Stop a minute,
take time to think.
As you decorate your tree
and make that Christmas wish.
What’s it really all about?
Father Christmas, food and drink,
an excuse for parties is that all it is?
Is that really all it is?
What about Jesus, or have you forgotten,
that he is the Christ and this is his Mas!
A time when he came and gave up his splendour
and humbled himself as a man,
or should I say a child,
well I mean a baby, yes a baby!
Thanks to all who have contacted me about the site through the comments and other means, sorry I managed to delete most of them but not before I read them.
Because of the response I realise it needs to continue.
I have also recieved some speaking engagements through it which I love doing so that encourages me to keep it up.
I will be posting some new content real soon.
It is that time again where I think about what to do with this site before the renewal comes up in the New Year.
It has been a while since I have added anything as I have started a new role as a youth service manager for Prospex and it is a pretty demanding role.
The options are:
A very good mate of mine Matt Calvert, the founder of Prospex and amazing youth worker has just gone self employed. He has a company called Mustard and this is what he says about it:
Mustard is an organisation set up and dedicated to seeing the young people of our world today look forward to a brighter tomorrow through creative and innovative ways that encourage, challenge and change lives through informal learning and experience. We inspire young people to believe in their own gifts and abilities, to better themselves giving them back the value they so very much deserve whist helping them reengage in mainstream society.
Just back from a great weeks holiday at New Wine, feeling refreshed and challenged. Drew this during a sermon and it captured a recurring theme for me.
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This is a terrific discussion starter that can open up subject such as self worth, value and letting go of the past to mention just a few.
It is a true story and you have probably heard it here is a brief summary:
A Briton living in Australia has agreed a bid of more than £192,000 after putting his “entire life” up for sale following a split from his wife.
Spikyheaded is a free resource site for anyone involved in youth ministry or youth work. All the ideas have been tried and tested by myself (Beef Frankland) who has worked in this field both voluntarily and professionally over the last 22 years.
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