Send us a text When we look around the world we see houses built for their surroundings. But one thing all houses remains constant – they really do need fresh air to keep them healthy. As people we produce moisture all through the day, and that needs to be allowed to escape the house. You can keep your doors and windows closed, but while this may make you warmer, it is also going to make problems with damp far more likely. As Christians, we also have a habit of sometimes shutting the doors and w...
Nov 11, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 39
Send us a text We can treat life how we treat eating toast! We can take it all and shove it and hope for the best. But there is a better way and, having a beard, has made me more aware of the need to bread my toast into smaller pieces; any of us would do well to break up our lives into smaller pieces too. I’m reminded of the phrase, ‘Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.’ And I think that is ever more relevant. The fact we can load that toast into our mouths doesn’t mean it is a good idea...
Nov 10, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 38
Send us a text There are always issues to face in life. Sometimes we can pretty much work them out as we go. Sometimes, we need a manual. Or, in the case of the new video editing software we’re now using, lots of time spent watching YouTube videos kindly made by others! One of the problems with us as human beings is that we don’t like to embrace change everywhere. And software can be one of those things that we like to stay as it was. As human beings, however, we were – each one of us – made uni...
Nov 09, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 37
Send us a text As a slight caveat, this is the first video edited with some new video editing software we’re now switching across to. I think it’s improved various elements of both the editing and the videos you can watch that we make. But we’d truly love to know what you think. Perhaps you can’t see a difference – we’d be grateful if you could let us know! We’re hoping that both the audio and the video have taken a turn for the better! Anyway, on to today’s Andy B! We all know that we can influ...
Nov 08, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 36
Send us a text I sent a quick message to a friend. I’d fixed a bin. He was a mechanic, so I told him what I’d managed to do, with my own hands and some ingenuity (and some super glue and cable ties). I also took the opportunity to check on how he is doing. He is a good friend, and someone who had given all for his country, and pays the price of that sacrifice today. So, I checked in with him – as I frequently do. His reply was asking me about my 6th sense, because he was not doing great, and my ...
Nov 07, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 35
Send us a text Jesus will return one day. It states it in the clearest of terms at the end of the bible, but also all the way through the bible too. Jesus IS coming back, and there WILL be a judgment made of those who are going to heaven, and those who are going to hell. This may not be popular teaching, but it is true none the less. But, how should we wait for His return? Well, firstly, we have to realise that we can never know when Jesus is coming back. If anybody ever tells you’ve they’ve wor...
Nov 04, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 34
Send us a text Our kitchen has a sensor which enables the lid to raise, and hold in place – open – at just the swipe of your hand. Or your butt if you back towards it. It really isn’t fussy! Anyway, ours stopped working and a critical element of this capability is a small black box that joins a motor to the bin lid itself. And inside this black box are a number of small plastic white cogs, and one black cog. In checking out to see what was broken one of these cogs flipped out, and I managed to k...
Nov 02, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 33
Send us a text Our sensor bin gets used often and, as it gets used, the batteries eventually get tired and give up their efforts. We put in hew batteries, or freshly recharged batteries, and it becomes all spritely once more. Are you struggling with feeling tired all the time? You’re serving God but never feel the benefit of His refreshing and recharging? Then it’s quite possible you’re doing something either in your own strength or against God’s will for your life. Either way leaves you feeling...
Nov 02, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 32
Send us a text In our home we bought, quite a while ago, a battery operated sensor bin. Put simply, you wave your hand in front of the sensor, and the in lid opens for you. And, we love it! Some friends had one and, once we’d used their sensor bin, we knew we wanted one too. However, as is often the way, the engineering to keep it at a lower price, was not as good as the idea. Eventually, our bin broke. It was trying but no amount of fresh batteries could make it work again. It needed something ...
