Tag: English

  • Why Write

    Why Write

    Featured Image – Upsplash.com I once asked a colleague how his book sales were going. His response to my question was, ‘Nothing of any significance.’ As the books he had published up to that point were autobiographical, I asked, ‘Do you think the genre is a winner in the marketplace?’ He replied sharply, ‘I don’t

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  • Authority-Wisdom Snippets -From Peter.

    Authority-Wisdom Snippets -From Peter.

    Feature Photo by Rita Morais Upsplash.com With my intelligence, I have authority. Yet, it has no power without my wise management. While I search for self-development and learning, my higher discovery has been how to apply my fertile imaginativeness. I cannot change my after-life destiny, but I’ve enjoyed many years improving my present life. For

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  • The Sermon on The Mount – Part One

    The Sermon on The Mount – Part One

    Feature Photo: Adam Kring Upsplash.com If you missed the introduction to The Sermon on The Mount please tap on this link. Matthew 5:1-48 tap on this link for scriptures. Let’s begin with Matthew’s opening statement, “When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him, and

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  • My Big Fat Greek Baptism

    My Big Fat Greek Baptism

    Featured Image Credit: Emma Van Sant@emmaView profile@emma “We have been invited to my very good friend Lia’s grandchild’s baptism; you ok with going?” my Fiancée enquired. “Sure” I replied, knowing that if my Woman wanted to go along to the service, then so did I. Bearing in mind that where my Woman is, there I

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  • Black Rock Castle

    Black Rock Castle

    The Ruins of Black Rock Castle The first evidence of human presence in Ireland may date to around 10,500 to 8,000 BC. The receding of the ice after the Younger Dryas cold phase of the Quaternary around 9700 BC, heralds the beginning of Prehistoric Ireland, which includes the archaeological periods known as the Mesolithic, the

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  • The Lucky Man – An Act of Malice

    Recent release by Author, Monika Martyn A Review by fellow author – Sir Peter James Dotcomé The Lucky Man – An act of Malice is the work of Monika Martyn and the story is set in Hawaii and surrounds in contemporary times. Monika says the story was inspired by a ‘beached whale in Mexico.’ About

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  • Jessica and Pieter-Jacobus

        All the while she gazed out her upstairs window – the bright moonlit Transvaal winter’s night revealed a fantasy landscape before her. It was a stage upon which she could set the actors as she wished.

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  • God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

      God Helps Those Who Help Themselves………. How many times, were you told these words, when you were a young person growing up and discovering all the wonderful things in life? Words from parents, family, friends, teachers, perhaps, some suggesting that these were the words of Jesus and at the very least – from the

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  • Mission Malawi – Chapter Twenty-Two

    Mission Malawi – Chapter Twenty-Two

    END IN SIGHT?……….. Since February, life has been hectic with the usual spate of attempted robberies, but by the Lords grace we haven’t lost much. It’s very sad to witness the amount of thieving especially from those who come to stay with us saying that they want to be taught the gospel. I guess times

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  • Mission Malawi – Chapter Twenty One

    Mission Malawi – Chapter Twenty One

    15.03.96 Well, this is the day that the Lord has made – we will rejoice and be glad in it!! Just a few minutes to share again before the work of the day begins and thoughts are consumed and lost forever. I finally had a reply from the elders of one of the large denominational

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