This has been doing the web rounds - but in case you haven't seen it, here it is: the 12 days of Christmas as you've never heard it before (with the Serengeti thrown in). Genius. But did you know what…
When there is no freedom of press, when there is no freedom of assembly, when there is no right to a fair trial and when the perpetrators get away with murder, what do you do? Well, here are a few…
Robert De Niro's 2006 film THE GOOD SHEPHERD is not the sort of film to snuggle up to on a mellow Saturday night - which is probably why it didn't make the sorts of waves it should have done. What's…
This song and video was written and put together by Helen Mottee, a friend of a friend (Phil Warner), working in Hong Kong for a unique organisation called Crossroads International. A few years ago, Bob Geldof & Midge Ure asked…
With apologies to those who feel great affection for Kipling's renowned poem IF, here is a 20th Century parody (which is just as relevant in the 21st) - apparently it first appeared in the New Statesman magazine, but i've not…
Thanks to my fantastic colleague, Jenny Woodward, here are a couple of wonderful photos from yesterday, from her daily walk to work across Regent's Park.
Following up from previous post about men who can fly, get a load of this. Again, the as-yet-unclaimed Crunchie bar is on offer to any who sign up...
Having done much more travelling than normal this year (and certainly much more than is really fair), I thought I would jot down a few random musings and thoughts about going cross-cultural. Have felt it necessary to lighten the mood…
Please understand - i am certainly NOT about to indulge in an anti-Catholic rant. That is not helpful, productive or fair (not least because I have a number of valued friends and relatives who are Catholic). But I have to…
Have spent the last 4 days in Čakovec in northern Croatia (very near the borders with Hungary, Austria and Slovenia), here for another Langham Preaching Seminar (the left hand flag representing the region around Čakovec, the right being the national…
Just had this news from Christianity Today of an AP report: AP Newsbreak: 2nd Preacher Spurns Senate By ERIC GORSKI and RACHEL ZOLL – 1 day ago A second Christian ministry is refusing to meet a Thursday deadline for a…
I can't remember who was being referred to, or by whom (which is probably just as well). But I was recently told of someone who described one of their own spiritual gifts as the ability to discern error and heresy.…