God wouldn’t send good people to hell. Last week, we looked at the idea that there are no ‘good’ people for God to send to hell: There’s Jesus, and then everyone else. Here we want to look at the idea that God doesn’t send anyone anywhere – we satnav our own eternal destination. A lot […]
It is often easy to stand alongside our brothers at a football match, or at the bar, or on a healthy hike. These are good “blokey” things to do. They feed our sense of worth, appeal to our desire to be seen to be “manly” – and they are good fun! However, I wonder […]
I have two beautiful nieces and one terrifying nephew. They are all under six and all hail from the same womb. Said womb and womb mate couldn’t attend church one morning so Anna and I offered to take the kids to church for them. I ended up with Molly who is 20 months, the mathematicians […]
Recently, I asked a friend who used to believe in God how he lost his ‘faith’. He told me that two people close to him died in quick succession, and he realised that the idea of God sending those good people to hell was so ridiculous that the Christian god was obviously false. So, how […]
I have had 2 recent business trips, one to Amsterdam and one to Frankfurt. On the flights they have just enough time to give you a snack and a drink. Flying economy means that the snack is somewhat minimalist. On one flight it was a sausage salad, another it was half a sandwich, however […]
You want to see me angry? Come and watch me play 5aside. It might not happen every week but come a few weeks in a row and sure enough the incredible sulk will appear. The source of my anger? Me. Although if you are participating you might think my childish strops are directed at others. […]
A few thoughts about driving………….. A couple of years ago I had a very slow speed collision with a motor cyclist, caught in the ‘blind spot’ of my car, he had no reflective clothing on and must have been ignoring all the other traffic activity around him, but in the confusion and shock I admitted […]
We are a confusing country to many looking on from the outside. Our football pitches are measured in yards and our rugby fields in metres. We take our beer in pints and our petrol in litres. (Yet we measure vehicle efficiency in miles per (Imperial) gallon – what?!). It rather threatens to make a mockery […]
I had a knee replacement 8 weeks ago, so in between lots of exercise I have had time to catch up with some reading! Right Here, Right Now by Alan Hirsch and Lance Ford is a ‘must read’. This book got me very excited, so I make no apology in doing a review for this blog. […]
Recite this out loud: Seagulls flying, crying, crying To the wind, to its sighing, Eagle-eyed, (seagull-eyed), Watching, spying On a man cooking fish. Seagulls calling, never falling From their flight, never stalling On the wind, till from the wind Landing, standing By the man cooking fish. But unless There is a screaming, Stormy day or […]
