MY favourite film so far this year has been Guardians of the Galaxy, which has been a huge hit.

However, I imagine that when the idea was originally proposed, the studio executives thought the film makers had gone mad, as the movie includes characters like a talking raccoon and a sentient tree, and who’s going to want to see that?

Christians believe that God gives us ideas to make people’s lives better. Often though, we may think these ideas are crazy and don’t act upon them. This is a terrible shame.

When you look at initiatives which have improved the lives of the people of Basingstoke, such as the Pink Place or Street Pastors, these came from someone having an idea.

So if you have an idea today to make a difference, even if it’s just to the life of one person like a friend or neighbour, don’t think “That’s crazy” and do nothing. Instead, go for it and God will use our ideas to make our town a better place!