offender' is someone who breaks a rule, either civil or criminal, and may be punished in a...

I have just come back from another evenings fellowship at the farm of Rob and Suz.  Mike, the co-ordinator of Vineyard in the Bath area was there giving a talk about the structure of the organisation and the way forward as they see it at the moment. At the end of the meeting we had a good chat and I was able to get to know him better. I told him that in 10 years of being in Midsomer Norton I had...

I attended a very lively and positive meeting of our Vineyard group. Mike who presides over the Bath area and is a trainer to new churches, gave us a talk which included the problems that the movement went though during Covid, and the revised challenges of what God had shown him to be necessary. The theme was 'Making Jesus Known'. He spoke with great conviction and clarity. I was motivated to...

This morning was committee time. By that I mean that our Allotment Association of which I was chair met to discuss the condition of each plot and whether 'notice of dirty plot' letters needed to be sent. At 10 am the four of us gathered and walked up and down the 64 plots discussing each one and deciding on the need to reprimand or more like it advise the tenant that something needed to be done....

I decided to take the advice of my friend who told me to take a day off from time to time away from my responsibilities. So, there is no time like the present. As it happens I had a number of reasons for visiting Frome, one of which was to see my acupuncturist for a treatment. Over the years I've been to see a number of therapists and I can say that the most important thing apart from competence...

Awoke to snow, about two inches of it. The first of the season.  I must rise as I have to take my car for its annual MOT (certificate of roadworthiness). I left at about 9am to avoid the inevitable traffic jams from children being delivered to their school, and dropped my car off at fourth Avenue Motors. As I walked away from delivering my car I noticed about 6 workers repacking Amazon packages...