To be a man after God's own heart. Then to lead, labour, inspire and encourage others to be the same
What we’ve been cooking?! For those of you who have been following the blog for a while, we’ve been using a service called HelloFresh basically since COVID-19 began. We finally decided, five or so years into marriage that the time had come for us to learn how to cook. And a year on from then,…
Read more Sunday Summary (29th August 2021) – Leonidas never had a Naanizza!
I believe this marks 3 weeks of consistent blogging! I’ve been aiming for posts on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In light of this, and with no hopes to jinx it, I’m going to try and reintroduce Sunday Summaries. So what’s been going on? 1) Men’s breakfast for two! Now that COVID is beginning to calm…
Read more Sunday Summary (22nd August 2021) – Won’t be driving for Jack Bauer anytime soon!
Ever since I was young boy, I have been into computer games. Especially the kind where you build a character and find items, weapons and armour to help you on your quest. I think it started with the gameboy advance Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers game, and then progressed to Morrowind and Dark…
When I was a new Christian, as in I decided for myself to follow Jesus, one of my hobbies was to listen to sermons. I was 13/14 years old. Back in those days, when iPods had to be connected to computer’s with wires, I would go onto iTunes and download a series of talks from…
For quite some time now I have wanted to introduce a habitual time of reflection into each evening. It would be a time to look back, prayerfully and thoughtfully, on the day passed and consider: Where was God in these moments? In the big events and meetings, but also in the mundane. In the things…
One of the ideals of fitness that I’ve held onto is the ability to lift weights and run long distances. To have good strength as well as endurance. My issue is that I really struggle to get motivated with the cardio aspect of this goal…(and dieting!..but that’s not the focus here!) For probably around 10…
Apologies, had a very chilled out weekend, and didn’t want to spoil the lazy days with some writing effort. Nevertheless, I have had a pretty fantastic week, so it definitely is worth sharing, remembering and archiving for a future self to enjoy later on! Who I saw!? Lockdown rules are slowly lifting and we can…
Read more Sunday Summary 18th April 2021 – “Greener Pastures” (Coming to you all on a Monday)!
Wife is cooking Sunday meal right now, so I’ve got no excuses for not getting a Sunday summary blog out this week! Who I’ve seen?! Over Easter went round my parents for a fire pit and some pulled-pork burgers! Was really great to see them, we’ve not really connected in person since before Christmas. So…
At the beginning of March I set out with some goals for the month ahead. The month has flown by and it’s time to review, reflect and set some goals for April. Goals for March below response in italics. Get a haircut as soon as possible! – Didn’t happen I think the rules will change…
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