OUR AMAZING SONS - OUR BLESSED FAMILY
Between them Nathan and Dominic have achieved 14 A stars and 8 A grades at GCSE. Gabriel, having achieved a place at Grammar School, is in hot pursuit!
As parents, we have always encouraged their best and reiterated that if they give their best, we will celebrate whatever grades they achieve. We never force them or burden them with expectation. We delight in their individuality, what they choose and what they are becoming.
We have also always said, that what is most important to us, is that they are lovely human beings - compassionate, thoughtful and able to make the world a better, happier, fairer place. Love comes first.
What overjoys us more than the results, is that they are all good human beings. They are each unique, amazing, kind, talented, humorous and have engaging and endearing personalities. They work hard, but they live fully too, with a wide circle of friends and many interests. They are also deeply supportive of our family project to provide a solar powered water pump for a Gambian village and will be flying out with me in the autumn.
They each make a remarkable contribution to the love we share as a family and the special times we create together.
Our family has faced some testing and challenging times, but they have only bonded us closer, taught us much and equipped us better to understand and navigate the world.
We feel very blessed and privileged to love each other so much and to share such a happy and loving home and we take every opportunity we can to welcome others, help others and share the joys we know.
I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 12:11 AM
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