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So farewell then 2006

Most people come up with a verse for the year from the bible that they will use as their inspiration and focus for the next 12 months. I was thinking about 2006 and I think I have to look back with thankfulness and confession.
My verse for the year would be Romans 7:15

“I do [...]

12 for 2007: 12 things to give away

Having started my series of twelve for 2007, I wanted to post on 12 things to give away, the 3rd of the 12 posts I promised.
1) Books. I have currently 6 bookcases full and I still don’t have enough room.2) My scalectrix set. Realistically I’ll never use it again3) Some chocolate. How much can I [...]

education

A few weeks back, a blogger I read called Jordon Cooper was complaining that people kept calling him JordAn Cooper. He wanted it to be right.
So I noted with some amusement that he refers to the UK as England. I feel I have to give a slight geography lesson, on the eve of the 300th [...]

Hogmanay

Edinburgh is well known around the world for having the best Hogmanay celebrations of any city in the world. Or so it says.
Hogmanay is an opportunity for Scots to party the night away (we have the 2nd of January as a public holiday, unlike the rest of the UK).
Everyone goes out. Everyone.
We’re staying in……

3 wise people

Had 3 friends from our last church in Enfield drop round today to say hello. They’re in Scotland to enjoy a Scottish Hogmanay. Rich revealed he has a blog and he kindly added it into my bloglines feeds! In return he subscribed to the feedblitz feed…..
Was great to also see Sharon (why are you running?) [...]

12 things: 12 places to visit in 2007

I’d love to get to the following places in 2007:- Elie, Fife, Scotland - my favourite seaside town in the world- Enfield, London, UK - to catch up with friends- Belfast, N.Ireland - to see good friends- Atlanta, Georgia, USA - for the Q conference- Loch Lomond, Scotland- Berlin, Germany - have never been and [...]

Missional living

Have read a ton of great posts in the last year about missional living. It wasn’t even a term I was alive to this time last year so I’ve learned a lot (not least from friend of missional). I’m sitting at the verge of 2007 with some questions to wrestle with though:- Is missional predominantly [...]

Hibs appeal

Hibs are appealing the red card Dean Shiels got, as I said before I think it was a bit harsh. I’ve since seen the replays and it was more violent than I thought, but on the other hand Gordon moved into his way. a game of injustices all round for the hibees - Bednar was [...]

12 books: 1 down

Have just finished the first of my books for 2007. All 326 pages of the Jack Higgins book, polished off in 2 and a half hours. Light reading, good story but the twists were a wee bit too predictable.