Personal Category

if our love were but more simple

In: Personal

A friend in the US pointed me towards the lyrics of this amazing hymn, so thought I would post them here: Souls of men, why will ye scatter Like a crowd of frightened sheep? Foolish hearts, why will ye wander From a love so true and deep? Was there ever kinder shepherd Half so gentle, [...]

voting for real change?

In: Personal

Daniel got me thinking with his last post, and here are my thoughts… “Thank you for being open with your position, and giving some explanation for it. As someone who is easily confused by these things, it helps solidify some of my own thinking too. I think I would stand with you on some-most of [...]

piddington

In: Personal

Photos from our very wet walk around Piddington last Saturday.

how the day sounds

In: Personal

Another nice tune with a great video. Both this video and the one in the earlier post capture something of the change that seems to be happening in music video production, as more and more people make use of YouTube and Vimeo etc. Whether the video is created with a big budget or not, the [...]

neologism

In: Personal

This came to my attention the other day, and thought I would pass it on… Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.   The winners are:   1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one [...]

change

In: Personal

I’m not the first person to have posted a photo like this today, and I’m sure I won’t be the last, but what an historic day. This is where the real work begins, and I’m looking forward to seeing Obama make his mark on US Presidential leadership. So, where were you when Obama was inaugurated?

a walk in the woods

In: Personal

We took a nice walk in Cowleaze Woods after church today – beautiful day for it, and really feeling the benefits for it now. We saw the memorial to the plane that crashed in the woods back in March 1944 – having being involved together with 1,000 other planes in a bombing campaing on Nuremberg, bright [...]

headington fairtrade

In: New Media, News, Personal

Had a meeting today to discuss some voluntary work I will be doing to develop a website for a new initiative – the Headington Fairtrade Cooperative -  www.headingtonfairtrade.org.uk The cooperative are hoping to open the doors to a new shop (their first) in Headington, Oxford, in the new year – possibly in early February. It [...]

wedding

In: Personal

An amazing day – thanks to everyone who played a part in it! Posted in retrospect, don’t worry.

farewell

In: Personal

See you at the end of the month – I’m signing off to get married and take two weeks holiday.

About this blog

I work as the Digital Services Manager for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), having previously worked with Compudava (now Endava) in Moldova, building web applications, and for Wesley Management, working with small businesses and charities.

I have a passion to see intelligent application of digital technology to serve the Church and mission.

Married to the lovely Ruth.






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  • dinner
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  • dad
  • sweet reward
  • lavender
  • happy birthday mum
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