Chapter 8: All Things Noisy
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...
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...
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...
You only have to be in the room five minutes with her and you are laughing hysterically already. My sister Michelle has a way of engaging with people that puts ...
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...
I’m one of those old-fashioned people who puts a full-stop (period) at the end of a sentence when writing a text message or email. Most of my friends do not. Fo...
I struggle with patience. Patience goes hand in hand with self-control and therefore, when I am impatient, I cannot keep still and my mind wanders to a far-away...
None of us are perfect. As hard as it may be to believe, we all annoy somebody. I would like to suggest that the world divorce rate isn’t high just because peop...
So, run this by me again – why did you give me a copy of this woman’s book? You know I’m not into this religious stuff, right? What? It’s not ...
One day when you’re struggling for that last breath, I hope it won’t be too late for you to remember that while Jesus was asphyxiating, he had you on his mind. ...
Jesus had self-control enough to finish what he came on earth to do – die for the guilty. It takes supernatural humility to be accused of being a weakling when ...
The ghost of Tottering Towers had no manners. His behaviour was that of a teenager who had grown up having never been scolded by his parents. Afterall, who goes...
Enough doom and gloom! It is time that we rejoiced in the promise that God gave us when he told us that he has made a place for us to live with him forever. Ima...
It could be anywhere, Israel, Ukraine, Armenia, North Korea, Palestine, Sudan, India, Myanmar…a large majority of the world is at war with people they have abso...
I’m not going to play games with you. There will be no holding back so that you read this to the end. The word I am referring to is Hell. More people are offend...
Doesn’t it seem like half the world is at war with the other half over religion? It says in the bible: “There will even come a time when anyone who kills you wi...
I was trapped with a mindThat was tormented day and night.When I looked in the mirror,It gave me quite a fright.My eyes were so lifeless,Like those lying in the...
My book of drama sketches entitled, “The Rhyming Drama Book”, contains a play based on some of the crazy reasons people give for refusing to acknowledge the exi...
My daughter Sarah, takes after me – she is very slim and needs fattening up a little. Nobody likes to eat cereals with water, not even a milk hater, but I...
Yuck! I put my hand into my new handbag and pulled out my brand-new purse. It was covered in sticky, brown, sludgy mush. The white stitched seams were now moist...
I was petrified. The dictionary definition says, ‘So frightened that one is unable to move.’ That was me, 9 metres high above the ground, standing on a wobbly p...
There are three tumble driers I head for when I enter the launderette. I am sure they are hotter and more economical than the others. I was happy to see that Nu...
Your bedroom is cold – the sheets are even colder. “No worries.” you say. “I’ll just buy some fluffy replacements.” You ch...
He sat staring ahead while listening to a rock song – his eyes focussed on the Central Line map. The London Underground tube train was speeding toward...
I love anchovies but apart from my dad, I don’t know anyone else who likes them. I’ve heard people calling them ‘Devil’s Food’. Yes, they have a strong, fishy t...
(Part 1 of 2) Wouldn’t it be refreshing if social media posts were more real? Can you imagine what it would be like if people’s sentences on Faceboo...
Like a robot, I have followed, Re-posted and commented, Staring at my screen, Like I’ve become demented. ***** I’ve sprinted with the crowd, Brain-washed and de...
I had a wobbly. I mean a real wobbly. When I told my husband how I’d been, he thought I was saying I was unwell, but to me a wobbly is when one is feeling so em...
They found him dead in his favourite armchair – eyes wide open with a look of shock and disbelief. Between the rigid fingers of Ned Devine, was a lottery ...
My sister winced as her tongue came into contact with what she thought was going to be delicious fruit. But instead of a juicy sweetness dancing delightfully ac...
There are people who have had horrendous things happen to them yet through Jesus – his comfort, his peace, his strength, they are free from acute P.T.S.D., bitt...
That person. Yes that one. The one who has really annoyed you. The one who deserves to be stripped and beaten in public, or at least shamed on social media. How...
There are two poems below. The first one, in this chapter, highlights what so many people go through on a weekly basis – in church. They sing worship songs for ...
Those who are serious about serving the Lord overseas are under no delusion that it is a vacation. They often feel forgotten when their email updates are not re...
There are two groups of people I would like to dedicate the next few pages to. Single Christians who are patiently waiting on God for the right spouse and those...