This is one of the blogs that was written in draft form about two months ago, but never got round to publishing due to the exhaustion I was suffering at the time. Sorry P&G In the early 1990s I was told by a Christian friend to boycott Procter and Gamble products as the company gave …
Category: God blogs
Sin Sunday
Sin Sunday Ibiza September 2017. In our many trips around Sant Antoni Bay we passed this poster: Ibiza is and island of contrasts,Most of the towns and villages are named after Christian Saints, including Sant Antoni, the town where Ocean Beach, which puts on Sin Sunday, is situated. There is even a village called Jesus. …
Exhausted
10 days on. It is ten days since I decided I was giving up working, and I am now working a month's notice. I am also on much lighter duties for this period, but despite this I am still exhausted. This last week I have attended the doctor's surgery and the hospital for a blood test …
Rules — and when to break them
Break the rules? It has been said that rules were made to be broken. But what about Gods rules, can you break them? Religion is all about rules, rules about when to pray, how to pray, what you can eat and when you can eat it, who you can have sex with and when. It …
Ice cream and God
Parenting 'Dad, can I have an ice cream?' 'Not now, wait til you have had lunch.' A conversation familiar to anyone who has been a parent, saying no to your children, letting them down gently. Of course, in the above example a good parent wold have to come up with ice cream after lunch. At …
Refugees – part 2
...as you did it to one of the least of these... An encounter with Jesus went like this: Luke 10:25-37 ESVUK And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do …
Refugees
God's heart for refugees. God has revealed in Scripture, through stories of the faithful, through the law and prophets and poets of the Old Testament and the life and teachings of Jesus and the New Testament writers that he favours some people above others. God is biased. His bias is to three groups of people: …
What animal are you?
Dogs, pigs and other mammalian insults I'm a pussy cat. Which is fine, but have you ever been called a cow? Or slothful? These insults come in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus said: Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and …
Pray for the Government
Pray for kings and all who are in high positions First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it …
HG Bishop Angaelos on terrorist attacks in Egypt and elsewhere | Bishop Angaelos.org
This needs to be read by everyone who cares about the persecuted church, which is all Christians, as well as by those who would attack Christians for their faith. Written by His Grace Bishop Angaelos General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom. Source: HG Bishop Angaelos on terrorist attacks in Egypt …
Making an ass of myself 