My Work.
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I live with a life-limiting illness, but I do not allow it to prevent me from being creative. If anything, it has driven me to become even more creative. Though my body is less capable (for heavy physical acts), my mind is far more stimulated and being more and more transformed and enabled. I continue to suprise myself by what I create, especially in my written creations. Then I remind myself, that I am simply a conduit, through which my creations pass. I believe that God creates through me, so all credit and glory goes to him. Click any image below to visit a page.
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Over 30 years ago, I fell into Youth Work. By that, I mean that I didn't plan it, it just kind of happened and six years ago a similar thing happened with film production. I was working for a local charity, as a consultant fundraiser and one of the funding applications required a short film. I decided to shoot this on my phone and it was enough to give me the film production bug. Since then I have made over 100 films including numerous commissions.
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At the Shine Your Light Trading Co. we believe in the power of words and that one simple word, used in the right way, time and place can change a life. This is why we incorporate poetry into much of our art and refer to it as PO-ART-RY. We believe (and hope that you do too) that your art is an expression of who you are as a person.
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In 1986 I invited Jesus into my life and God gave me a gift of rhyming words. This was firstly as a Rapper and I performed in schools throughout Gloucestershire, for 25 years.
Although I ceased Rapping several years ago, I still continue to write poetry and perform Spoken Word. Many of them have been made into videos, which can be viewed on my Youtube channel. If you book me as a public speaker, you will most likely hear some of my Spoken Word, mixed with stories and testimony. |
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I AM AN AUTHOR, but it hasn't been at all easy to be able to call myself one. This is despite the fact that in May 2021 I have already published six books and have plans to publish three more before the end of 2021. Visit my Written Word page to find out more about my books and read the story about how I was held back, simply by one comment, telling me that, "You can't be an author".
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STORYTELLING & PUBLIC SPEAKING: My life has been a fascinating journey and as with any journey, it has given me an abundance of stories. From the wonderful and joyous, to the darkest moments of despair. Reading a book is of course a great way of absorbing stories, but the original stories were spoken out, told around a campfire and passed on from generation to generation. I am an associate speaker with Christian Vision for Men, but I talk to numerous groups, including:
Mothers Union, Rotary, charitable organisations, churches, youth groups, mens groups, Christian conferences |
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This is perhaps the most exciting writing projects that I have every been involved in and it is scheduled to be published in June, 2021. As I started listening to God and working on this project, in what is really an incredible partnership, I felt God saying to me, "Everything else that you have done before now, was in preparation for this". This means all the Rap songs that I wrote, the previous six books, all the poetry and all of the research, has led to this one book. All of the Psalms were written to be sung out loud and that really is the best way to read this book, out loud. I urge you to do that with this book and when you do, something special will happen. This rhyming translation is accurate and extremely easy to read. The four main translations that were used as a guide were: The Passion, NIV UK, Amplified Classic and the Goodnews Bible. In addition, at times reference was sought in the original Hebrew, using the Blue Letter Bible. Click image for more info.
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