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Your thoughts please
Tuesday 27th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

I've been reading through the book of Proverbs  - and I think I just had to tell someone, so I'm telling you ... ... I'm asking for your opinion ...   First, my love of & struggle with Scripture is well documented and healthy. I love this revelation of God, I love that we have to struggle with it, fight it, coax it and live with it. It is the living word never the last word, and so it demands respect and attention. Second - the book of proverbs. What? So much of it seems nonsense ... as a ...

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Nice.
Monday 26th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 This came on email the other day ... it's quite cheesy, and I've changed it a little, but I actually still really like it ...   Noah was a drunkAbraham was too oldIsaac was a daydreamerJacob was a liarLeah was uglyJoseph was abusedMoses had a stuttering problemGideon was afraidSamson was a womanizing murderer oh - and so was David Rahab was a prostituteJeremiah and Timothy were too youngElijah was suicidalIsaiah preached naked - you go mate.Jonah was convinced he knew better than God. Naomi was a ...

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A little tired pony for you
Saturday 24th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 This is beautiful - and Archy dedicates it to his new born twins. beautiful & touching ...   ">

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truth?
Friday 23rd July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 A gentleman with the wonderful name Parker Palmer wrote a book in the 80's called 'To know as we are known' ...   So in contrast to the muttin bustin of yesterday - here are some quotes for you to chew over ... the book is a call to get over the modernist frameworks of Truth and recognize truth is a lot closer than you think. Within us - within community - and discoverable only in relationships to each other, God and the world ...   ... and an education theory to go with that concept ... a good read ...

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Muttin bustin
Thursday 22nd July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 2 comments

Tina the princess shames me again - her blogging is lovely and, this year, very picturesque ...   This - this - this is .... well ... it just is ...   embedding gone array ... go here instead! Mutton busin at the rodeo ...  

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check out RTE this Sunday
Monday 19th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 This should be different for the 11am slot on RTE One this Sunday!!! Make sure & catch it if you can ... ">    

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Succinct & thoughtful
Saturday 17th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

Brian McLaren has over recent months used his blog to answer questions that many people send to him - below is a recent blog that I found enlightening in its brevity ... enjoy  

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Tired Pony
Thursday 15th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

This is a great wee session - not only is it a great original folk sound that's full of soul, but it has Iain Archer as part of the band.   Enjoy

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provocative idea???
Wednesday 14th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

Bart Campolo wrties another provocative prayer letter ...   Out on the road, people often ask about the dangers of bringing up our kids in the ghetto.  What they have in mind are drugs and violence, but what I fear most is their extended exposure to ignorance and impotence.  There are exceptional individuals here to be sure, but the overall culture of this place is overwhelmingly dysfunctional.  If it gets to me as a grown man, I wonder, what is it doing to the developing hearts and minds of my children? Roman at seventeen is much taller ...

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wassabi & ginger
Tuesday 13th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 Thanks to Virtual Methodist for this ...   It made my day!   ">

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More on Israel
Thursday 8th July 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 check out this article - and more specifically the USA-Israel 'working holidays' that bring evangelicals to work in vineyards in Israel because it quickens the return of Christ.   I'm pretty sure it  doesn't - but it definitely quickens my heart-rate.     

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Greys Anatomy
Wednesday 30th June 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 I love Greys Anatomy - finale coming, so don't spoil it for me ...   but here is a quote from one of Meredeth's recent finishing soliloquies which for many reasons sparks thoughts within me - both positive and negative ... any thoughts to share folks?  

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ordination ...
Wednesday 23rd June 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

 10 days ago I was ordained as a presbyter into the Methodist Church in Ireland  - it was quite a day, and one that I know I will remember for a long time. Rev David Gamble (President Methodist Church of GB) preached a great & realistic sermon ... I might get a chance to post it if I can get my hands on it ...   But here is our friend Bishop Wil Willimon again - and the ordination sermon he preached to people in Alabama, who were going through exactly what i was going through - one week earlier! ...

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Thoughts please
Monday 7th June 2010 @ 12:00 am / random life / 0 comments

 Your thoughts please ... especially those who work/have worked with young people - and especially those who work with troubled teens ...   is this an ideal solution, or ludicrous?    Me? I want to see recidivism rates. As someone who has been out around the northern lakes of USA, having nothing but a canoe & friends - no homes or villages for hundreds of miles - the freedom of the wilds is simply stunning ... it's affects cannot be underestimated.    

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West Wing on things of faith
Wednesday 2nd June 2010 @ 12:00 am / 0 comments

I am waiting (maybe patiently, maybe not)  to begin once again, thoroughly enjoying The West Wing box set - in the past it has taken me just a few months to go through several series ... it is hard to describe why exactly it is soooooo good ... so let me show you one brief moment that not only stirs my soul, but challenges it also. Democrat President Bartlett talking to Republican contender about religion and the things of faith:   ">       

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