I was abandoned this week. Twice. It started so well. The humans were celebrating, the male human was 60 years old, which as any donkey will tell you is seriously ancient. Well he would be on the Tuesday. But they started early. On the Friday they took me on an overnight trip to the Shibden …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
History lessons
And God saw that it was good In the last blog I said that the first chapters of Genesis were not Science.If I said they were not history either I would expect a certain response, especially from conservative Christians. So let me explain. History is written by people who are there at the time. Not …
Beginnings
Do you believe in Genesis or in evolution and the big bang theory? That is a question hat is raised by both the very conservative end of Christianity, and by atheists wanting to make Christianity look ridiculous. I believe both. Or all three, grammar was never my strong point. Two things about Genesis: It was …
Why I don’t mind UKIP
News from the past week: The flood of immigrants expected from Bulgaria and Romania failed to happen, the gush was only a trickle. BNP leader Nick Griffin has been declared bankrupt, despite having an MEP's salary. 300 journalists were at Luton Airport on January 1st to meet the first flight in to Britain after the …
Goodbye 2013
A retrospective. Goodbye 2013, I'll miss you. You were the year I started a job, in Leeds, after 7 months unemployment. You were the year I gained competency and sealed my year's contract. You were the year my contact was extended for a further six months. You were the year I took the risk of …
Happy New Year
This is how I spent the Christmas period, as a not to scale onlooker at the nativity. Looking to Jesus is a good place to be. Happy new year.
Go west
The Bible and geography. Its simple really. Wise men came from the east (Matthew 2:1) so the must have travelled west. They did so because they saw a star at its rising (Matthew 2:9). Like the sun and the moon, stars rise in the east, this is because of the direction of the earth's rotation, …
Little donkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Nni_dYORY Little donkey
No vacancies
No vacancies In my childhood we spent our summer holidays in Blackpool. My grandparents had retired there and we stayed in their house. Being in a residential town, to get to the beach was a trek, past rows of guest houses with Vacancies or No Vacancies signs in the windows. It was a good indication …
Merry Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5rOO2v2dU Great costume budget.
