Après church

We were able to have a healthily intense discussion on sunday because friendship, inclusivity, tolerance and self-criticism are so important to apres church, as highlighted by Darren’s entry Stepping Stones in the Mist. We care about each other, therefore we are impressionable. Phillip Yancey argues that the same applies to God when it comes to Prayer. He […]

 
We have been debating another one of those tough topics. 
Like my last post: It’s all about me, or is it all about God?  And the two statements don’t actually contradict each other, necessarily….
Our discussion today centered about Sanctification vs Righteousness (or are they the same thing?) - Do you work out your Sanctification or are you already […]

I don’t want to look back at what we are doing with Apres church in a year and have a blair witch moment - is that the same log?  I don’t want to meander in circles I mean.  The truth is though, I’m not entirely sure where it will end up.  Nonetheless, we need to […]

I’ve been finishing an MA in Art & Design in Education - brilliant course, but I just have not had the time to do it justice.  I have not quite finished yet - it goes to the binders on wednesday - but I am getting there. Part of the course is practical and we have […]

Someone gave me this card for my birthday a few weeks ago.  I was 30 and did insist on being birthday princess for the week. However, it did get me a little paranoid that my friends were really trying to tell me I am a bit self-obsessed.
Pete Rollins told a very amusing story in a blog […]

I’ve been introduced to the David Burge perfect pitch super course. This is a remarkable course which goes against the received wisdom that perfect pitch is something you can’t learn. 
 
The definition on wikipedia is:
Absolute pitch (”AP”), widely referred to as perfect pitch, refers to the ability to identify a note by name without the […]

The subject of today’s sermon got us debating this question further.  But how do you describe the indescribable?  Isn’t it even a bit sacreligious to even suggest that we can have a mental picture of God?  Any picture anyone could possibly come up with would be so far short of the reality as to be […]

This postcard from about 1990 shows Tony selling coconuts from the back of a Mazda truck in Trinidad.  It got me thinking again about coconuts and their lack of general usage. In my opinion, the London Docklands Development Corporation, when redeveloping the docklands, missed a classic opportunity to introduce coconuts into the lives of local residents. The coconut […]

At least Judas hung himself. Really? I’ve heard this sentiment expressed several times, most recently in the song ‘How did we end up here?’ by Martyn Joseph in which he sings, with reference to George Bush, ‘Shaft the poor, steal by stealth, at least Judas went and hung himself.’
It’s a hard hitting song and I love the fact […]

I made a comment about Worship music in an earlier blog and feel I should justify it.  I’m struggling a bit with the form that worship takes every Sunday at church. It is mostly done in the form of singing.   If you were a newcomer to church, it’s probably the first thing you’d experience.  Lead by […]