Trying to make the world/Scotland a better place looks ostensibly straightforward. Find the problem. Work out the solution. Apply.
Of course, life isn’t like that at all, so often we can barely work out what the problem is (sure, lots of people are in fuel poverty, but why are they?), let alone work out the right [...]
Archive for the ‘musings’ Category
Not knowing the solution: Not knowing the problem
Posted in life, musings on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Levitation
Posted in life, musings on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the weirder things I’ve read today was about scientists’ attempts to make things levitate. Interesting, if you’re interested.
Read more here at Time magazine.
I love it when I hear of things that mean that science is one step closer to making the impossible possible. And such steps are a helpful reminder that any god-of-the-gaps [...]
Empty Promises?
Posted in life, musings on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Something I was thinking about last night triggered me to think about the empty promises Christians make – God’ll work it out, God will rescue you, God will heal you etc. Statements that bare no resembalance to reality for anyone with their eyes open.
There’s some more thought to be put in, but one phrase seemed [...]
The Bible, prostitutes, and government
Posted in life, musings, politics, theology on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After yesterday’s admission that I’d found myself arguing in favour of prostitution at homegroup, I think I should do a bit of explaining.
Why does a repressed theologian find themselves among a group of Christians arguing in favour of something that is so obviously not Christian.
First, a marker. I was making a point about prostitution where [...]
Alfie
Posted in film, musings on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s it all about?
I watched Alfie at the weekend – loved it (and not just because of Jude Law’s sharp suits)
Great look at how what we can think is good in life turns out to have actually been destroying us, or at least maybe making us unhappy.
Alfie isn’t really looking for THE ANSWER, as it [...]
The Disaster of Success/ The Benefits of Failure
Posted in church, musings, quotes on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at [...]
Evangelism in a world where people believe they are not hungry
Posted in emerging churches, evangelism, musings, quotes on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was reading Peter Rollins’ How (not) to Speak of God again this evening, and this comment on evangelism, well bedded in a much larger argument about the nature of faith struck me as being right on the button:
In a world where people believe they are not hungry, we must not offer food but rather [...]
Parkour Worship
Posted in church, emerging churches, musings, video on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Portsmouth Cathedral has been one of the venues for the city’s arts festival, and has hosted a parkour (free running) to music event. It is AMAZING. Think jumping over the font, running up the walls… Go watch the video at the Beeb here. Now.
Wouldn’t it be great if some churches could get into this. I [...]
Homeless
Posted in life, musings, politics on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes its hard to figure out how big economic changes actually effect us at a day to day level, and sometimes its painfully clear. Rising petrol prices is one, although that hasn’t really changed the way I live. Now though, the credit crunch has claimed its first victim among my friends.
It’s not really her fault. [...]
I am Mighty
Posted in life, musings on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this is pretty cool. Makes me feel a bit better about myself that someone’s realised my true worth.
