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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Depictions of Faith

On Saturday evening there was a programme on the American Dream.  The documentary looked at the link between faith and the Dream.  It was fascinating seeing things like the Positive Thinking message of Peale and then the mystic influences on the hippy movement and the rise of the American Right on issues like homosexuality and […]

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Is There Such A Thing As Safe Sex?

There’s this provocative blogger called Lionel Woods (he’s one of the dudes I recommend in the list on the right).  I love his blogs because he does not tow the line, say the safe stuff and conform to comfortable conventional convenient Christianity.  Obviously having a blog, he has a Facebook account where he leaves even […]

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Essentials

This has been due to be written for quite some time.  You may have remembered how I had to postpone it because of an outpouring on the issue of injustices and the like.  This is entry is based on some of the activities I’ve been up to at work.  We do these pre-designed modules in […]

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Hospitality: A Challenge

Coming from a Sabbath-keeping church tradition and then seeing things from a different perspective, it’s sometimes shameful seeing some of the conduct that we maintain in that tradition. One of them that’s particularly shameful is on a typical Sabbath service at the end of the morning study and the moderator/superintendent looks to give a welcome […]

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Commercial Critique: Max It

I could put this at the other place, but I thought it would actually work here just as well as you’ll see. I’m told that certain things are harmless and that we shouldn’t take it too seriously after all it’s only … (insert appropriate sentiment to suggest it’s hardly critical).  I’d like to think although […]

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