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December 2013

December 23, 2013

“We wish you a very merry Christmas”

T'was the night before the night before Christmas, and all was calm and quiet.....Not in...

July 2013

July 20, 2013

My blog comment policy

Every now and then as I have multiple responsibilities, I find it helpful to lay...

March 2013

March 05, 2013

Don’t follow me, follow Jesus

Earlier this year I was speaking with my Grandfather who has just turned 90 years...

January 2013

January 16, 2013

Save money on your groceries: shop online

If you are anything like me, January brings a re-examination of your financial priorities. It...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

The best of the blog: 2012

Most years, at around this time I like to review the highlights of my blogging...

December 03, 2012

Patheos leads to over 20% bump in traffic

I'm usually quiet about the traffic to this blog, and I still don't feel comfortable...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

The end of Movember

The month of November is at an end. My upper lip is especially itchy today...

November 07, 2012

Sponsor my Mustache

This month I am joining a sponsored mustache growing campaign, called Movember. At the start of...

May 2012

May 19, 2012

A graphical weekend with my daughter – revising Chemistry GCSE Higher level Science EdExcel

My daughter is really an artist rather than a scientist. But I am quite proud...

May 17, 2012

We grieve, but not in the same way as those who have no hope

This is going to be a very personal post, full of reflections on the death...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

Christmas rush

At this stage many of us are still panicking about things we need to get...

November 2011

November 14, 2011

An Old Poem on the paradox of so-called "freedom"

When I was younger I used to write poems. I can't remember the last time...

September 2011

September 15, 2011

Eight ways parents can make sure they are not too controlling and over-protective

Josh Harris posted a very interesting article written by and for home school parents. It...

September 09, 2011

Risk, adventure, and opportunity vs safety, familiarity, and stability

Today I don't have much for you really...just this. I am musing about how it...

July 2011

July 08, 2011

Is McDonalds Gagging Christians?

I am here in McDonalds using their excellent free WiFi while waiting to pick up...

June 2011

June 10, 2011

Senna – a movie you should see with your son

I wanted to write about what was the best evening I have spent for a...

April 2011

April 05, 2011

Hoping that life begins at Forty!

As you read this I should be spending the first few hours of my fortieth...

March 2011

March 03, 2011

A start of a new era of fitness and wellbeing?

It will surprise many of you to know I have joined a gym. I even...

February 2011

February 13, 2011

Farewell, thank you to Annette Harrison, and an intern opportunity

Many of you will not know who Annette Harrison is. She may never publish a...

December 2010

December 21, 2010

Review of 2010 part 2

Today, I will conclude my review of 2010's blogging. At the begining of June I...

December 20, 2010

A review of 2010 part 1

The year began for me in Enfield Cineworld where I would of course spend most...

November 2010

November 11, 2010

The value of being alone

Today I did something I rarely do. I commuted. Working from home as I usually...

November 09, 2010

Family Safari

At some point soon I will post about my trip to Africa. But, today I...

October 2010

October 13, 2010

My 4,000th blog post

In April 2003 I began an adventure that I had no idea would last this...

October 05, 2010

Bringing warmth to a fathers heart

One of my children came downstairs, after being in their room for ages yesterday, with...

September 2010

September 01, 2010

10 Things I learnt on my summer "break"

Following just over a month of this self-imposed near-total break from my online life (obviously not...

August 2010

August 04, 2010

First half of the year thank you to top 60 referrers

One of the things I like to do during the summer months is acknowledge the...

July 2010

July 22, 2010

Top Twenty Five Pages from this site this year

As I go off on my blog leave (though some automated pre-planned posts will be...

July 17, 2010

Guest posts and re-run requests

Do you run your own blog? Or have you ever wondered if you should be...

July 15, 2010

We are not in Spain!

Just a quick note to say that one of our email accounts was hacked this...