My daughter took part in a school performance. They did a production of a musical version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as retold through Roald Dahl’s nursery rhymes. Although I have read one or two Dahl stuff I had not come across the rhymes. The production was enjoyable and my daughter did well thankfully. […]
Read More And Justice For AllThe Kingdom of heaven is like … That phrase is such an opening line to a story about what this wonderful Kingdom is like. At more than one point, Jesus didn’t mince His words when explaining what this Kingdom is like in the light of some attitudes and mentalities that prevailed among the religious rulers. […]
Read More Banquet InvitationThere is comfort in the simple things. Keeping things simple means, so the thinking goes, that we can address things just as simply. So all I want is something to eat. So as long as it’s edible and available, I eat and my hunger is satisfied. Simple. I do believe aspects of the human experience […]
Read More Reflecting On The Complexity Of HumanityOpening Thoughts Where is all this coming from? Well I give an introduction this mini-series here. As well as that, it’s important to point out the book I was reading that inspired it. Howard Snyder’s Kingdom Lifestyle mentioned this and it is not the first time I’ve come across the role of the ministry of […]
Read More Peace … with GodAs someone who is keen to pursue God, I’m intrigued by how He works through the systems of the day. He has given each its time – time for a dictatorship, time for a monarchy, time for a meritocracy, time for an aristocracy and currently for some a time for democracy. It’s clear that elements […]
Read More Talking Point: Is Democracy All That?What an empowering and humbling experience it is to be a knowing recipient of mercy. Empowering in the sense that it really comes across as a release – as a second chance to live life where it may have been curtailed or in otherwise justifiably inhibited. Humbling in the sense that you are receiving something […]
Read More Lord Have MercyPart of my story is one of having my ignorance, pride and other ugly things that lurk within exposed to me on a regular basis. Another part of my story is how at the same time as its exposure there is redemption and restoration, almost as if having it exposed is not for my embarrassment, […]
Read More How You View ItI saw this on a favourite site of mine and it got me thinking about the whole ‘speculate to accumulate’ mantra that is part of a lot of life not just business. The quest to keep up with the Joneses; the need to puff out the chest at our achievements; all of that leads me […]
Read More This Is Business – Is This Life?I saw this picture (Thanks to The Meta Picture) and at first recognised it for it’s humour and then looked closer and considered how real it is. Sure it reflects the American concept of the normal life, but it’s not that different to the British version. In fact quite a number of cultures and sub-cultures […]
Read More This Is Freedom?Macbeth and Mike Tyson. What are the odds of reading a blog with both of these characters? Don’t go searching it would be a most thankless task. I watched the portrayal of Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart that was on BBC Four not that long ago. More4 also showed a film which was basically an extended […]
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