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Tag: religion

  • wooing and woeing

    I think Bibles ought to have a strong warning on them, along the lines of cigarettes: Warning: reading this book can seriously damage your religion. I am preparing for Sunday morning today and reading a passage in Luke 11 where Jesus goes a bit ‘woe-crazy’. He ‘woed’ those who were trying to get people back…

  • of camels and needles

    You’d almost think I have some sort of plan for this blog (only ‘almost’). Yesterday I wrote bloggerel about grace, based on Jesus saying to a rich young man, “You lack one thing…” I wrote that I would come back to the passage itself and today that’s my intention. You can find the passage in…

  • cynicism

    Is it just me, or are scams getting more elaborate? Are criminal minds getting more intelligent? Look at how many super-villains have PhD qualifications: Dr Evil, Dr No, Dr Octopus, Dr Doofenshmirtz and even Professor Moriarty! Where are they getting these qualifications? Yesterday I heard of an elaborate scam where someone contacts the victim and…

  • anonymity

    Busy day today, so only a quick thought… [Thinks about Aston Martins] There, did you find that helpful? Maybe it’s just me, but I find that all sorts of random thoughts pass through my mind in a day, and only a small percentage of them materialise into something vaguely meaningful. I feel sad for the…

  • coin-cidentally speaking

    Regular bloggites may have gathered that I like gadgets. I love to see and experience changes in technology, marvel at innovation and see how these change the way I carry out tasks. One of my favourite gadgets is very simple in concept, clever in the way it carries out the task and effective in achieving…

  • china crisis?

    A few years ago I had the immense privilege of travelling with a group of Christian leaders in mainland China. It was a wonderful experience and one that has made a profound impact on me, and on my perspective on life. I was humbled and in tears when we were introduced to a lady who…

  • the adaptability anachronism

    I have had computer problems this week. My computer crashed. This has had a number of knock-on effects… I had been given a new laptop (the ‘old’ one was less than 3 weeks old). I have had to reinstall all my software again. I have had to reload all my files (thankfully I had done…

  • the antidote to envy

    You might just have noticed that the Olympic Games are taking place in Britain at the moment. (Technically they are the ‘London Games’ but events are taking place all over the country so I am widening the net to be inclusive.) Given how difficult it has been to get tickets for events, it is interesting…

  • the parable of the lost pen

    There was a man who had a favourite pen. It was not an expensive pen, but it wrote nicely and he had bought some refills for it so he could continue to use it for a long time as well as being more environmentally friendly. One day, when he was looking to write something with…

  • how does God answer prayer?

    As hinted at in yesterday’s brief bloggage, I want to reflect a little more on how God answers prayer. Let me say right at the outset that I believe he does answer prayer. And yes there are three main ways he answers: “Yes” “No” “Not now” There is much that could be said in that,…