RIGHT-WING PEOPLE This is Toby. Toby thinks he is great. Toby likes to tell other people how they can be great too. Toby is what we call a ‘right-wing’ person. But what are ‘right… Source: What are right-wing people? - a guide for under 10-year-olds
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I love it when a plan comes together
I love it when a plan comes together 40 blogs of Lent, day 30 Holy Trinity, Huddersfield, 13 March 2016 This morning's service was interesting, but I would say that, as I was involved. I gave a testimony about how God had been working in my life in the ten years since I had a …
Popping poo in the post
There is an NHS bowel cancer screening programme, and I have been selected to be screened. (Notice that I am being careful with the language here.) The sample of six smears of ... (oops my live of alliteration nearly got me there) was to go to an address in Gateshead, so into the post I …
Dumb crime of the day
These criminal masterminds burgled a house in Bournemouth ans stole the car outside. And got clean away. Then they chatted about it in Facebook. They say crime does not pay. At least for idiots it doesn't. Here's the proof. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14189456.Burglars_caught_after_discussing_crimes_on_Facebook/?ref=fbshr
Hope for a better world.
We all hope for a better world. This is what the season of Advent is about for me. Hope. Hope that the world will be better place. Advent looks forward in three ways. To the coming of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, to the coming of God into our lives and Jesus returning at the …
What a Guy
Dear ISIS. Please note the masks on those Anonymous people who have been taking your sites down. Do you know who that is? Guy Fawkes, a member of a gang who attempted to blow up parliament in 1605. Were they successful? The Palace of Westminster, also known the Houses of Parliament, is still there, that's …
Diabetic
On Friday I was diagnosed as diabetic. This was, of course, a shock, on top of my other medical and other problems: Arthritis in the talonavicular joint in the right foot. Eyesight which although corrected by glasses does not respond quickly to changes in light intensity. Suspected Asperger's syndrome. (Okay, this last one isn't medical). …
How to recognise a grey wolf
I have been reading about how to recognise a grey wolf, and the article was long and technical, so here is what you need to know: It looks like a wolf It's grey. That's it.
Parlamentary standards
Deputy speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Sewel, has been caught on camera taking drugs with prostitutes. He was. seen rolling a five pound note up to snort cocaine. How Parliamentary standards are slipping. Only a fiver? With his earnings it should be a minimum of a £20 note.
Truth
My last blog mentioned the lies of Walter White in the TV shoe Breaking Bad. Lies seem so exciting, more glamorous than truth. Truth is what sets us free. So as Christians we have to be truthful. Yet there have been fiction masquerading as fact going for a long time. Take the sermon illustration of …
Making an ass of myself 