Life: Made me Smile

A preacher finished the service one morning by saying, “Next Sunday, I am going to preach on the subject of liars. As a preparation for my sermon, I would like you all to read Mark 17.”
On the following Sunday, the preacher rose to begin.Looking out at the congregation he said,
“Last week I [...]

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Faith: Talking about sex

As the father of two daughters one of the challenges I know that will face me when they are older is this whole issue of sexuality. I joke with my friends that my Dad still doesnt know I have had sex yet, because we have never had the conversation.
In an environment which uses sex [...]

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So Amazing

This is a tribute album to Luther, which posthumously contains a track that Luther actually sings on with Elton John.
Nice array of artists and interpretation of songs, including a rather weird attempt by Wycliff Jean. Why?
Standing out for me are Mary J Blige, Usher, Patti Labelle and John Legend. The rest don’t really seem to [...]

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Life: Spare a thought

We are experiencing some seriously cold weather here. I mean I was going to work this morning and I had some serious chills down me legs and was complaining about cold most of the day, and hugging heaters whenever possible.
However as I sit here late at night ready to go to bed, I can’t [...]

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Film: Good ole Harry again

My kids have no interest in Harry Potter. Even at the ages of 7 and 3 there interests tend to focus on other books. As a parent, both from a faith and general viewpoint, it is sometimes an interesting one to think about the Harry Potter books and how I would address the themes with [...]

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French Religious Issues

First of all the French government started by banning Muslim girls from wearing their headgear. Then the recent weeks has seen the powder keg that erupted by the disaffected Arabic and African youths around and about Paris.
The oibligatory press appearance by Messr Le Pen ensued and then it would seem a lot of knee jerk [...]

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Way to Go Pat!

Famed evangelist Pat Robertson has warned a town that
that disaster may strike there because they “voted God out of your city” by ousting school board members who favored teaching intelligent design.
You can read more here.
Now there’s a way of endearing a continuously sceptical audience of the wonderful love of God. Sometimes I wonder………

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Race and Faith

I was reading an article about Ethnicity and Diversity in the Emergent church. For those who dont know the “emergent” movement as it were is the most recent metamporphasis of how the Church engages with the post modern world. Championed by the likes of the late Mike Yaconelli, Brian McClaren and supported by sites like [...]

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Is your Mum in?

I just opened the door for a woman from the local Hare Krishna temple.“Is your Mum in?” she asked.
I was tempted to kiss her without explaining how she made my day.

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Looking for a Spiritual Home

I was reading an article about megachurches in America. Those huge sprawling churches, with shops, TV shows, on site schools, mult million pound budgets,etc. Now each to their own but I hate detest churches. Even though I was brought up in one which by comparison had a few hundred I am not a fan of [...]

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