I sat at the back of the London Palladium one Wednesday afternoon in 1988 with about a dozen other people listening to an aged Vicar sitting on a stool on the vast Palladium stage with the full lights on him.

Not what one might expect to see at such a famous theatre, I'm sure you're thinking, well, it's a strange story that involves a millionaire of whom I was acquainted. He spent £250,000 to have the Palladium for a week to preach the Gospel! I was asked to do a number of spots, but had refused for reasons that I won't bore you with.

Very few people turned up to listen to various preachers over that week, and as far as I was concerned it was a terrible waste of money that could have been used for some really good causes.

Back to the the aged Vicar; Oddly I still remember his last words to the tiny audience, "try to be a little nicer to one another," I think that is an Huxley quote. However, the world would be a much more pleasant place to live in if we did it don't you think?

It's wonderful to know of the agape love of God, but a far greater thing to do it. My wife came up to me this afternoon while I was watching the rugby and gave me a very warm hug, it seemed to say despite you watching that boring game, I love you.

Pretty Cool I say