Upsetting the Status Quo

It is very difficult to be a follower of Jesus Christ and not be an irritant to your culture. Some succeed in not being a full-blown offence to those around them, but most in one or shape or form make those who live in their culture rather uncomfortable. This is not a deliberate ploy to […]

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Not Just For The Sake Of It

I was hearing someone else talk about Christianity being about ‘a relationship not a religion’ and reflecting on what they meant, but what they actually said.  What they meant was to highlight the crucial pivotal role intimate personal relational input is to understanding Christianity.  What they said was that Christianity is not a religion implying […]

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Friend In You – Jon Gibson

Jon Gibson.  Why I like the guy is not because of his singing.  It’s not because of the fact that he’s linked to my man Stevie Wonder.  It’s that just like a lot of me favourites, he creates the whole package – the tune, the words, the melody, the feeling, the whole greater than its […]

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Origins

This may come as a shock and a surprise to you, but I can often be found thinking about things. (Yeah, there you go for the shock of the day – take your time in recovering from that.)  As in contemplating them and pondering and wondering. For example today I was minding my own business […]

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CD Songs: Donnie Sings Stevie

I could have put this in The Other Place, but when you add a number of factors it fits this place better.  Stevie is a much admired contributor to the music scene over the last 40 plus years – almost the entire lifetime of Donnie himself.  So it’s fitting that the brother who is not […]

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