Some things that aren’t meaningless

Tonight was Book Group. A random meeting of people connected to one of my good friends, sitting around eating lush food, drinking wine and talking about a book. The best of times, no random small talk to fill the silences, just musings on a book that may or may not have changed our thinking, but [...]

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Randomly meanderings

So, I was talking to the Bluefish about jPod today, we couldn’t quite figure out if it was a stupid book, a really clever book or just a really interesting concept for a thing and not really a book at all. It’s pretty much got no plot and no structure and seems to just [...]

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Fathers Day

Today is Fathers Day, everytime I try and write something meaningful about Dad it comes out as trite and a bit like the insert to a cheesy over commercial Fathers Day card. I put this down to my entire internal monologue being taken over by Douglas Coupland. I guess that’s the penalty you pay for [...]

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Bits and pieces

This arrived in the post today. Can’t wait to start, and no doubt discuss with the Bluefish when he finishes it. With it came a couple of old Paul Simon albums which are likewise making me very happy. Along with his new one which has such classic lines as: “You cannot walk with the [...]

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You want to change the world?

Today I had one of those conversations where all concerned really really want to change the world. We were musing in our usual Wednesday lunchtime way about the reality of God and the need to be constantly reminding each other of the truth, being honest about our sin and messy lives and wanting to speak [...]

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Relay Reflections

So, last week I attended the last in the three Relay Conferences of the year. I’m not sure how to write all that I learnt, experienced and delighted in over the last week without sounding like a cheesy advert. Ah well. Here are just some of the highlights.
The presentations: Watching 50 or so people [...]

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Cynical?

Seeing as these are the thoughts of a cynical idealist, I thought I’d check out how cynical I am, the results surprised me.

You Are 44% Cynical

Yes, you are cynical, but more than anything, you’re a realist.You see what’s screwed up in the world, but you also take time to remember what’s right.

How Cynical Are [...]

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Quotes…

“I suspect we would be well advised to concentrate on developing our closeness to Jesus, rather than gloomily dwelling on the probablity that we will let him down, because it will be the reality or otherwise of that relationship that makes the difference when the crunch comes.” (A.Plass- The Unlocking)

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