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 …
As we forgive those…
...who trespass against us. We tend to think of the word trespass as something to do with being on private property without permission. There are a number of No Trespassing signs, which include the one above, and one which adds "Violators will be shot, survivors will be shot again." It is offered for sale, so …
Redemption Song
U2 got it right: Over the last 4 weeks my Twitter and Facebook feeds have included something shared by well meaning Christian friends that at the Paris Bataclan concert where on 13th November terrorists killed 89 and injured 99 others. They shared that the band playing at the venue, the Eagles Of Death Metal, were playing 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 …
Bye bye St. Pixels
I was reading in IDEA, the magazine of the Evangelical Alliance, that some millennials (in their article people now aged 18 to 37) have been badly hurt by church. My experience with internet church St Pixels is that an earlier generation also left for that reason. Last Sunday, 22 November, St Pixels, the Internet church, held …
Civil?
Civil war. Why do they call it civil war? It us not that there is anything civil about any war, especially a civil war. I can imagine something like this: "Excuse me, old chap, but I'm afraid I have to shoot you." "No problem old boy, unless I get you first. "Well it's back to …
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). …
Why?
News: Paris 13/11/2015. At least 120 dead, 200 injured, 80 of them seriously are the figures in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris.If you count the relatives that is a lot of people affected. The question is being asked, why do they do it? I have no wish to be patronising, but what a …
My super power
An ice breaker to get people talking to each other is to ask 'What super power would you like to possess?'Answers that come back are usually something from the comic books: To run faster than a speeding train, To leap tall buildings at a single bound, To be able to see through solid walls, I …
Do not over analyse
Sipech was right. In last month's blog off he wrote: To me the starting point of Christianity has to be Jesus. Many have started off with the idea of “God” and many words are spilled before we even get onto Jesus. And that is it. It is the be all and end all of how …
Making an ass of myself 