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Category: followers of Jesus

  • why do people go to church services?

    I’m not entirely sure why, but I have been wondering why people go to church services. That’s not intended to be a negative question – it’s not ‘why on earth do people go to church?’ – it’s a genuine enquiry. I have not done any empirical research into this. What follows is the usual random bloggerel that…

  • more repeats than a Brussels sprout

    Because of laziness, lack of inspiration, tiredness, forgetfulness, the material is so good it’s worth sharing again* I am redirecting you to some New Year bloggages I have previously written (just click on the links)… one another one another another one another another another one yet another another another one I hope that they might…

  • corny joke

    I hope that you had a good Christmas. I hope that you found what you were hoping for – not just in a stocking, pillow case or under a tree, but in the friendships, family relationships and your relationship with God. A man went on a camping trip with his wife. He had been left…

  • Happy Christmas

    I hope that today will be wonder full for you. My family and I wish you a Happy Christmas and I wish you a bloggage-filled New Year. I’m now taking a break from writing bloggerel until 2016 (having done one a day during the first 25 days of December), so I will see you next year*!…

  • midnight communion

    In my first church we used to have a Midnight Communion (starting at 11.30pm) on Christmas Eve. It was a wonderful service, lit by candles, where the joy and anticipation of Christmas was appropriately refocused through bread and wine into a reminder that the narrative of Jesus did not end when the Wise Men left…

  • 23

    Today is Christmas Eve Eve: the night before the night before Christmas. Husbands who are more organised than most will use today to buy their wives a Christmas present, rather than relying on the last minute rush tomorrow. Children are looking forward to Christmas, but can’t ramp up the excitement to Christmas Eve levels because…

  • Two little ducks

    That’s how Bingo callers in the UK announce that number 22 has been chosen. The reason is that if you squint and look through your fingers the number 2 resembles a duck swimming in the water. I don’t see it, really: to me it looks more like a swan! But tradition has it that they are two…

  • secrecy

    I have some exciting, wonder-full news That I’m bursting to tell someone. But I am sworn to secrecy and It’s eating me up inside. It’s incredible news – like receiving a letter saying I’m being awarded an OBE or a Knighthood –  Yet better than that, so much bigger than that, And I can’t tell…

  • taking over the festival

    “He’s taken over the true meaning of the festival, hasn’t he? Suddenly the bearded one from ‘Up North’ is threatening to become the iconic figure for the season, replacing our religious imagery and themes that have echoed through millennia.” “Everywhere you go people are talking about him. They talk about the gifts he gives people.…

  • health and safety gone mad

    Dear Sir You currently are licensed as the owner of  the hotel known as “The King’s Head”. It has come to our attention that you are no longer compliant with the terms of your business licence regarding the provision of adequate parking, that you have failed to apply for a ‘change of business use’ permit for your…