Category: followers of Jesus
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Lord’s Prayer
So now Christians have got all hot under the collar because an advertising agency has refused to allow an advert by the Church of England featuring the Lord’s Prayer to be shown in cinemas. Boo. Hiss. Nasty advertising agency. Poor victimised Christians. It’s another sign of a secularised society. We’re always being picked on… and so…
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when autocorrect thought it knew best
I was sending a message from my phone to a Minister who was going to the same meeting as me and who lives relatively nearby. I thought it would make sense to travel together so I asked, “Do you want to share a lift?” Nothing wrong with that. Except that for some reason the autocorrect system in my…
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oh behave!
How do you know how to behave in church and as church? You watch what others are doing don’t you. I was in a church a while back (preaching) which had a very different tradition to the one I was used to. There was standing, sitting, kneeling, responding, singing, praying, chanting and incense waving and…
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new word announcement
I know that for some of you that title will have you trembling with anticipation. A new word! Especially if you are a logophile (which is a lover of words, not logs and not Microsoft Word). Regular bloggists will know that from time to time the synapses in my brain do something weirder than usual…
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what is the secret of good comedy?
Timing. That doesn’t work so well in written form. But say it out loud and blurt out the answer at an unexpected moment and it’s a goodun. As I know some of you will be worried about it I thought I would bring you up to speed with the progress on the parcel delivery for…
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metaminionosing
Yesterday I had a shock. When I was washing in the morning I looked at my shoulder and it had turned bright yellow! My wife suggested that perhaps I was turning into a minion from the shoulder outwards. I will test that hypothesis with a banana BANANA! B A N A A A A N…
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mission made simple
Churches seem to have the innate ability to make things complicated, don’t we. Putting aside all of the complexities of Church Meetings, Leadership Meetings, ordinations, inductions, church accounts and finances, child protection policies, insurance, choice of music in services, sitting in our favourite seats, charity law, constitutions, and so much more that goes into running a…
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More puppetry
A further Elmo related thought… People relate to Elmo the puppet as a real being because of the puppeteer behind (or beneath) him. There’s an illustration of grace and service here – someone who is willing to work in the background to support someone else. The puppeteer gets no public credit or acknowledgement but is…
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fingertips
Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain, but this morning I remembered a football match I was playing in about 17 years ago. It was while I was a professional footballer.* I used to play in goal for one of our church football teams (usually the 3rd 11), and this was often a very busy…
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Time out
Dear bloggists. This week I am taking some time off work and time off blogging. If you experience any withdrawal symptoms please feel free to search the archives for previous bloggages, and if you are looking for Easter related bloggerel you can find some here and the following entries from a couple of years ago.…
