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The hilarious and talented Michael J Tinker is joined by the possibly more talented Mr Grumpy on AreYouHavingALaugh FM for a special broadcast of “Mikey and Grumpy’s Fan-dabby-dosy Christmas Top 5”. Mikey and Grumpy’s TOP 5 recommended Christmas Albums VIDEO!Click to watch th…

Christmas is the perfect time to give Gospel centered gifts to your loved ones. Here’s our top picks. 1. The Christmas Promise is a captivating retelling of the Christmas story showing how God kept His promise to send a new King, with superb illustrations by Catalina Echeverri. 2. For any boy …

Forget your Blue Peter Christmas coat hanger advent crown, or the arrival of Christmas cups in Costa Coffee! The real sign that the countdown to Christmas has begun is the unveiling of the John Lewis epic advert, the one that all others are measured against. My favourite advert so far this year…

If the ghost of Christmas past visited you, what would he show you? Which moments, which memories, which habits, which catastrophes and which delights would feature? I suspect that a ten second pause is long enough for a torrent of memories to come flooding back, some with out-loud laughter, some wi…

We are waiting with baited breath for the big day. What will the John Lewis advert be? A man on the moon, a badger on a trampoline, a penguin? The hype is real. How will the others compare? Is Kevin the carrot from Aldi really going to make it? Will M&S pull themselves back and bring the magic a…

If you want to make sure your kids get a piece of God’s word in the countdown to Christmas, then consider getting one of these advent calendars for them instead of (or to compliment) the one you usually pick up at your local supermarket. 1. The Prince of Peace Advent calendar is a great optio…

It’s that time of year again when the seasonal aisle in the supermarket is filled with fake cobwebs and pumpkin buckets and Christian parents everywhere wonder whether buying the spooky gingerbread cat is allowed. Let me share three view altering experiences and one Bible verse that I hope wil…

Full disclosure. I love Colin. He’s an easy man to like and has inspired me to do what I do now. Colin has given me wonderful advice as I’ve started my career writing and performing Christian kids' songs. We even use the same artist for our album covers. So, I may be a little biased here…

I like to think of books like meals. There is the ‘McDonald’s book’. It looks so enticing and you devour it in seconds, only to wonder if you’ve read anything of actual substance. There’s your ‘meat and two veg book’. It does the job. It fills you up without…

This one is for the teenagers. For their parents. For their youth groups. I remember, all those years ago, as a teenager at school being asked for my take on the Christian sexual ethic to not sleep with a partner before marriage. I totally fluffed it. The blood seemed to instantly drain from my bra…