Nov 01, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 31
Send us a text Halloween – is it a good thing or a bad thing to celebrate Halloween? I’ve heard both sides of the argument! I’ve listened to church ministers of the gospel who say we should celebrate it, because it is nothing to fear since we are Christians; putting on a Halloween celebration is good for the church to do as it shows how churches are still relevant for a modern world. I’ve listened to church ministers of the gospel who say we should never celebrate it, because to do so is invite ...
Oct 31, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 30
Send us a text In this 3rd part of this look at The Trinity, wind is the basis of the analogy. Wind is really important to growing trees. All that pushing and pulling actually helps the tree grow stronger roots. Take away the wind, and the tree can grow only so tall before it falls over. That idea of needing wind fro growth is at the heart of today’s Andy B 2 Minute Video because, likewise, the troubles of this world will come. But the Holy Spirit strengthens us; Jesus repairs us; God watches ov...
Oct 28, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 29
Send us a text In this second part of a 3 part series – all about the Trinity – we use the example of a Fire Chief, Firefighter and Fire Alarm. We need the Fire Alarm to alert us to danger, the Firefighter to come rescue us, and the Fire Chief is needed because we need someone with more experience, who can sustain a much wider viewpoint. However we describe the Trinity we must first acknowledge that the word doesn’t exist in the bible. It is, however, a way of explaining the relationship between...
Oct 27, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 28
Send us a text 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 bein...
Oct 26, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 27
Send us a text 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 di...
Oct 25, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 26
Send us a text 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...
Oct 24, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 25
Send us a text Every day we have to make decision whether to push ahead or pull back. It can be as simple as whether we rush into the car park for our daily work, or taking our time to letting someone take our place in the supermarket queue, or jumping in between two people who are arguing. From the simple to the complex, we have to make these decisions. Earlier, I went out for a cycle and got caught in the rain. I tried sheltering behind a tree as the rain was more horizontal than vertical. But...
Oct 05, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 24
Send us a text While cutting back some hedges I had a sudden, sharp, whack to my hand from a branch that had whipped towards me. Unfortunately, there was a thorn on said branch which banged into my hand. The remnants of a thorn were still stuck in my glove! so I got a good chance to examine the offending article – it looked complete, so I’m not overly worried right now about anything remaining in my finger. However, having worked around wood for long enough, I also know not to do nothing! It was...
Oct 03, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 23
Send us a text “You’ve got a friend in me” so the lyrics go from a song used in Toy Story. Wonder if you’re singing the rest of that song right now, or humming it and annoying your colleagues? We are made to be with other people. God designed us to function in community – not isolation or solitude. He made us so we work best when we depend upon other people. That corporate effort is what can make the world sing, or scream. That depends on the other people…or does it? I’ll let you ponder that one...
Sep 30, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Send us a text Feelings can’t be relied upon. They lie to us, they overwhelm us and they can deceive us. What we feel, no matter how strong it may be, can change at the drop of a hat - or in the blink of an eye. You get the idea! Over the last weekend, as a family, we accomplished an awful lot. Including our usual set of videos to film for the BerryBunch, our regular show for Konnect Radio, chopping the best part of a month’s worth of firewood ready for the winter. All in all, with exercise, coo...
Sep 29, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Send us a text Following on from my last Andy B 2 Minute Video – Weather Forecasts and Wet Faces Part 1 – I’m thinking more about how we come across to other people. People might read a biography about you, then meet you and discover you are simply not who you say you are. And that is never a good thing! Because, as Christians, we’re called to be in this world but not of it. To me, simply, that means we’re supposed to live and work and breathe on this planet like everybody else, but that we shou...
Sep 28, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Send us a text We rely on forecasts for so many things. From weather forecasts for planting crops to financial forecasting to know where our finances will be. Forecasting can cost ridiculous amounts of money for the most accurate types. But, the thing about forecasts is, no matter how expertly they done, they can be utterly and tragically wrong! We hear ‘the facts about…’, delivered in such a way that we know we shouldn’t question it. But, question it we should! You see, no matter how good as th...
