BerryBunch Family @Berrybunchfamily@dingdash.com

I read this yesterday and thought it was utterly brilliant, and superbly penned - so I'm posting it here in full, with permission from Philo Trust and Canon J John.

If you're on the fence, or if you're not, about whether you should be celebrating Halloween, or even what our response should be, I'd like to commend this article to you.

You can find out more about Canon J John at his website www.canonjjohn.com

Andy B

https://www.berrybunch.family/the-tragedy-of-halloween/

A little gem from this mornings breakfast show, Live, big fat quiz of the week...and one of my answers that I was asked to edit down into a shorter clip.

Our radio show on Konnect Radio gains an hour as we'll be going from 3 til 6pm each week from this Sunday

You're welcome 😁

Andy B

60 Second Update, Issue 31

https://vimeo.com/764129809

60 Seconds is all it takes to make sure you've not missed out on any of our posts, videos and resources - or exciting events we've got coming up.

Coming Up

Konnect Radio
Did you know you can listen to us on the Radio too? Whether you call it a wireless or radio, you can listen to Konnect Radio anywhere in the world – you just need an app, for Android or Apple. Or, you can choose to listen via your smart speaker. And, if that wasn’t enough choice for you, you can listen via the Konnect Radio website too.

Our show – Family Focus – has been running from 4 til 6pm, on Sundays. But, from this weekend forwards, we’ll be doing an extra hour as well – to keep you company whenever and wherever you are it the world: 3 til 6pm, Sundays on Konnect Radio.

The BerryBunch

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S05E027, Swimming Pool Trinity, Part 1 of 3, Andy B 2 Minute Video

https://vimeo.com/763350824

It’s hard to explain the Trinity. For a start it isn’t something you’ll find in your bibles. But the members of The Trinity are very obviously there: it is, at its heart, our human way of seeking to explain the relationship between God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

I’ve heard that relationship explained using water as having 3 separate states (gas, liquid, solid), yet still all still being water at their core even if they do look a bit different. I’ve also heard it as a yoghurt being made up of three parts, although that attempt at explaining The Trinity never made much sense to me if I’m honest. [READ MORE]

Andy B

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S02E005, Stubborn as a Mule, Story Time with Dave the Dog

https://vimeo.com/758050132

Balaam was a man who had a pretty smart donkey. His donkey, actually, was smart enough to even try and save his owner - Balaam - from a few potential disasters, which Balaam did not appreciate!

Here we have Dave the Dog, and Jo, helping us understand the story a little better. You can read the rest of the story in Numbers 22:21-39.

Dave the Dog and the BerryBunch

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A Brief Pause with Andy B, 26.10.22

Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up. (Proverbs 12:25)

Andy B

#abriefpause #justsaying #justathought #p4t #wordsofwisdom #pauseforthought #dailymotivation #berrybunchfamilyfive

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S05E026, Doing Nothing on Purpose, Andy B 2 Minute Video

https://vimeo.com/763350222

Are you any good at resting?

I’m never going to be accused of being lazy. But I could, far more easily, be accused of not resting very well.

If I’m in bed I’m either asleep or pretty ill. Simply lazing about does not come naturally to me, so it can be hard for me to properly rest when I do get the opportunity.

While in Spain my wife and I were not coping with what many other British holiday makers were doing – sitting by the pool seemingly filling the time between breakfast and dinner, day after day.

We do not do well at not doing anything. But, doing nothing on purpose is something very different - there is a world of difference between the two, and we all need times when we can deliberately, and intentionally, do nothing. [READ MORE]

Andy B

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S05E025, The Gift That Isn’t, Andy B 2 Minute Video

https://vimeo.com/763349599

It’s good to give gifts to others, and it can be great to receive them. But, some gifts, simply are not what they appear to be and can create more issues than they solve.

We’ve had gifts on both side of that coin - and I’m sure you have too. Many have changed our life for good, even if just for one day. Others, well, they ended up in the bin where they belonged.

We’ve got a whole stack of logs to chop up and a neighbour let us borrow his safe chainsaw. It’s a great idea, but it is rather flawed and ended up at our local rubbish dump. He had asked for some money as he was happy to sell it, and we had offered to buy it. However, we had a go with it and found it didn’t work. Hence why it ended up at the tip!

Some gifts really are not what you think they will be. Some, truly are. [READ MORE]

Andy B

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S02E004, Bright Eyes, Story Time with Dave the Dog

https://vimeo.com/758048848

Jo and Dave the Dog talk Moses coming down the mountain from seeing God. But, having been so close to God, in the real world, his face shone.

This threw up quite a few questions from Dave, which Jo answered as best she could!

Read the rest of this amazing account from scripture in Exodus 34:29-35.

Dave the Dog and The BerryBunch

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Hey up DingDash family,

How's everyone doing?

Andy B

S02E012, Managing Expectations, Marriage Matters

https://vimeo.com/756389901

In this final episode in this series of Marriage Matters, Andy B and Jo take a look at expectations within our marriages – noting how we can have too high an expectation, or to low an expectation on our marriages.

Andy highlights the issues of placing too much importance on the Wedding Day, when Marriage is for life - not just for the Wedding Day!

This week, Andy B shared some scriptures, which helps us to understand what matters in a marriage:

- 1 Corinthians 12:21-26
- Acts 2:44-46
- Jeremiah 29:11

Andy and Jo chew through some difficult topics and try and make sense of it all.

#RealTalk and #RealLife is just what we do!

Make sure you’re not settling for low expectations and expecting a poor marriage ahead of you.

Andy and Jo

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