Welcome to our web site. It has been written partly for our friends, and partly for the wider community.
For our friends, both new and old, it will tell you something about us (in the 'Personal' section), our hobbies, interests, beliefs and activities; and also about the Christian and community work we do (in the 'Ministry' section).
You will also find a number of articles (in the 'Writings' section) which are offered as resources, mostly to the Christian community, although there are some of a more general nature. Please feel free to browse, and tell us what you think - especially if you disagree with or have questions about any of it!
For new friends to this site, we are sharing a house with Steve, an old friend from university days. The house is in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, in the South West of England. We have been living with Steve since 1999, when we sold our house in Guildford. You can read something of what we have been getting up to on our family news page.
Just to be absolutely clear:
we are not linked with the
Hazelden Foundation based in the USA. The fact that we share
the same name, and both they and we spend a large amount of time and
energy helping addicts is, as far as we can tell, a complete coincidence.
We hope you find the pages on this site interesting and informative - do let us know what you think.
I know the chances are pretty remote, but please read what it says on the Warnings page before sending us an email that falls into one of the following categories. Thank you.
If you are new to this site, you may find it helpful to have a look at the Web Site page, which contains the following information.
If you would like to use any of the material on this web site, please read the Copyright and Conditions page before sending us a message. Thank you.
The complete set of noted changes are listed here:
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The most recent significant changes to this site are:
3 July 2009: updated the article on Targets, Strategies and Priorities.
19 June 2009: added a short article on Questions About CRB Checks.
18 June 2009: added a new article, Christian Ministry.
15 June 2009: added a new section, Questions, with a short article on Questions About Individual Budgets.
14 June 2009: added some more entries to the Family News since 28 May.
28 May 2009: added some more entries to the Family News since 25 May and updated some of the entries for the previous week.
25 May 2009: added a short review of Fermat's Last Theorem, added some more entries to the Family News since 14 May and updated the Supported Employment page.
14 May 2009: added some more entries to the Family News since 8 May.
7 May 2009: added a draft article on Addiction and added some more entries to the Family News since 8 April.
7 April 2009: updated the article on Door to Door Evangelism.
Added some more entries to the Family News, 25 March - 8 April.
Added some more entries to the Family News, 2-19 March.
Added some more entries to the Family News, 10-28 February.
Added some more entries to the Family News, 5-7 February.
Added some more entries to the Family News, 1-3 February.
7 March 2009: added an article by The Economist on How to stop the drug wars and a piece by Melvyn Brag on Kierkegaard.
6 March 2009: updated the article on What doesn't happen when you become a Christian. Added some more entries to the Family News, 21-31 January.
22 February 2009: corrected a few mistakes and made a few minor updates to Engaging the Voluntary Sector.
20 February 2009: added two new entries to the Humour pages: Visitors from the Future and From a Fox News Segment, A.D. 31.
27 January 2009: updated the article on Discipleship: Life and Ministry again.
22 January 2009: updated the article on Discipleship: Life and Ministry.
20 January 2009: added some more entries to the Family News since 15 January.
15 January 2009: added some more entries to the Family News since 3 January.
13 January 2009: added a new article, Discipleship: Life and Ministry.
3 January 2009: added some more entries to the Family News since 31 December.