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This is hard for me to capture in blog form, news like this is more easily broken in person and then more and more detail added through casual conversations, slowly adding colour to the picture over time to help you imagine the event. I’ll give it a shot anyway.
On Monday the 26th of April, I [...]

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Just thought I’d write a quick note to let you know that I haven’t lost interest in the blog or anything. Many of you may know that something big just happened in my life (the good kind of big thing). So there’s been some time away from normal schedules to celebrate and kick off a [...]

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4 Gospels, originally uploaded by Apprentice Blog.

Paperback copies of individual gospels are often distributed for outreach and evangelism. The first gospel I read was Marks’s gospel, it was recommended to me because it is short and sweet – my friend says it can be read in an hour, but I’ve never timed myself. That said, [...]

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I bought a new phone recently and as I was reading through the manual (NNNERD!) I discovered that my new phone is equipped with a “fake call” feature. You can schedule a time you want your phone to ring “when you want to get out of meetings or unwanted conversations”. You can even use a recording with [...]

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I can’t post that last video without posting this one:

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I recently sent the following text to myself one night:
Hi Future-John, this is yourself contacting you from the past. Just letting you know the IPC costs €135. I hope the sermon went well.
The point was to remind me to collect a cheque to pay for the Irish Preacher’s Conference. I could have used the reminder [...]

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I’ve been thinking about doing a series of posts about the people in my life I have learned, and continue to learn from. This is the first of however many posts I manage to get out before I run out of blogging steam again.
P is one of my closest friends, I’ve known him since I [...]

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Sarah and I are taking 8 teenagers to Germany for TeenStreet. Please pray that it all goes well.
John.

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I lost my favourite Bible on the train last week. It was a Compact ESV. I’d had it for a couple of years and it was nicely broken in and small enough to fit in my pocket so I could bring it everywhere with me. The weather was unexpectedly warm last Friday so while I [...]

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Short post again but it’s better than nothing. I’ve been sick since St. Stephen’s Day and aparently 12% of the country knows how I feel. I’m on the mend now but have had to take a few extra days off work. I’m also a bit fed up of wheezes and chest infections, which is what [...]

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