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Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Belonging // Alina AdsheadLet me tell you a story about a father that had two sons. One of them was an obedient son when his father was present - but disobedient when he was not there; and the other son was impulsive and short sighted when it came to decisions. One day the impulsive son asked his father for his inheritance in advance, packed up and off he went into the big wide world.
2021-11-1008 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // The Wall // Alina AdsheadI have the privilege to restart this series and today’s beacon It’s called The Wall. In the bible walls are often use to protect and guard precious gardens and vineyards.
2021-09-1510 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // The Weather // Alina AdsheadAfter living in Britain for over a decade I have noticed that British people love to talk about the weather. If it is hot- it’s too hot! If it is cold -It’s too cold! When it rains -it’s miserable. When it doesn’t rain-it’s too dry! Let me just ask this then “what would be the perfect weather for people around here?
2021-07-2909 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Something To Look Forward To // Alina AdsheadAfter working hard all week, everybody looks forward to the weekend. you all know what I’m talking about when I say “the Friday feeling”. It’s that feeling you get when you’re able to let your hair down and not stress that you have to get up the next morning;
2021-07-1208 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Am I Good Enough? // Alina AdsheadIn an age when everybody is a mini celebrity on the social media websites, we find ourselves in a situation where very often compare our lives to others. We have access to private information about other people like : what they are eating where they go and who they are hanging out with. In the pre-Internet era, we only knew what our close friends were up to;
2021-07-0508 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Fear // Alina AdsheadGrowing up most of my friends were big fans of scary films. I didn’t want them to believe that I was not tough enough to watch them so I would watch them, but when the scary bit came on I used to hide my face in a cushion or behind my hands. I was too scared. Even now I’m not able to watch scary films. The only difference is that now I’m ok with it. I don’t mind people thinking that I’m chicken.
2021-06-2410 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // The Perfect Journey // Alina AdsheadEven though Travelling is off the menu for another year, where would you like to go and visit once the restrictions are lifted ? What type of tourist are you? The “planning to the last detail” type or the “easy going one” -that takes things as they come and is adapting to whatever they find . Do people even do these kind of holidays anymore ? When you go on holiday do you like visiting and exploring new places or just lying by the sea reading a book..
2021-06-1508 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Crime and Punishment // Alina AdsheadYou might wonder how does the Russian novel Link to today’s beacon. In one of his beacons last week -The one in which he was talking about revenge -Jamie mentioned something about Punishment fitting the crime and this made me think of this book because -spoiler alert -The main character gets a punishment which fitted his crime. That’s all I’m gonna say not wanting to spoil the whole book for those of you who would like to read it.
2021-06-0408 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Why Sheep? // Alina AdsheadLast week after church, with a small group of people, we were discussing this subject. To me the reason why we are sometimes compared to sheep was evident but someone in the group was confused about the analogy and someone else had to explain: It’s because most of the time we do what everyone else is doing. It takes one person in a group to panic, and it extends to the whole group. In a group of children, it takes one kid to start crying..
2021-05-2609 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // All About The Future // Alina AdsheadOn the day that I should’ve sent the beacon to be posted I realised that I didn’t have one; not even an idea. Not a pleasant feeling. Normally What I tell you in the beacons is given to me by what I read in the week or by the conversations I have with others or with the Lord. Sometimes I get inspired by the things I listen to.
2021-05-1906 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Chasing After The Wind // Alina AdsheadBoasting is something that we, as humans are very good at from a very young age. We love to have something better, to know something more, to be something greater than our fellow human beings. Humility and meekness does not come to us naturally.
2021-05-0607 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Un-Applauded Hero // Alina AdsheadThey were chosen to share this message of salvation with everyone making it available regardless of social status and social rules. Jesus does not keep in high esteem what people keep in high esteem. The Bible tells us that our good deeds are regarded as dirty clothes in the eyes of God.
2021-04-2708 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // The Great Escape // Alina AdsheadThis game mimics dangerous circumstances from the life of Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible or James Bond. People like you and me would normally not have to get out of a lab before it explodes or find a code to disarm an atomic bomb before it destroys the world.
2021-04-1607 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Getting On The Wrong Train // Alina AdsheadWatching people in the train station I sometimes make up stories about where they’re going and what they’re doing. Most of them are absorbed by their phones and they are functioning on autopilot because they know where they’re going and what train to take.
2021-04-0709 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Share More // Alina AdsheadIf there is a good thing that came out of the past year, it must be the fact that some people started to look around and see the needs of others and reached out a helping hand. Throughout the last year we have seen people organise, or help out at food banks or charities that helped ordinary people with basic needs like : food , clothes, keeping the house warm and so on.
2021-03-2509 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Appearances // Alina AdsheadToday I would like us to look at appearances. How do we appear to other people? is it a true image of ourselves or is it someone else that we project outwards? In a world where people put most of their lives on social media we can project an image of ourselves that is very far from the truth.
2021-03-1615 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Gratefulness // Alina Adshead“What are you grateful for today?” I often ask my husband and he often asks me this question at the end of the day. When I ask him this question I think about what happened on that day that blessed me, something that made me smile or made me glad. Basically a good thing that happened over the day that just ended. We started this little game
2021-03-0509 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // A Change of Perspective // Alina AdsheadI miss standing on the top of a mountain or a hill! I miss being able to look far and wide to houses, roads and people. From above, majestic buildings and big structures lose their towering height, somehow when you look at them, they don’t seem so intimidating or frightening; they seem more approachable and not so overwhelming.