Sep 27, 2022•3 min
Send us a text While repairing the seat hinge on one of our toilets a couple of things occurred to me. Well, to be honest 3 things occurred to me. Firstly, that I needed to clean the toilet soon! Secondly, that it’s worth remembering the next time I use a toilet in someone else’s home to check if they have a slow close toilet seat like we do - to avoid any embarrassing toilet loud crashes and potential breakages! Thirdly, it’s really easy to know we have our feet planted exactly where we thought...
Sep 26, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Send us a text In 1996 my girlfriend, and I, were walking through the central heart of Manchester City Centre. We had noticed a very heavy police presence, and police helicopters flying overhead but we had no clue what was shortly coming! There was a sudden crack, and a thunderous noise - with a shockwave I’ve never been able to verbalise. People were screaming and glass panels, many times larger than a person, were falling dangerously close. One strike from any one of those panes would have kil...
Sep 23, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Send us a text Are you in a busy season right now? There’s nothing wrong with being busy! But, when you’re experiencing a period of time with a little more to do than normal, don’t forget to take 5 and, in my case, make yourself a mug of tea and enjoy what you’ve already managed to get done! Just a thought… Andy B Support the show Keep in Touch with the BerryBunch www.berrybunch.org Support Us Online www.berrybunch.org/supportus...
Sep 22, 2022•2 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Send us a text Sometimes we just need to exercise a little less caution, and be a bit cheeky. I once heard a great sermon from a preacher who was talking about how the Holy Spirit sometimes works in what appears to be a sneaky way. Now, I’d interpret that to mean that the Holy Spirit works in a cheeky way – sometimes the Holy Spirit does things we were simply not expecting. And, sometimes, I think we could all do with a little more boldness. And, perhaps, even be a bit cheeky sometimes. There wa...
Sep 21, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Send us a text When life throws you something you weren’t expecting, it’s always a good idea to get some help! Sometimes those helpers can do no more than just listen to whatever it is you are struggling with. But, they can also have some wisdom – especially if they have also been through something similar. Our initial reaction is something we really don’t have much say about. It’s mostly from who we are. For example, when disaster strikes my wife is simply brilliant She isn’t fazed at all! Late...
Sep 20, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Send us a text The seas crash against the shoreline, and the shoreline gets claimed by the sea and it is the same in our lives – things come along to erode away at the very foundation of who we think we are. When Queen Elizabeth II recently passed away, I will never forget being in our garage, having just arrived from I don’t now remember. I told the family. Jo’s first response was for her eyes to well up, and she shouted ‘No!’. I was simply lost with pain and grief because Her Majesty had a cer...
Sep 16, 2022•2 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Send us a text Do you ever have those moments when you’re listening to someone who is in the middle of saying something, and it is as if somebody just slapped the back of your hear. Because what they just said was absolutely not what you were expecting. Perhaps it is the name for something you associated differently. Perhaps it is an opinion that seems diametrically opposed to other things they’re saying. Perhaps it is simply because they quoted something totally out of context. I’ve had many of...
Sep 09, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Send us a text Excitement is contagious isn’t it. Well, unless that excitement is at the cost of something you’re losing out on. Although, sometimes it can be super exciting to see someone get they something they really deserve – that excitement can even transcend our own disappointment. Following a post by my goof friend Andy Brown, and his blog, with a post he shared titled “Leading Home Bible Study for Children (RB)” ( https://andy-brown.org/2022/09/08/leading-home-bible-study-for-children-rb...
Sep 08, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Send us a text Do you ever have feel that something has changed around you? But you can’t quite put your finger on what it is? It’s a little like sitting in your car, when the car next to you starts pulling away – while you’re stationary. You suddenly feel as though you’re moving backwards…our perception can be so easily distorted! I call this ‘creep’. It’s that movement, that is sufficiently slight or tiny, that confuses what we think is real. We accept things that aren’t, simply because we did...
Sep 07, 2022•3 min•Season 5Ep. 10
