coffee break bites of words, wit, and wisdom
One of the big things that moves me daily – especially as a prodigal – is just how amazing the GRACE of God truly is…
Chris Tomlin has recorded a brilliant version of the song, featuring the original last verse (although I would love it if the well-known final verse “If we’d been there…” were included as well)… so I thought I’d share it with you – enjoy! I know I do…
Chris Tomlin – Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)
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When I joined facebook back in December I posted a note called “Now an atheist – what happened” (now removed) which detailed my journey from Christianity to Atheism, a place which I have sat in for about 4 1/2 years… BUT there’s been a shift and rather than just post it on facebook I thought I’d post here and then let people find it 🙂
So… “No longer an atheist” – does that mean what many think, and hope, it means. Probably, yes. Let’s take a quick flashback – cue the swirly line effects please Scooby Doo.
And if you don’t want to read the whole saga in diary format (or simply haven’t got three years to spend reading) then skip to the bottom and catch the summary and the good news 🙂 (but don’t skip the excellent Jars of Clay song – the video is done by a fan but seems to be pretty nicely done)
YAY – F1 is coming back to the BBC [link]
Is it a YAY though? I’m a bit reserved in my enthusiasm here. Yes, I really want to hear the proper theme music again, and no adverts will be a superb thing.
But – and there are several buts here…
I really want this to be the best news for F1 fans in the UK – but I can’t help but be a tad nervous about it. Look at Beebs MotoGP coverage and how much they rush that at times, and it does get the worries going.
The BBC are saying that they will listen to the fans – and I hope they do, because they really could do a great job… but they have to learn from the lessons that ITV have learnt, and the way ITV have reacted to those lessons.
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Wowsers – doesn’t 6 months just fly by??? We are still alive – honestly!!!
I know many folks have found us on Facebook now, which is a good way of catching up – but that doesn’t excuse my tardiness here – sorry!!
Well, we’ve just had among the most annoying couple of months. Mrs H managed to crash her car, kids have all been ill with various things (including a really nasty dose of conjunctivitis for our daughter), we’ve both had tonsillitis as well as other bugs and illnesses [along with a serious lack of sleep] and then… to top it all off… our boiler died.
OK, so the blog has been quiet for a month but that’s cos the Hartley household has been totally jammed and rushed off our feet…
There’s a load of stuff to talk about but the biggie is to send much love and congrats to Louise and her new hubby, Phil.
It’s the second of the Hartley weddings (after me and the missus got hitched 7.25 years ago) and was a really great day totally enjoyed by all who were there.
I popped on my David Bailey Wannabee hat for the day and took loads of photos – which can be viewed by going to http://www.hartleyweb.co.uk/photos – if you want the hi-res printable versions then give me a shout and we’ll sort it out.
It was really good to get all the Hartleys together again, it’s always a riot and a great laugh and usually only happens once in a blue moon…. but the great news is that next Saturday we’re all getting together again to celebrate an aunts birthday (she’s only in her early 30s of course!)
Anyway, I’ll sign off now but thanks to all at the wedding for a great weekend – and congrats once again to Mr & Mrs Scutt