One of the things that I have done with my sabbatical time is re-read the six Starbridge novels of Susan Howatch . I first read them in 1994, and I am sure they played a large part in driving my unconscious towards realising my vocation . They have been..
Topics: autobiography, ministry, spirituality

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Quite fun, but not a patch on Bioshock . It might have been better if I'd explored the multi-player aspects but life is too short! 3/5 Now that I'm rediscovering the joy of playing and being silly, I can start to see a PS3 on the horizon (on...
Topics: video games

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Jeremiah is the prophet for our times - he is the one who warned Judah that having the Temple wouldn't save them from the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, and that the people of Israel had to return to the living God. We don't have a literal army...
Topics: crisis, theology

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Back from a great cell group retreat and find that I've been tagged by Sally and Banksy to "Summarise the Bible in five statements, the first one word long, the second two, the third three, the fourth four and the last five words long. Or...
Topics: bible, meme

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Word count: 46786. Which means that I have finished a first draft (still aiming for about 60000 at the end). Now off to Pleshey for a few days to see some friends .
Topics: TBTM

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