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  • the old joke I almost used on Sunday morning…*

    A Minister decided he needed a day off (no, that’s not the joke). He woke up one morning, looked out on a beautiful day, and decided to play a round of golf (some of you are already at the punchline now). The only problem was that it was a Sunday. He phoned his Church Secretary and…

  • pickin n mixin

    When I was very young (pre-teenage) we lived almost directly across the road from an independent grocer’s shop – the sort typified in ‘Open All Hours’ on BBC TV. (The shopkeeper was much nicer than Arkwright). One of the thrills was being sent across the road (looking both ways and watching and listening as I…

  • blind criticism

    Recently I watched an interview with Russell Crowe, who was asked about his film Noah. He said that he had received criticism for it – mainly from people who had not actually seen the film. That approach really annoys me. Why is it that people (Christians especially) are willing to criticise, condemn, attack and even…

  • epiphany

    I had an epiphany this morning but it’s okay, I’ve got some tablets for it. No, seriously (and yes I can be), I had an epiphany – a sudden message from God that stopped me in my tracks. The passage of the Bible I read this morning* was one that I have read many times…

  • The last leg

    On Wednesday we have the final session at our church of ‘Expedition Through the Bible’. We  are on the last leg, having looked at: The Big Picture – the grand narrative of the Bible What are we reading – understanding the different types of literature in the Bible Interpreting what we read – tools for…

  • I ought to write a bloggage…

    ‘Ought’ is a mean word. It carries with it a sense of compulsion, of obligation, of duty that can drive us forward in obedience but without passion or enthusiasm: “I ought to do the washing up.” “I ought to get out of bed.” “I ought to get some exercise.” “I ought to go on a…

  • wise words?

    “Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.” (Forrest Gump*). Except that if you have the leaflet that comes with the box of chocolates you have a good idea about what you are gonna get. Perhaps this is more accurate: “Life is like a box of chocolates: we all…

  • I never knew there was so much in it

    There is a publication that tells us the times of TV programmes that had the title of this bloggage as its advertising strap-line. I regularly find myself saying something similar about the Bible. Yes, statistics tell us that there are 66 books, containing over 770,000 words (depending on translation) divided into just over 31,000 verses (to help…

  • loopholes?

    What do you do when there are no rules? What happens when new and as yet envisaged circumstances arise for which no rules have been written? To an extent that seems to be what is happening with social media and how it is being used in our society. we are having to work out the…

  • om nom nom nom nom

    There are many things that populate the surface of my desk. There are post-it notes with telephone messages, pieces of paper with ideas and spider-grams and scrawlings. There are letters awaiting reply. There are various bits of stationery and equipment. And there are many books. First and foremost is my bible: without which I would…