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Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Watching the news I feel so helpless…

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Gary Bastin25 August 2021
The Body
The Body

We spend time caring, toning, cleaning and pruning them…

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Gary Bastin18 August 2021
New
New

A little verse that caught my eye and my imagination…

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Gary Bastin11 August 2021
Qualify
Qualify

Our athletes have done so much to qualify for Team GB…

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Gary Bastin4 August 2021
Kobayashi
Kobayashi

On the the eve of the the Olympics the show’s director was fired…

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Gary Bastin28 July 2021
Freedom Day
Freedom Day

Monday the 19th July 2021 was a landmark, known as ‘Freedom Day’…

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Gary Bastin21 July 2021
The Southgate Redemption
The Southgate Redemption

I watched the nail-biting penalty shoot out along with 31 million others…

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Gary Bastin14 July 2021
Snake on a pole
Snake on a pole

The bronze snake had become an enshrined idol…

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Gary Bastin7 July 2021
The complete story
The complete story

They took him aside and told him the rest of the story…

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Gary Bastin30 June 2021
Gold & Bronze Shields
Gold & Bronze Shields

Why is this story about shields in the Bible..?

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Gary Bastin23 June 2021
Man eaten by whale
Man eaten by whale

I'm in a whale's mouth, and he's trying to swallow me…

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Gary Bastin16 June 2021
Play your part
Play your part

Different people can play significant roles in the lives of others…

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Gary Bastin9 June 2021
Public Life, Private Life
Public Life, Private Life

The ‘secret place’ is a big deal with God…

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Gary Bastin2 June 2021
A new way?
A new way?

When we work with God, the way in which we do things change…

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Gary Bastin26 May 2021
Higher Power
Higher Power

Trying to find the astronaut in all of us…

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Gary Bastin19 May 2021
Words & Music
Words & Music

Whilst reading something strange happened to me...

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Gary Bastin12 May 2021
What to pray for?
What to pray for?

Do we view God as some kind of ‘Genie’..?

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Gary Bastin5 May 2021
Same storm, different boats
Same storm, different boats

There is a tension as things open up…

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Gary Bastin28 April 2021
The Collection
The Collection

Now that shops are reopening, I decided to get rid of some…

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Gary Bastin21 April 2021
New glasses
New glasses

Once I got used to them, life seemed different, in fact, better…

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Gary Bastin14 April 2021
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