More Liverpool FC Homecoming Photographs

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Liverpool FC The Homecoming Picture 6

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier

Liverpool FC The Homecoming Picture 5

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier

Liverpool FC The Homecoming Picture 4

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Liverpool FC The Homecoming Picture 3

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Liverpool FC The Homecoming Picture 1

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Liverpool FC The Homecoming Picture 2

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Liverpool FC Champion League Winners 2005

Last night as I watched the Champions League Cup Final I went through all the emotions football can bring you. It started with great expectations, but with the reality check of knowing that we were the underdogs, but there always was hope. I remember praying Lord, I know it's unfair to ask you to let Liverpool win but I know that there will be AC Milan fans doing the same, so I'm passionately asking you anyway! Well the 1st minute brought frustration, we can come back from one goal down, but by half time it was despair, three nil. My greatest fear was that we would be thrashed in the same way that Aresnal beat Everton, the possibility of such a humiliation was nearly overwhelming.

The Liverpool came with hearts full of fire, wow what a difference that made, the trouble was I could see Liverpool getting two goals. then Gerrard scored, Smicer, then we had the penalty. My heart was in my mouth, O No he missed... O Yes he's scored! Whoop, Whoop, Yes, Yes, Yes, general screaming and shouting. I jumped up so quick that I fell over with the blood rush! Three all. I danced round the room punching the air, no mild mannered clegyman here!

Then it was tension again, 3-3, then the final whistle and extra time, more tension, then penalties; miss -hurray, score - hurray, saved - hurray, score - hurray, score - boo, saved - boo, score - boo, score - hrray, saved - hurray.... We won, tears and laughter, disbelief and wonder, we did it, they did it.

Thank you Lord

St Stephen's Parish Church

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
St Stephen's Parish Church has just started its own blog which can be found at http://ststephensgateacre.blogspot.com/ and is well worth a look.

UFO picture enlarged

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
This is this the photograph below blown up.

UFO sighting? Probably not!

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
I took this photograph out of the kitchen window at night using a 15" shutter speed, I have not played with the image at all. I was just taking pictures of the night sky using street lights, sadly that amuses me, what has really caught my attention are the lights at the top of the picture. Now I am not saying it is a UFO but I am saying I have no idea what it is. The white dot to the lower right of it is a star but what the other is I have no idea. Any suggestions?

The only way is up

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
All lined up and ready to go! Lord point me in the direction you want me to go...

Opening the floodgates of Heaven

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
A few years ago I broke my wrist very badly, now I can set of metal detectors if I get too close, a consequence of which is that when I play my 12 string guitar my wrist aches. So having left it in its case for 12 months I thought I would part exchange it for a new 6 string acoustic guitar. It cost £699 new so I was a little disappointed when it was valued by a few places at between £150-£200. Ouch! But what do I do? Do I keep hold of it and not use it? That's a waste. So today I took the plunge and sold it in part exchange. I still think it was worth more than I got but a gift unused is worth nothing. I had my second guitar, a Fender El Rio 6 string acoustic valued, it's not worth very much at all, but I use it, so I'm keeping it, it's valuable to me. It has made me realise that God is a very generous God and he opens the floodgates of heaven "with every spiritual blessing" and sometimes I leave his gifts in their case in the cupboard, and what a waste that is. Every drop of God's floodgated gifts is valuable, a source of life, hope, love, compassion, generosity, care and vision. If you have been given gifts by God use them and don't hide them away!

Going down in a blaze of glory

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
Yesterday was a long day for me it started with a Deanery Conference on shared ministry, and the speaker was excellent, and ended with a performance by the band I'm in. At our level of gigging and performing, as we don't charge, we are the roadies, the set up crew, but we do have a great friend as our audio engineer, performers, take down crew and finally, roadies again. I know that some people regularly do 15 hour days but I don't! Today as a minister I was tired and certainly not firing on all cylinders. So tonight I was playing guitar in worship and I had to lead into "This is the air I breath" and could I pitch the first note? No. After making a fool of myself I came clean to everyone at admitted the problem, they had noticed... but we started with the chorus and it came flooding back. Sometimes we offer our best for the Lord and it's not good enough, but I am going to go down trying in a blaze of glory rather than give up! I would rather be a fool for Christ and make the effort than sit back and be comfortable.

Faulty Broadband

In a week when Liverpool get through to final of the Champion's League, the BBC return Doctor Who with the most amazing Dalek, someone I care about gets what can only be called a miraculous healing my modem is down. I've borrowed a modem so that I can shout about it, and I live in hope that my replacement modem arrives soon, but it is frustrating when you cannot shout "YEAH!" for all to hear. It has made me realise just how I've become used to being able to communicate quickly and efficiently. Therefore, today my heart goes out to all those who through oppression, disease, poverty or frustration cannot get anyone to listen to them. For myself I just want to say, "Thank you, Lord for your generosity!"