And the award for the most ironic performance at a presentation ceremony goes to ... ... Jennifer Lopez. For tripping over her frock when going to present the Academy Award for ... ... best costume design.
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Why Angels?
I'm looking at the book of Hebrews in the Bible — what an odd way to start. Angels. It can't be the number one priority can it? So why start with it? Now I've read the commentaries, and I have an excellent study Bible (ESV, I recommend it) and they all deal with the words …
Limping
Yesterday at Church we sang We are marching in the light of God. Happily for me, I'm a percussionist, the singing was good. The syncopation was good too, much better than it was a few years back. Looking around after the service I noticed the number of people in the church who use sticks and …
The Greatest
The heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali styled himself as The Greatest. "I said I am the greatest even before I knew I was," is an interesting quote of his. But even though in the opinion of many who have studied the sport that Ali was the greatest ever heavyweight, and he was certainly the greatest of …
Billy and John
That's Billy Graham and John Stott, two Evangelical leaders from two different countries that both supported each others work and also disagreed on seriou s points. 1974, the year I became a Christian all over again, was the year of the fall out. Graham wanted the evangelical church to focus on Evangelism, Stott wanted to …
Hebrews in Haiku
Jesus is greater Than anything religious you can imagine 40 blogs of lent day 2
40 more blogs for Lent
Most years since I've been blogging I have attempted not to give something up for Lent, but to take something up. This year I'm doing it again. 40 blogs of Lent. It will be a rough ride, because I have no idea where it is going, or what I am going to write, other than …
Oh dear, Nigel
UKIP leader Nigel Farage says the other political leaders do not believe in Britain, as reported in last Friday's Metro. Now I don't know exactly what the MCC believe in (that's Miliband, Cameron and Clegg) but I believe in Britain. I believe in the Britain that abolished slavery and the slave trade. I believe in …
Education, education, education and memory
Improve your intelligence. Brain training, it is a way to improve your intelligence, isn't it? Well, no. The Association for Psychological Science thinks otherwise. It says that these programs and apps which are popular do not boost intelligence, only working memory. Not that that is a bad thing, improving your working memory is a good …
Temples of Mammon
Two weeks ago I was treated to a visit to London. We stayed at Canary Wharf, in the East End. From the room we could see the flashing light at the top of the obelisk shaped One Canada Square towering above us. All this built for the financial sector. For much of it's history the skyline …
Making an ass of myself 