2021-02-2310 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Unjust Judge + Motown // Alina AdsheadA sad piece of news I heard this week was that the singer Mary Wilson had passed away on Monday. Mary was the cofounder of a band called The Supremes together with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard back in the 60s.
2021-02-1208 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Dinner Guests // Alina AdsheadDo you remember that feeling, when you expect guests for dinner? It seems like a life time ago since we last had people in the house gathered around food or since we were able to chat with new acquaintances or catch up with friends in person.
2021-02-0207 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Do You Have A Question? // Alina AdsheadLast Sunday’s we started an Alpha course at church. I had heard about this course before but I never had a chance to experience it myself. It’s interesting as it makes you think about questions that you never realised you had or never thought about before. I’m giving you just an example : What makes you happy ? Or what would you ask God if you had a chance?
2021-01-2109 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // What is God's Will // Alina AdsheadThe Lord has a road prepared for all of us and some of the things he wants us to do have the task of building character in us at the cost of ego and pride. God gives us the custody of worldly things in the course of our lives to help us understand the difference between materialism and what He holds as treasure.
2021-01-1111 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Searching For Rest // Alina AdsheadYou know that feeling, when we get to work on a Monday morning, and are already tired and wishing for another weekend. As a result of the last year happenings, with it being such an unusual year, I think people feel even more restless and tired.
2020-12-0210 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Get Ready // Alina AdsheadThe way we prepare for things is very important. I’m talking about preparing for simple and ordinary things as well as things to which we give more importance, things which have life long effects.
2020-11-2311 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // His Will Not Mine // Alina AdsheadYou know how it is when someone tells you a story and you can see it in your head, or when you read a good book, and your brain fills in the gaps and your imagination colours it in bringing it to life. Isn’t that a great ability to have ? Some people are able to do this more then others.
2020-11-1010 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Wind of Change // Alina AdsheadWe LOVE the familiar, no surprises, known, routines and habits. We don’t take well to people or circumstances that bring about change. For example: A New boss at work, with new ideas, new targets and new standards- not good !
2020-10-2910 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // A Jouney To Love // Alina AdsheadHow is your hindsight? Are you able to look back on your life and see where you have been, where you come from ? to see where the crossroads were to meditate on the the choices you made and where they have taken you, what they have thought you?
2020-10-1907 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // The Basics // Alina AdsheadWhenever people learn new skills, they have to start with the basics. If you learn to play an instrument you have to practice, practice, practice the basics. I’m thinking back to when I learned to dance salsa.
2020-10-0710 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Under Pressure // Alina AdsheadBefore electricity was lighting the streets, the nights were dark . If you were brave enough to venture out after dark, you needed a beacon- a lamp to light your way to ensure you didn’t end up in a ditch.
2020-09-2508 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Favourite and Favouritism // Alina AdsheadWhat is your favourite colour? Or maybe, what is your favourite dish ? I’m sure that, like most of us, you have a favourite place to go on holiday. Perhaps under the current circumstances your favourite place might be somewhere in your house?
2020-09-1508 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Exercise // Alina AdsheadI don’t know about you but for me September is a time for a new start . As I start back at work - yes, you guessed, I work in a school - I set myself new targets when it comes to diet and exercise. I plan to be good,
2020-09-0507 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Tied Down // Alina AdsheadThere are no better words than those of the bible. When we are in need, be that a little need or great need, the answers will only ever be found in scripture. Let’s read from the book of Isaiah, chapter 61. As I read, listen carefully for the words that apply to you and let them speak to you in a way that no other words can.
2020-08-2709 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Taking The Wrong Turn // Alina AdsheadRecently I went with a friend on a road trip to Romania and back. It’s a long and tiresome journey .my friend did the driving and I tried to do the navigating. As I’m here to tell the story, you can guess that it went ok . We got there and back in one piece.
2020-08-1807 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Loneliness // Alina AdsheadWe live in a world at the moment where we are told to stay at home and isolate if you want to live and also to protect others . In recent weeks on the news we are shown emotional moments where families are reunited ; grandparents were able to form a bubble with their children and grandchildren.
2020-07-1408 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Compost // Alina AdsheadI wonder how you experience life – does it feel like a burden? Lots of people to please, lots of standards to keep, lots of things you’ve got to be, and to top it all off, you’ve got to try and please God as well. I think that life can feel like that sometimes.
2020-07-0408 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // To Be Human // Alina AdsheadBefore the recent international scandal and demonstrations,I wonder if people thought consciously about racial equality in their day to day activities and in their interactions with their neighbours or strangers on the street
2020-06-2509 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Wash and Wash Again // Alina AdsheadWhen you think about mud ,what do you associate it with? Is it dirt, something you try to stay away from or something like nourishment, or healing ? Mud treatments in a good spa are a very pleasant experience aren’t they?
2020-06-1612 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Hope In The Confusion // Alina AdsheadThe Babylonians were set to take over the world; they prospered through the misfortune of others ; they killed and looted the nations they were invading , taking the locals as slaves
2020-06-0609 min
Coach House Talks and BeaconsBEACON // Everlasting Life // Alina AdsheadPeople have always been fascinated by eternal life; myths about creatures that cannot die and wells of eternal youth preoccupied thinking minds from very early histories.
2020-05-2607 min