Malcolm Nichols
I am a Yeovilian by birth, am married to Lynn and have three children; Joel, Daniel & Becky (married to Ian), plus a grandchild (Noah). I have spent most of my life dividing my working day between helping to co-ordinate YCC and directing a leather business here in UK and in NZ. Having now retired from business I (theoretically) have more time to spend with family, though that doesn’t always seem to work out. I am a YCC trustee. I enjoy reading widely, walking to relax and try to keep up to date with IT stuff so I can pretend that I know what I’m talking about when the conversation turns technical.
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Gasping for breath
Today is stormy. The howling wind is dramatic, and either invigorating or scary depending on your circumstances and your personality. In Scripture the Greek word “pneuma” does a lot of multitasking. It can mean wind, or breath, or spirit; or
Eating ahead of ourselves
Familiarity dulls the imagination, and perhaps the appetite. I was reading some thoughts on ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ recently and was intrigued to learn that the familiar phrase ‘our daily bread’ does not necessarily mean what I had always assumed. Apparently,
Musings on a half-dead tree
Walking in the fields recently I came across an old friend. Isolated in the centre of an open meadow stood a single, large tree. But this tree held my gaze because it was unlike most others. Half the tree was