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Gate crashed. The perfect response to the wet, windy zero degree April weather. Bonus was getting to hang with the cousin and his family. #Should.Do.More

On my return to my favourite eating-out place for the first time in just over a month, I find I am served by a face I don’t recognise. The accent is also one I can’t place which is why after I place my order, my curiosity gets the better of me. It turns out he’s from New Zealand - he describes his accent as having the Australian twang and the South African heft. ...

From the movie Brooklyn, based on the book by Irish writer Colm Tóibín which I finally saw: You’ll feel so homesick that you’ll want to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won’t kill you. And one day, the sun will come out you might not even notice straight away-it’ll be that faint. And then you’ll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who’s only yours. And you’ll realize that this is where your life is. ...

John Cornwell on the Importance of doubt: Faith, like love, is seldom entirely constant; nor is it irrevocable. More in a similar vein from Mike McHargue

Quick plug for the3six5NG which returns on the 1st of June…

– Trust yourself if you can… HT - Kovie Parker

#Pondering

Louie Giglio on Col 3:17 amongst other things: And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him #Mission

In which I make a quick dash to Birmingham and Grand Central… #NewCity #Travel

We saw Eddie the Eagle today - after much planning, to-ing and fro-ing as has become the norm with us - as did a couple of people I know from work and church.. Cue a few awkward silences and dodgy moments where I wondered how much information to share as part of the customary introductions, given one of the work guys is the head honcho and this fluid undefined phase we are in… ...