Breakfast on the Beach - the Third!

It is one month since my last blog, just before the second 'Breakfast on the Beach' which went as well as the first. It was more relaxed and a couple of new people came, who seemed to feel right at home. The third was just as good and with some different people coming.

The atmosphere is just what I'd hoped. I'm not sure we have the
imput level right, and am still wondering about that... not that it hasn't been of good quality, I would just like it to be much more participative, no.. I think I mean interactive. One of the new people from last month brought more people to this Sunday's breakfast, which is great. I'm pondering about space and numbers, if we grow we might need to spead further round the building or lengthen the time we are open for an more flexible approach, prayerfully, prayerfully just one step at a time.



On other fronts essay writing is creating as much difficulty as ever: it not that I don't like the reading -I love it! It's not that I don't have plenty to say on the subject - I do! It's the fear that grabs my guts, panics my heart and blanks my mind each and every time I sit down to write. The fear it won't come out right, the fear I won't get it done in time, the fear that somebody else is going to have to read it! I know its foolish, I know it is irrational, but to me...... But I won't give up, prayer and praise, quote scripture at myself, get the family to pray for me 'In quietness and confidence will be your strength.' Confidence in the God who called me and promised to equip me.


We have had some great times with family and friends recently, birthdays, academic celebrations and annual get-togethers. Christmas is beginning to loom too, the sudden flurry of snow that fell while I was preaching in the evening a week ago yesterday really making me realise how much there is to organise. As every year: I pray that I will be awake, alert and aware for God's presence and peace in the midst of the hustle. If I am not on the look out for God's touch in the season how can I expect to help others discover him anew in the business of the season. 'When he come, when he comes, who will make him welcome?'