My Love’s 12 days of Christmas – but do you know why?
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 this carol actually means? Well according to my only just recently moved on colleague, Paul […]
How do you subvert Zimbabwean tyranny? Play Cards (amongst other things)
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 suggestions from what is going on in Zimbabwe. This is not the only place suffering […]
De Niro’s Good Shepherd – folly & fatality
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 more the pace is unremittingly slow and the central character Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) an […]
do you know? cos remember, Jesus was a refugee too!
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 the west to answer the unsettling question, ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ A fair point, […]
IF NOT – Kipling’s ‘If’ rewritten to conform with the spirit of the times
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 been able to discover more either about the poem or the mysterious H A C […]
regent’s park frost
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.
You’ll still believe a man can fly
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…
tips & musings on travelling, airports and breakfast
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 somewhat after a string of fairly heavy posts. The UK smoking ban is a jolly […]
WWLS – What Would Luther Say? Indulgences are BACK!
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 say that I’m a little surprised about this: Indulgences are back. Or to be more […]
A Bosnian Reformation from a pub? You never know where a chat in a bar might lead
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 flag). The privilege of being involved in these events never ceases to amaze me. I […]
Benny Hinn update – US Senate rebuffed
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 Senate investigation into preachers’ salaries, perks and travel, The Associated Press has learned. Benny Hinn […]
What did Mrs Zebedee want for her boys? Falling into our own prosperity traps
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. Well, that is of course an essential requirement, as even the vaguest study of the […]
