Send us a text Sunflowers always make me smile. They always do! There is something truly happy about a sunflower. And much like sunflowers, we need to try and track the sun. In our case, the Son of God. Little but of wordplay, but you get the idea. Because we can sometimes feel like God has gone cold either on us, or at us. Either way, we’re wrong – if you’re feeling like you’ve lost the warmth of God’s face on yours, make like a sunflower, and track His face to feel His warmth once more. Just a...
Feb 21, 2022•2 min
Send us a text If you have ever played Snakes and Ladders it is a super simple game. Shake your dice, move the number of spaces you’re told to move and the basic goal is to never land on a snake! Ladders help you jump up the game, to get nearer to the end (first one to the end wins!). But, land on a snake, and it takes you back the way you’ve just come. But, I wonder if we sometimes thank that God is sitting there just wishing and hoping for us to land on a snake. But, that simply isn’t God’s na...
Feb 18, 2022•2 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Send us a text Andy B is a champion multi-tasker. When you look after children, or the home, it’s just something you become quite good at! You also get very good at it, when operating a lorry mounted crane with 7 controls – and you’re using 5 of them at the same time – and while offloading an abnormally large item, with pedestrians who seem to be rushing to their own end, and ignoring any number of safety warnings, barriers and people you’ve put in place to keep them away from what you’re doing!...
Feb 17, 2022•4 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Send us a text The word ‘change’ can often conjure up our worst nightmares. It means letting go of things. And learning new things. It means we won’t be able to use that remote control from memory – we’ll have to stop and look for the buttons we want, that are no longer there, because now they’re in a different position, have a different shape and have a different word – so we walk over to the TV and turn if off by hand. You know, that kind of change! But change doesn’t have to be bad. In fact, ...
Feb 16, 2022•3 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Send us a text Sitting in my lounge one morning, and I could see lovely, beautiful, skies out of one window. Turn my head, and a window on the other side of the house only showed dark, ominous looking clouds. And life can be like that. Depending on where we’re looking, or even how we’re looking at it, things can appear very different based on our perspective. And we can choose how we wish to see life. We can’t do anything about surprises happening, be they good or bad. But, we can prepare oursel...
Feb 15, 2022•3 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Send us a text WiFi networks have become such an important part of all our lives, whether we’re even aware of that fact or not. It doesn’t matter whether you make use of them – they, just, are! It can be really tough finding a good network though, so you can ‘get online’. There can be problems with security – with open (and often, free) networks; download speeds determined by location, how many users are logging on and a whole host of other variables. It can feel, sometimes, just as technically ...
Feb 14, 2022•3 min•Season 4Ep. 27
Send us a text It’s been a while since a couple of things happened. The first is Andy seeing his own face, without a beard. The second is filming any new material for the BerryBunch. With a house move completed successfully, and the BerryBunch Studio, Mk. 3 up and running, and Andy was stroking his beard and pondering how he had arrived at a place where he could actually stroke his own beard!! Growth can be messy, just like growing a beard. But without the mess, it’s hard to really grow. Just a ...
Feb 02, 2022•4 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Send us a text Life can be full of challenges! Sometimes it is the difficulty of making, what should be, a really simple decision. But, with age, comes wisdom. And with wisdom comes arrogance. Without God’s intervention, we’d be doing life on our own. Wait, don’t we do that anyway? The good news for those of us who love Jesus, is that when He died, rose and again and ascended to Heaven, Jesus didn’t leave us on our own to figure things out. Because He loved, and loves, us so very much He left us...
Dec 30, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Send us a text As a Stay-At-Home-Dad for more than 15 years I’ve thoroughly loved everything with caring for my family and our home. But since catching Covid a little over a month ago, discovering an issue with my heart, getting through a lung infection and adjusting to a whole host of medication to keep me healthy until the heart issue can be resolved, it has taken a lot out of me. The most challenging part is being on blood thinners. Because there is so much I can’t do, or need to seriously qu...
Dec 09, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Send us a text We all have ways of coping with difficulties and stress of life. That goes for the good stuff too. We, each of us, have ways of processing what comes our way each and every day. But, sometimes, the daily grind have a negative effect on our ability to cope with the very things we ‘know’ we should be able to easily deal with. Much like the filters on a car, their function degrades as they do their job until, eventually, the need replacing to keep everything working properly. Where a...
