There has been much speculation about whether Jesus was married. “The Da Vinci Code” claims that He was but The Bible refutes this ill founded argument. However, there is much in the Bible about Jesus being married in a broader sense. He is described as the bridegroom and the church is described as the bride [...]

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I have not had time to respond to life, in my blog recently, as life has been fast moving and any written comments or thoughts would have been fragmented and illogical. My parents visited from England and we shared many valuable moments, watching James(16) and Alice(13) excel at soccer and eating delicious meals thanks to [...]

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Have you seen the movie “Fireproof”? I was impressed with the strong message that marriage is worth protecting and working at. In the movie, a couple is struggling to communicate and the attitude of both the husband and wife is self absorbed and unforgiving. The wife plans to file for divorce and in desperation the [...]

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On Saturday I went to “The Call” in San Diego with my husband Martyn and James (15) and Alice (13). It was an opportunity for many Christians to come together to pray, to repent and to worship Jesus. The timing was deliberate. We were keenly aware of the significance of election day approaching and it [...]

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I have just had a phone conversation with my son Tom who is a first year student at the University of Chicago. He was contemplating his future and he was thinking that he would like to be a writer living in the beautiful Welsh countryside. He had a wonderful vacation/holiday there a few years ago [...]

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Lust and love are often confused, to the detriment of many. Teenagers, who start to feel sexual intrigue for the first time, are in particular danger of responding out of lust rather than love. We know from experience that this is not just a teenage problem. Divorce at any age is usually in some way [...]

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I met a woman in a grocery store about a year ago and since then I have received the occasional email from her. I am the sort of person who enjoys meeting new people and I have met some delightful people in interesting places. Essie is one of them. In a recent email she addressed [...]

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Having said goodbye to my son Tom a couple of days ago at the University of Chicago, it is easy for me to sentimentalize the joys of motherhood and to remember the good times of wanting to hold on to him rather than remembering the times of frustration. Every mother has times when she feels [...]

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