And Justice For All

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. […]

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Banquet Invitation

The 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. […]

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Peace … with God

Opening 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 […]

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Lord Have Mercy

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 […]

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How You View It

Part 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, […]

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This Is Freedom?

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 […]

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The Truth vs. The True

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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