John Partis
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Evie has a new Father – Part 2
At the end of Part 1 posted last Monday Evie had realised she wanted the relationship with Jesus that her Youth Group leader Becca had told her about. But she was having difficulty understanding why an awesome God could love someone as bad as she was. The story continues as Becca explains…… Evie has a…
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Evie has a new Father – Part 1
In this short story posted in two parts Evie Smith has somehow reached the end of Year 10 and is looking forward to the summer holidays and a break from school. A few weeks of lie-ins and laziness beckon, but God has other ideas. Her natural father, supposedly in prison, turns up on the same…
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Singing Scripture
Music, singing it and listening to it, has always played an important part in my life. One of my earliest memories is singing songs to and about Jesus in the little Methodist Sunday School I went to every Sunday. Those songs I can remember and still sing along to now, 70 years later. Since my…
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“On the third day ….”
Life Beyond the Cross An Easter Monday Reflection Yesterday was Easter Sunday, the third day on which Jesus was resurrected, leaving his tomb empty. As I was reflecting on this event my mind returned to a short story I have written about a young shoplifting girl called Evie Smith (to be posted here on this…
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Jamie Button and the Lazarus Theory – Part 2
Here is the second part of the short story about Jamie Button. Seemingly unsuccessful in finding a new girlfriend he finds himself in a conversation with Charlie Parker; a conversation he was not expecting and that seemed to be leading him down a very different route to the one he pictured for himself as he…
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Jamie Button and the Lazarus Theory – Part 1
This is a short story in two parts. The first part is posted today and the second part follows on Wednesday. The story tells of the spiritual adventure of the 17 year old Jamie Button and also features Charlie Parker and his new wife Becca. Jamie is in his first year of an A level…
