Entries from April 2008
art in cambridge
some local artists, friends of mine, are showing their lovely work at Michaelhouse. Do go along and see it. I shall.
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Never mind St George, bring on St Aidan
I’ve long been a fan of Ian Bradley, and now he has argued for a rethink on our patron saint. Rather than the Turkish St George, why not embrace St Aidan, who is not only more properly connected to us, but is more able to connect up the various meanings of being British (rather than More...
You’re right…
excellent advice from Seth Godin
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thinking outside the box?
A nice thought provoking little piece from Malcolm Chamberlain
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Training for Fresh expressions and pioneer ministry
It’s an amazing thing to me, and really exciting, to look back 18 years, and see how far pioneer and emerging groups have come in that time. In early 1990 I was one of half a dozen people who started a group in South London - not knowing really what we were doing except that More...
sauce for the goose
AnneDroid tells an amusing story about cooking lunch for a judge with a recipe from the prison…
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forgiveness
I have been reading AnneDroid lately, a prison chaplain who blogs at Get Out Of Jail Free.
There is some great stuff on her site, including this really good post on Forgiveness - in a few short paragraphs she sums up some of the most profound truths about forgiving wrongdoing, what forgiveness is, what it More...
entertainment as religion
"Media consultant Michael Wolfe said recently in the new Yorker, "I really believe entertainment in a lot of ways has become… a replacement for religion; in the same way people used to quote scripture, they’re now quoting Seinfeld."
from The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of More...
at a round table there are no sides…
Alan Wilson, the blogging bishop, posted this poem today, which I haven’t come across before. I like its theme, and the honesty it portrays. All church organisations I have come across (including those that claim to be egalitarian and non-organisational) are prone to people "working their way up the table" – simply because that is More...
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author musician theologian
Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
This title focuses on the importance of understanding who God is - and who he is not. It explores the core Lenten idea of 'giving up', taking it beyond the traditional idea of simply abstaining from something.
This book compares and contrasts the different Gospel narratives of Christ's coming. It is designed specifically for use in 2007, highlighting links to the Church calendar. It is intended for those wanting daily Bible readings for Advent.
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