Sunday 19th February 2017 I was watching the BBC's The Big Painting Challenge today. This sort of programme fascinates me. When younger I though of myself as a budding artist. My O level fail said otherwise. What William McGonagall was to poetry I am to painting. But unlike McGonagall I have never produced anything I …
What Would Donald Trump Do? I do not know, I really, really do not know. It is easy to judge a politician by his rhetoric, ever one who has only recently had to reluctantly admit that he is a politician. And many are doing. But I am waiting. I am waiting for President Donald Trump …
It is that time of year again, as St Valentine's day approaches when the advertising media focuses on love. Sorry, not love, sentimentality. See what I mean? (And as a Yorkshireman I have to declare those roses are the wrong colour.) The main thing I dislike about St Valentine's day is the way that it excludes single …
40% Or did he say 40? No I'm sure it was 40% Even if it was 40, out of 150 it is a significant number, over 26%. That is the number of Psalms which are laments. I can remember the other number, the number of lamenting songs out of the most popular 150 Christian songs …
In what is a prime example of the way I blog, a stream of consciousness where I start with an idea and see where it leads, i bogged in March last year about Donald Trump's Bible, ans the wall he said he was building. Here's the link. https://stevenhpape.blog/2016/03/04/donald-trumps-bible/ The same Bible I blogged about last …
I'm 21 years old again. Actually this weekend I turned 63, but that's like being 21 three times isn't it? When I was born in the UK 21 was the age you officially became an adult. The first 21 That took me from birth through primary school (two different infant schools and then two junior …
Warning: This blog contains some strong language, some honest language. If you cannot stand this I suggest you read no further — or grow up. Tuesday morning 4am I should be asleep. My brain says sleep, my eyes water with the effort of staying open and I have work to do tomorrow. That's arthritis for …
They were right to do what hey did, these wise men, To go to see Herod in Jerusalem. That is where kings lived, so if you wanted to find the child born King of the Jews you would be wise if the first place you went was to the palace of the capital of Judea, where the King of the Jews lived. Even if the King of the Jews was someone like Herod.
As Christians we have more in common with those with Abrahamic faith - Judaism , Islam - than we do with people of our own country and own race but who are agnostic or atheist. We should stand together and celebrate what we have in common.
The year the music died Goodbye 2016 This last year has been dominated by negative news. There was the endless procession of the deaths of celebrities who died this year, for me, a strong follower of progressive rock, or prog, was the deaths of both Keith Emerson and Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer …
Making an ass of myself 