Dec 08, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Send us a text After a small mishap, when a pair of woollen gloves tried to take on the heat of a tumble dryer, and lost, Andy B started thinking about a much older memory of a very expensive cardigan that suffered the same, inevitable, outcome. And, much like what happened to those woollen gloves, mistakes happen. But, with God, the Good News is that we can’t mistake ourselves away from God. Because the very nature of Gods to redeem our mistakes. Those woollen gloves no longer fit an adult size...
Dec 07, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Send us a text So this is one of Andy B’s extended 2 minute videos. But, after a hellish November, and nearly 6 weeks with no filming anything, it seems fitting! As people, we want to control the situations around us, to make us safe. But we also have to learn, as we mature, to be able to discern which battles we should enter, and which battles we simply need to accept. Not accepting them in terms there is nothing we can ever do about it. But accepting that there are some battles we just need to...
Dec 03, 2021•12 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he looks at 2 Corinthians 13:11, which explains that we need to grow up as Christians in maturity, love, peace, and in unity with other Believers. Andy B Support the show Keep in Touch with the BerryBunch www.berrybunch.org Support Us Online www.berrybunch.org/supportus...
Oct 24, 2021•14 min
Send us a text Is reverence something we need, as Christians, in the current world? Is reverence a bygone requirement for believers, surpassed by the death and resurrection of Jesus? Is reverence something we should be bothered about in our churches and families? Andy B takes a look at something that he has been thinking through, and about, for more than 2 and a half years; pondering and chewing what he saw as a lack of reverence in so many churches, it seems normal. But is that normal good? Is ...
Oct 19, 2021•31 min
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he explains how we make sure we’re going in the right direction. He touches on the armour of God, in particular the shoes of the gospel of peace. In reference to Habakkuk 3:19, he looks at deer, climbers, and athletes being sure-footed and confident due to knowledge, practice, and experience. He relates his experience of learning to ride a motorbike. He explains how he was shown what each of the controls did and was taught how to operate the bike. He look...
Oct 17, 2021•23 min
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Oct 15, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he explains the concept of going against the grain. He expands some verses of Scripture, Romans 12:2, James 3:4, and Acts 3:19. He explains that going against the grain isn’t something we ought to try and do, but it is often unavoidable when we’re walking in the direction God calls us to go. He gives some examples of going against the grain, such as when he and Jo sold their house, in obedience to God. It may have been rather controversial, and they may h...
Oct 10, 2021•16 min
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Oct 07, 2021•2 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Oct 06, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Oct 05, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he digs deeper into the subject of training with others. He talks about the impact that encouragement has on athletes in sports events. He relates an occasion when he was cycling, and Steven came alongside him while running, and the influence their individual efforts had on one another. He also expands the wisdom in Ecclesiastes, concerning the strength two people have together as opposed to one person on their own, because different strengths and weaknes...
Oct 03, 2021•20 min
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Sep 30, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 116
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Sep 29, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Sep 27, 2021•2 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he talks about spiritual walls in our lives. Having read our two Scriptures for this week, Andy begins by speaking about those walls that we can face when exercising. He relates a personal experience of hitting a wall while cycling one time. And he looks at the idea of overcoming that wall in terms of not giving up because of feelings – feelings that the wall is impassable or impenetrable. He also talks about another type of wall, which is more of a warni...
Sep 26, 2021•16 min
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Sep 24, 2021•2 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Sep 23, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Send us a text In his first video of Series 4, this is more of a special Edition Andy B video! With all that has been happening recently, Andy B has been finding sleep rather elusive! Afghanistan; vaccination passports; President Biden; forced Covid vaccinations for under 12s in Finland; global temperature fluctuations being used for political control and financial gain; China and Taiwan; a forced Home Education register in the UK – there is much to see around us that can easily cause us anxiety...
Sep 21, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he talks about spiritual food. He reads a few different Scriptures, including Hebrews 5:11-14, all of which speak of food and sustenance in one way or another. He talks about the way water travels in a flood, how it will always follow the path of least resistance. Similarly, we often ‘take the path of least resistance’, in many areas of our lives, such when exercising; we might cycle ten miles, but might not be especially fast or focused, thus taking the ...
Sep 19, 2021•21 min
Send us a text Go Deeper with Andy B, as he talks about self-control. He touches on 2 Peter 1, Proverbs 25, and Matthew 7. He explains the idea of supplementation, keeping in mind the words of 2 Peter 1:3-8, which talk about supplementing lots of godly traits with other godly traits, including self-control. He also talks about road rage as a perfect example of a lack of self-control. When we get angry with others and start raging at other drivers, our witness is awful, and we fail to show others...
Sep 12, 2021•17 min
