'Called'
"Put the hoover down, go into the bedroom and pray."
My life and faith story
(Illustration: Statue of Christ by Josefina de Vasconcellos, in St Andrew's Church, Greystoke, Cumbria, England UK)
Index
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Foreword by Carol Dixon
Introduction My book at last
Chapter 1 God speaks
PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS
Chapter 2 I am born
Chapter 3 My love of music at a very early age
Chapter 4 Home, sweet home
Chapter 5 Missing toys and dangerous games
Chapter 6 Awe and wonder
Chapter 7 School days are the happiest days
Chapter 8 From the old things to the new
Chapter 9 Brownies and guides
Chapter 10 Mam and dad
Chapter 11 My holidays and days out
Chapter 12 Tears and fears
Chapter 13 Our new home
PART TWO: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS BEGIN
Chapter 14 What? A new best friend
Chapter 15 Salvete omnes!
Chapter 16 Highlights of those first few years
Chapter 17 How the mighty have fallen (2 Sam 1.19)
Chapter 18 Unless I see the nailprints . . .(John 20.25)
Chapter 19 You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince
Chapter 20 Behind the round window
Chapter 21 Bellingham International Camp, Part One: (a love story)
Chapter 22 Bellingham International Camp: Part Two (activities)
Chapter 23 College life begins
Chapter 24 Why does a God of love permit suffering?
Chapter 25 Ponteland, my second year at college
PART THREE: OUR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
Chapter 26 Our wedding
Chapter 27 A teacher at last
Chapter 28 Charismatic Movement
Chapter 29 From this moment on
Chapter 30 Speakers' Corner
Chapter 31 David Watson
Chapter 32 Our first child is born.
Chapter 33 Stephen
Chapter 34 Sarah
Chapter 35 Peter
Chapter 36 United Folk : Part One: (the early years)
Chapter 37 United Folk : Part Two: (what kept us 'folk' united)
Chapter 38 Nana Abernethy
Chapter 39 St Peter's C of E Middle School
Chapter 40 Norwegian holidays
Chapter 41 Central Middle School
PART FOUR: CALLED TO SERVE
Chapter 42 Called to Serve
Chapter 43 St Luke's Parish Church, Wallsend
Chapter44 The ordination of women to the priesthood
Chapter 45 Moving on
Chapter 46 Ireland 1999
Chapter 47 Knowing me, knowing you
Chapter 48 Slipping through my fingers
Chapter 49 Where do I go from here?
Chapter 50 Paradise on earth
Chapter 51 Leaping into the unknown
Chapter 52 Ups and downs (That's life!)
Chapter 53 Asylum
Chapter 54 Godly Play
Chapter 55 Golden Days and Friendly Faces
Chapter 56 I'm sorry!
PART FIVE: BECOMING GRANDPARENTS
Chapter 57 Luke, our first grandchild
Chapter 58 What can one person do?
Chapter 59 A third interregnum, and cigarettes!
Chapter 60 School assemblies
Chapter 61 Katie: Our premature granddaughter
Chapter 62 Taking a breather
PART SIX: OUTREACH AND EVANGELISM
Chapter 63 St John's, Kingston Park, and a different kind of outreach
Chapter 64 Holiday clubs at St John's Kingston Park
Chapter 65 Quo Vadis
Chapter 66 To Do Nothing is a choice
Chapter 67 Mr Figueiredo
Chapter 68 Leah ( L.E.A.H. Love Everything About Her)
Chapter 69 Peter and Amanda are married
Chapter 70 A mother's love
Chapter 71 There but for fortune go you and I
Chapter 72 Let your light shine
Chapter 73 Two Sons
Chapter 74 Daniel and Jake
Chapter 75 Kaleidoscope of Characters
Chapter 76 A clearer perspective
Chapter 77 A 'Manchester United' baptism
Chapter 78 Pearls of Great Price
Chapter 79 Keeping in touch
Chapter 80 A visit to the Holy Land (Part 1)
Chapter 81 A visit to the Holy Land (Part 2)
Chapter 82 Jack Stephen Hamil
PART SEVEN: NEW GROUND
Chapter 83 Radio Tyneside and 'New Day Dawning'
Chapter 84 Meltdown
Chapter 85 The Dusky Thrush
Chapter 86 Music, music, music!
Chapter 87 The U.S.A.
Chapter 88 Krakow
Chapter 89 Church of the Good Shepherd, Battlehill
Chapter 90 Hide and seek
Chapter 91 Baptisms on Holy Island
PART EIGHT: STORMS ARISE
Chapter 92 Eye of the storm
Chapter 93 Covid -19 (Part One)
Chapter 94 Covid-19 (Part Two)
Chapter 95 Tik Tok, trolls and trouble
Chapter 96 Squirrelympics
Chapter 97 The sound of silence
Chapter 98 Wars and rumours of wars
Chapter 99 Open mic/open hearts/open doors
Chapter 100 What now?
Chapter 101 Song Index (My Old Testament Songs)
Chapter 102 Song Index (My New Testament Songs)
Epilogue: An unholy mess