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when time travel would have been useful
Yesterday you were subjected to two bloggages in one day. I apologise. Nobody should have to suffer that! I had been reflecting and writing the second one (about theology from a joke) and had intended to schedule it for delivery today. I thought I had successfully set that up and hit ‘publish’ only for the…
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inspired by grace
On Sunday evening at Colchester Baptist Church we will be having another of our film nights. This time we will be watching ‘Invictus’, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The film is based around the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, but it is as much about rugby as ‘Gone With The Wind’ is about…
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memories that make you shudder
Have you done things in the past that make you shudder when you remember them? I was reminded of one of those today when I heard a news report about the possibility of a smoking ban being introduced in UK prisons. Let me set the scene… I was about 21, fairly fresh out of University…
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witnessing
This morning I gladly witnessed some signatures for some friends in our church. It’s something I do on a regular basis. I was chatting with my friends as I signed to verify their signatures and recalled that I have verified peoples’ identity for their passport applications, countersigned visa and residency applications, signed wedding certificates, witnessed wills,…
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grace?
I realise that the way the media works is to give us soundbites and edited highlights in order to whet our appetite and get us interested in and raise publicity for their article, so I am trying to read this article (http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mark.driscoll.takes.aim.at.the.cowards.in.the.british.church/29159.htm) in the light of that. But… honestly? Really? Why? I suggest you read…
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smell you later
A couple of days ago a chilli con carne was being prepared in our house. Actually technically it was in the kitchen on the stove, not all over the house. All the ingredients were prepared, put into the pan to cook, and left to simmer gently. The family settled down to watch part two of…
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