After seeing some beautiful images of Autumn, or Fall – depending on what part of the world you live in – Andy B got thinking about cycles of life.
Because in life, just like those leaves, what can seem the end, can also just be the beginning of something else, and new.
In Season 5, Episode 5, of Little Blessings Online, JoJo and Andy B talk about cats – big ones, small ones, stripey ones and even spotty ones – cats, cats, cats – just don’t tell Dave the Dog!
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We’ve been talking about our brand new project – Marriage Matters -for some time now. Jo and Andy have finally got the first recording good to go! You’ll
While out and about on a mountain bike ride, Andy B stopped to rest under a tree. Ok, so there wasn’t much resting due to the rather unexpected low flying helicopters and Andy’s rather excited enjoyment of them.
But, Andy was struck that he hadn’t showered for a few days, nor shaved. Simply because while he’d kept meaning to, things kept stopping him.
There are always things which will blur how people will see us.
Much like my trusty boots, our identity can become confused by the scuffs and dents we all experience in life.
On my boots, they will always be the same brand. But, the name on the side, even though it is bright orange, is showing signs of age – after being used almost every day, all day, for a year.
We have a dehumidifier in our home. Because, in our last home, we had horrendous damp, which led to serious problems with mould.
And we were thankful that we were able to get some great advice about which sort of dehumidifier to buy. And so we bought the type we were advised to buy.
And ours really is superb. You set the humidity level you want in your home, which you can find in the manual, and you switch it on. That’s it – other than emptying the tank when it is full of water.
In Season 5, Episode 4, of Little Blessings Online, JoJo and Andy B talk about some fire related stuff and of course they end up thinking about food, who doesn’t like food cooked on the barbecue!
There are candles, a camping stove, and a home fire, what keeps you warm?
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When we go cycling, things can stick to our tyres. If you go mountain biking, you might end up with plenty of mud liberally applied to your bike. And if you’re really unfortunate, you’ll end up with a clay/grass mix that will stick to the outside of your tyre, and weight your bike down enough that you struggle up hills you can normally cycle up, without much effort or thought.
Well this is exactly what happened to Jo, and her bike, when we were out Mountain Biking one day.
It seemed as though the weight of her bike had been doubled! And holding a pile of it in my hands, after I’d scraped it off her bike, I could easily believe it.
When a well runs out of water, it doesn’t necessarily mean that there is no water left – just that the water table may have dropped, so our well runs out of water. When we dig down a bit further, we find that water again, and our fill will be filled with water once more.
And in our relationship, and walk, as disciples of Jesus Christ, we can often feel as though God has moved away from us.
We have several items in our recording studio that are nearly identical. They may be the same length, or the same brand, they may just look really similar. And this can make setting up the studio entertaining, when you’re trying to connect one specific microphone, or whatever.
Andy B loves simple solutions to life’s troubles, so when he had given up trying to be patient plugging into cables, that he can never tell apart, he came up with a solution – velcro.
In Season 5, Episode 3, of Little Blessings Online, JoJo and Andy B talk about dreams, good dreams, not so good dreams and strange dreams and JoJo has to call Andy B back to earth as he daydreams about food! What do you daydream about?
When Andy B does return from his dreamland, he has some interesting stuff to tell us about dreams, so top tip be careful what you do before bed, you might dream about it!
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I’m working on two books at the moment.
And by working, I mean I have a title cover for both; I’ve got one book basically ready for publishing, and one book about half the way through as I rewrite some previous works into what is already a 3 part series.
I’ve been working on writing a book for nearly 20 years…the one I began back then is still where it was when I first wrote it…it’s a good book, but I’ve never really finished it.
Andy B took Jo for her return trip to the dentist, but while Andy and Jo share many traits and interests, one thing Jo does REALLY well, is not worrying about things she either has no control over, or things that haven’t yet come to pass.
With a hyper-sensitivity to needles, Andy would have been worrying for two weeks straight, letting the anxiety grow, thinking through the various things that could go wrong. Positive side of that trait, is the ability to read ahead, see the problems before they happen and prevent them – which makes event planning really easy.
Andy B loves his kitchen, and he loves kitchen shops, or departments with cooking equipment in them.
For ages now, he has been trying to make Yorkshire Puddings, using his super cheap cupcake baking tray.
In one way it is perfectly functional – it has a number of bowl like shapes, that help Yorkshire Puddings grow into the right shape as they cook. But, on the other hand, it is super cheap, ultra thin metal, and has the non-stick ability of super glue!
How is the framework of your life and world holding together?
Are you leaning to one side, under pressure, distorted by the tensions of life, that you feel pulling you in every, which, way?
We’ve had something of a refresh to our recording studio, here at BerryBunch HQ, and it meant adding some super cheap breakfast stools someone was throwing away – which makes everything more roomy, and easier to set up and adapt around the different recording projects we’re regularly involved with.
But it also gave me a good opportunity to sort something that has been bugging me since we set up.
In Season 5, Episode 2, of Little Blessings Online, JoJo and Andy B talk about vegetables, join them in seeing how many vegetables you can name in 10 seconds and ……go!
They say, ‘You are what you eat’ and vegetables are, of course, good for you, so JoJo and Andy B do their bit to encourage us all to eat our vegetables – even broccoli!
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Jeremiah 29:11 – New Living Translation: For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
I was flicking through some music the other day, and came across one of older albums. It’s a live version of Garth Brooks on tour, and the one song that always jumps out at me is the I’ve linked below, and it’s the title for this blog.
Throughout our life, we’ve often faced trials of many kinds, and this frequently leads to prayer. But, sometimes, our prayers are more like we’ve rewritten that well known scripture above.
In Season 5, Episode 1, of Little Blessings Online, Jo Jo and Andy B focus on quick and slow things – prepare to get slow down or speed up! There are cool video clips of fast cars and guess what is slow!
There are quick and slow angels in the StoryTime and so we just have to make some angels in Art Time, but how will JoJo do this!
Quick, Quick, Slow…. sounds like a dance – well you can definitely dance during SongTime!
In Season 5, Episode 1, of Little Blessings Online, Jo Jo and Andy B focus on quick and slow things – prepare to get slow down or speed up! There are cool video clips of fast cars and guess what is slow!
There are quick and slow angels in the StoryTime and so we just have to make some angels in Art Time, but how will JoJo do this!
Quick, Quick, Slow…. sounds like a dance – well you can definitely dance during SongTime!
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Matthew 7 verse 16 says that by our fruits we will be known.
This means that our actions are more important than our words because words, while very important, don’t necessarily lead to change, or action. But by their very definition, actions, are the outworking of what we truly believe and think.
Andy took his wife to the dentist and it made him think about what we can, each of us, do every single day to show the love of Jesus Christ to the people we meet, to the people we love, to people who know Jesus again, to people who need to know Jesus for the first time.
The bible clearly teaches us that we should expect to find people in positions of authority in our churches, and church communities, who exist simply to destroy.
Jesus dealt with it and so did Paul, so we shouldn’t be surprised.
We shouldn’t accept it either! But how can we work out who is for Jesus, and who is not?
While making a cup of tea, Andy B added far too much milk to his first cup of tea! And it totally ruined it!
Church can mean lots of different things to different people.
For some it is a place you’d only visit on high days and holidays – Christmas and Easter, and maybe birth and death!
For others it is somewhere we see as the place we go to each Sunday morning to worship God with other believers.
But, far too often it is also better known for everything that is nothing to do with Jesus or the gospel!
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