Today I was thinking about love. I asked my daughter, Tamasin, what the word “love” means, and also checked the Oxford Dictionaries Online (both English and American). Let’s just say my daughter got it right and not those academics at Oxford! The dictionaries both defined love simply as “an intense feeling of deep affection” – which surprised me more than it perhaps should. My daughter is already well indoctrinated in a godly Christian worldview and defined love very differently:“Love is... Read more

When I was 9 I wrote some goals. These included scoring goals in football (I never did!), going on holiday on my own, learning more about Jesus and being able to prophecy. My 8 year old daughter, Tamasin recently found this and wrote two goals of her own- 1. To go on holiday to 5 different countries2. To be a full Christian When asked what a full Christian is she said something like this- “When Children want to be Christians... Read more

Here is a poem by my daughter Tamasin: My Mum the famous knitter Spends her time knitting My Brother the famous racer Spends his time racing My Sister the famous dancer Spends her time dancing My Dad the famous blogger Spends his time BLOGGING! Read more