100km Paddle Completed!

Today Amy & reached Hammersmith Bridge to complete our 100km Stand Up Paddle Boarding trip down the Thames River! Day 3 yesterday started with gale force winds and rain in the morning which postponed our early morning departure, but we headed out at midday and had quite a time on the river, and we made …

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100km progress report at Day 2…

I'm in the middle of a 100km stand up paddle-boarding adventure down the Tames River with my teen daughter Amy - before yesterday she'd never done more that 3km's on a paddleboard!  The cause is to raise sponsorship for a summer mission trip she's doing in Bulgaria with the Trussell Trust, doing summer camps for …

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Sponsor a 100km Thames paddle for Bulgaria

On Wednesday this week I'm joining 16 year old daughter Amy on a 100km paddleboard trip down the Thames River to raise £600 for her mission trip to Bulgaria in July - all details here (She's never paddled more than 3km before!) Support her if you can... THANKS! Online giving link via JustGiving here.

Bridges I’ve crossed (under) recently…

Here are a few photos of some bridges I've paddled under in the past two weeks on the Thames river...  it reminds me that there is always a bridge somewhere somehow when you need to get over stuff in your life...so find a bridge, and CROSS OVER! (or paddle under...)

The power of shared vision…

It was Ali's birthday yesterday, and I came across this photo of us taking photo's in Salzburg at the beginning of the year... A picture is worth a 1000 words, and below are some of the words that this picture reminds me of: To walk together with someone over the long haul, you must share …

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merry chrismoos!

A note about our 2011... "The wind and the waves are on the side of the ablest navigator" (a quote my mom wrote to me when I finished school.) For us, this has been a year of needing to navigate wisely through a bunch of winds sweeping over the spiritual, economic & church landscape in London. …

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Prague…

Ali & I just got back from a short break celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary in the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic. This city only suffered one or two bomb raids in the war so is filled with stunning buildings all over, including 100 church buildings. Sadly, these churches now have very …

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Celebrating 20 years of marriage!

This week Ali & I are in the beautiful romantic city of Prague for a few days to celebrate 20 years of marriage! On December 7th 1991 we both said "I do" - Ali looked stunning, and looking at our wedding photo's I seem to have forgotten to get a haircut! In the ceremony we'd …

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iLoveLondon today…

Ali & I took a trip into central London today... here are some pics to remind you why we Love this great city.... "Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” - Jeremiah …

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