Moving through life's seasons
One of the things I learnt about in my work with offenders was why keeping an open mind is important. In group work sessions we used a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach in teaching problem solving skills and this included trying to avoid automatically making assumptions and thinking through lots of different ways of dealing with a problem. Continue reading “Why keeping an open mind is important”
This is all about whether Christians should be tolerant towards each other and to others. Recently I was walking back from town and I bumped into a couple of fellow church members. I unplugged by earbuds and we said “hi” to each other and then a short but interesting conversation started…. Continue reading “Should Christians be tolerant?”
Heading rapidly towards early retirement on the strength of taking my pension early and counting the pennies behind the sofa, is a testing time. Together we have to be holding our nerve, as they say. Continue reading “Holding our nerve”
This week has been extraordinary in experiencing what could be the best and worst of the NHS. So, getting straight in…..
As I was discharged from hospital, I was told my prostate operation would be done as a matter of urgency. Continue reading “The best and worst of the NHS”
Word is getting around that I am leaving the Council and there are some interesting escape plan reactions.
I had agreed with my line manager that I would announce my departure at a monthly team meeting. Continue reading “Escape plan reactions”
Recently I had the honour of meeting Stephen Marsden while we were visiting Hannah in North Wales. Quickly it seemed we were on the same wave length in a number of different ways, although Stephen is a few steps ahead of me in terms of retirement. Continue reading “Guest post – not retiring, more like rewiring”
I had to ask Rachel when we started dealing with our own empty nest. Without any hesitation Rachel told me it was 9th September 2016. That weekend was when BOTH of our girls flew the nest. Perhaps it’s a man thing that I couldn’t remember exactly when it was?