In case you missed it, today is International Men’s Day. It’s not an officially sanctioned United Nations day but it’s now recognised in over 60 nations around the world, so let’s get behind it! This year the focus is as follows :- ‘Keeping Men and Boys Safe’ The five challenges for 2013: 1. Tackling male […]
“For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:19–20, ESV) […]
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the […]
“I can’t tolerate intolerance.” Read this out loud: You got ‘morality’ I got plurality. If something’s right for me I guess I might agree. Like, if it’s for your view, or not. Like, is it false or true, so what? Stuff debate– Tolerate. ‘Cause that is what is the Most valued quality. We know that […]
Last week we started looking at some of the phrases people quote ‘as scripture’ that can’t actually be found anywhere in the Bible. You can probably guess, what with this article being called Part 2, that we’re doing more of the same here. Cleanliness is next to godliness No, Jesus did not say this in […]
Alleged child abduction by Roma in Greece and Ireland is in the media as I write. In light of those two cases it is not surprising that negative stereotyping of Roma is rife. How I wish I could take a Daily Mail and/or a BBC journalist to Cluj where a Dutch pastor and his wife […]
When I was a lot younger I was convinced that the word chimney had an ‘L’ in it. That’s right I thought the word was pronounced chimley. I’m sure as you say that out loud to yourself you, like me, realise that this is a much more audibly pleasing word. It rolls off the tongue […]
Recently, a mate and I were watching a game of Rugby Union (it’s like American Football, but without the need for a Kevlar vest. It’s also different in that, whereas American Football has Miley Cyrus singing in the half time break, Rugby Union has a guy in a cagoule shouting out raffle numbers.) Anyway, the […]
Continuing on from last week, here is part 2 of a presentation by David Shipley: Preparing for later life In order to cope with these changes, as men get older, they need to engage with other interests and other social networks, to re-introduce themselves to their partners and families and to seek new roles – […]
Or so British telecom used to say… But the truth is – it IS good to talk to be sure, it depends whom you talk to and how you go about it. But repressing it all in the name of the British stiff upper lip or male machismo will one day make your head explode! […]
