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There are chapters in, “A Manly Man” and, “Why You Make God Smile” that stress the importance of surrendering your heart to God before i...
There are chapters in, “A Manly Man” and, “Why You Make God Smile” that stress the importance of surrendering your heart to God before i...
Okay, okay, I have an issue with this already. Who is this silly woman and why is she expecting me to take notice of what she says? Aren’t there enough females ...
How does a gentleman like you think? What do you believe makes a man, manly? You can tick as many as you like below: Did some of those make you feel guilty? Di...
There’s one thing I have noticed. You keep interchanging the name “God”, with “Jesus”. You have talked about worshipping God then mentioned the importance of ob...
When the footballer skids across the grass to shoot that ball through the net, he is not caring about his bloody knee. He knew his skin would rip as it came int...
So, let me get this right. Are you saying that just because I don’t worship your Jesus that I’m evil? I have never murdered anyone and I don’t even believe in s...
Umm. I think I understand it now. I know that everyone that ever lived – all of creation – have sinned in some way and even though those offences may not ...
Here’s a stereotype that’s partly true: Men like loud things! Motorbikes revving. Sports cars racing. Deafening exhaust pipes. Shouting crazily at matches, espe...
Have you ever seen a dead body in real life? Up close and personal? Imagine one is lying in front of you – a dead male, all pale and lifeless on a slab. I...
Welcome to part 2 of, “Why You Make God Smile…”. In Volume 1, there was a poem that began, There’s coffee in the sugar, There’s mould on the ham, Toast crumbs i...
Can I be honest with you? I had a friend who said he was a male witch. There was no secret about it – he told everyone. He didn’t even dress in black or look me...
“Why would I want to read anything written by someone who is going on about the Bible? Isn’t it just an old fashioned, religious book that makes people feel wor...
Since the bookshop closed, over the years, it’s been great reminiscing with Sophie and Casper, and it’s helped Casper in particular, get over some issues that w...
I feel sorry for non-believers. We Christians can be so fickle, hypocritical and downright confusing. Years ago, I was laughing with Cammie and Daisy (the chara...
For a large proportion of retailers, the Christmas period is their most important time of the year, because that is when they make the most profit. For us, Chri...
Unfortunately, our bookstore chain never survived. The company went into liquidation and all 41 stores closed. Twenty-six of our branches went into administrati...
For those of you who are still in the Christian retail sector, what an exciting time for you all! Especially the ladies! If I was in a shop right now, I’d be gr...
Many years ago, while I still worked for the bank, I was attending a wedding when I spotted a girl with whom I was vaguely acquainted. After the ceremony, she w...
After Jonathon Steingard’s Instagram revelation back in 2020, that he no longer believes in God, and the subsequent backsliders who eased out of the Atheist clo...
“Get over it!” How many times have people said that when somebody is harping on about an issue that bugs them? Cammie was very patient. I constantly whinged to ...
One of the best aspects of working at the shop was that there was a large variety of jobs to do and different skills to learn for each of them. Good We had two ...
Apart from The Gaithers and anything black gospel, our all-round most popular selling music was an Irish lady called Marilla Ness, Celtic singer Máire Brennan, ...
He always looked like he was posing for a photo shoot, but to actually call him a ‘poser’ would be cruel because not only is that a negative judgement, but he’s...
The situation with the drunken men was becoming increasingly worse. Almost every day we had to deal with an unwanted disruption, and it began to feel like the d...
The first years of stocktaking were performed when the shop was closed. We would take one or two days and finish within the timescale given by Head Office. Extr...
Of all the drunken men who frequented the store, Ryan was the one who touched my heartstrings the most. Firstly, he was the most regular – visiting us up to 3 t...
It is not always easy to make the right decisions when faced with somebody who has a penchant for self-importance. It is even harder when that person is a custo...
Adam spoke in monotone voice. He wasn’t autistic but would have loved people to think he was. I liked him. My colleagues didn’t. Casper and Trudy had endured mo...
From time to time, I loved to play pranks on my colleagues to ease the tension of a stressful day. Jessie was my best accomplice because she was even more giggl...
People tend to see things from their own point of view. Therefore, whenever I am evaluating something that I did not approve of, I try to turn things around and...
Items disappeared from the shop from time to time. The most opportune moment for thieves was during the lunch period when less staff were on the shop floor. Not...
Even though our shop was in the heart of the city, it was grubby in places that could not be easily cleaned. Apart from the two main display windows at the fron...
Tristan was a small elderly man with a row of gappy teeth and a wide grin. He spoke in a gruff voice and wobbled when he walked. This was not owing to old age. ...
I giggled. And giggled. Trudy refused to look at me while she served the man in the shop. One would have thought his attire was invisible the way she kept a str...
The management team were run by a group of people dedicated to spreading the word of God. They were passionate about seeing a Christ presence on the high street...
Forgive me for rambling. This is the one post that I couldn’t decide whether to publish or not. I think I’m going to be loquacious. I’m not su...