Climate change and Theology (part 2) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. When talking of models of climate change Schmidt says, "Modals are not right or wrong, they're always wrong. They are approximations." The question …
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Emergent
Climate change and Theology (part 1) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. The first thing that struck me was the use of the word emergent, or rather the label emergent. It is one of …
I feel like I should pray, can you show me how?
"I feel like I should pray, can you show me how?" The words of a grieving boy after the death of his teacher. (See previous blog.) But how do we deal with a question like this? Jesus gave his disciples the Lord's Prayer when asked. It is a good blueprint for prayer. In reality when …
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Church is irrelevant?
Church is irrelevant in today's society. So they tell me, and so it would seem, until a catastrophe happens. Yesterday in Leeds a school a teacher was murdered in the classroom. Today the school was still open, but there was a service at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church. But yesterday evening, according to a report …
Life is fatal
Let's face it, we're all going to die. The fatality rate for Homo Sapiens is 100%. That's the science bit over. So what happens next? This is the field of theology, eschatology and other things with big names. But me? what do I believe about death. Where do we go when we die? I'd say …
Rev.
This week's episode. Series 3 episode 5 I watched it last night on i>player Wow. Christianity and situation comedy collide, but it nothing like The Vicar of Dibley. Tom Hollander's Rev, Adam Smallbone, is something darker. The church is a large building in East London in danger of closure. And it is real, too real …
What does Easter mean
What does Easter mean? I mean on its own, because there is a lot said about the victory of the cross, and it is impossible to separate the events of Good Friday from that of Easter Sunday. But Ill try. Bit first a look at the passion. Jesus last words from the cross,"It is finished," …
The meal that unites
HOLY COMMUNION Just do it.It is Maundy Thursday. The day when we remember Jesus having a meal with his disciples, a Passover meal, a meal to remember the Israelites coming out of Egypt and to celebrate the freedom of Gods people. Remembering was the main theme of the meal, something that Jesus took and shortly before …
There are lots of I’s in TEAM
"There is no i in team" is a well known phrase, commonly, but not exclusively, used by the person in charge who wants to impose his views on others. There is one way to organise a team: Everybody gets to do every job, and there is a rota. Everyone gets a share of the good and …
My son the musician (part 2)
Here is the gig from the last blog. My son Matthew accompanying Lisa Jayne in the dress rehearsal for playing at Spring Harvest, Skegness this next Wednesday. I say dress rehearsal, but of course it isn't, but what do you call it when they are not in the clothes they will be performing in? Undressed …
Making an ass of myself 