Faith

Observations
Andrew Pitchford

An Attitude of Better Days

  Just might bend but I won’t break as long as I can see your face.– MercyMe (Move from The Generous Mr Lovewell Album) Every

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Observations
Andrew Pitchford

Pushed Around but Not Over

I can still remember the day five ‘hoods’ ganged up on me as I was walking home. At around 8000 people, Te Awamutu wasn’t a big town but like any place on the face of the planet it had its ‘bad element’. It still astounds me because I had walked those streets at all times of the day and night and really hadn’t felt unsafe or in danger. Sadly on that day, a Saturday afternoon around 2pm, I became a target. No one likes to be bullied and a bully is a coward but what happens when there’s more than one?

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Andrew Pitchford

New Year’s Rear Vision Mirror

Around the blogs and the twittersphere there is a lot of topical New Years material but there is a also a cathartic nature in writing about the topic. Like every good preacher I suspect that every blogger is ‘preaching’ first to himself before the audience reads a word.

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Andrew Pitchford

Reminders of You

Back in 1983-1987 I was profoundly blessed to be in a youth group run by Gavin and Liz Hockly. It was through this Te Awamutu

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Andrew Pitchford

Wedding Vows Forever

It’s often overlooked but Marriage isn’t a contract, its a covenant. If you are considering “tying the knot” with the ‘hunk’ or the ‘babe’ then

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Winner of Speech Finals

Faith has just stepped out into the limelight in her first year at Loganholme State School. Last Tuesday night she competed in the year 5

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Andrew Pitchford

Merely a Human Being?

This morning I was reading 2 Corinthians 5 and learning more of our Lord’s plan for us and our misconceptions of His son. It really

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