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Many of you will be familiar with the song ‘How He Loves’, recently covered by David Crowder Band. It’s one of the songs we have incorporated into our worship here at Firwood in the past year or so. Here, in this powerful video, John Mark McMillan explains the story behind his song. To listen to…
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Apologies to those that clicked onto this post hoping for some advice on how to hold your own in high powered business meetings or infront of the ladies. I had something a little different in mind. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the…
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Just over a month ago a number of the Church here at Firwood, along with thousands of others throughout the country and even across the world, began reading through Soul Survivor’s ‘Bible in One Year‘. It’s been great to hear and join in with various discussions of what has been read throughout this month. If…
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Yesterday a number of the young people in our Church, along with youth leaders and even the not-so-young began reading through Soul Survivor’s ‘Bible in One Year‘. I’m really excited about this opportunity to read through the written word of God together with so many others. It’s been great to see so many other people…
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“You can’t take your top off and run around the church after you’ve taken communion. They don’t like that”. Thus, Actor Stephen Mangan adds his thoughts to a recent series of thought provoking two minute programmes on channel four. 4thought.tv features individuals from all walks of life and belief systems and gives them a couple…
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Wandering through my workplace recently, I came across this amongst a host of similar posters celebrating a number of different scientists: (click to enlarge) The quote, if you are unable to read it from the poor quality of my iPhone photo, reads: “Isn’t it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you…
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Sometimes I am wrong. I’ll give you a moment to recover. I only recently became aware of Plan B (aka Ben Drew) with his single ‘She Said‘, and I think  my words at that time were most unfavourable. However, it is ‘a grower’ and I’ve come to appreciate his vocal stylings much more. The other…
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I hate football (it’s for nancy boys), but I’m currently enjoying the world cup. Even I can’t help but be swept up in the advertising hysteria surrounding this four-yearly event. I particularly like Nike’s new advertisement: < p style=”text-align: justify;”> I think that often we like the idea of either being part of something that…
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