The Ponderings of a Meandering Minister…
I just had my first ever virtual worship experience, and it was good! St. Pixels is an online church that has LIVE worship at various times every day. I attended today’s 2.30pm worship and I have to say it’s an interesting and helpful change to listening to podcasts or even viewing videos of worship. I … Read moreSt. Pixels
Sometimes Entertainment ‘News’ is interesting – I like to hear about the making of new movies, for instance. But it’s definitely plumbing the depths when a story like this is highlighted as one of the top five headlines of the day. To save you from reading it, I’ve summarised the story as follows: “Star falls … Read moreNews?
How does this bloke know me so well?! With thanks to soapbox for bringing this to my attention 🙂 Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Brian Heasley has found an interesting poem on the call of leadership, the call of being Church. You can read it here. It adds to something I read yesterday from UCB’s Word for Today – which can go for months without inspiring me and then there seem to be weeks where every day is appropriate, … Read moreRecklessness
Ah, the joys of Lent! If you’re anything like me, the willpower is starting to wane, and the things I’m fasting are proving very attractive! I read this in UCB’s Word for Today the other day: If you’re serious about building strong character, set higher standards for yourself and refuse to lower them. Need a … Read moreDenying myself
I was reminded of the verses from Philippians 4 again this morning – Rejoice in the Lord (which was pretty much my life motto when I was in school) and a few verses later, the promise of the Peace of God that passes all understanding. Seems to me like we all need a bit of … Read moreThe Peace of God
I just read about a 15-year-old girl who’s going to go to jail for recording an attack on a man on her mobile phone. The man later died from his injuries. “The message is this: if you stand by and watch your friends committing brutal crimes and video their acts for yours or for others’ … Read moreHappy Slapper?
Back from another fantastic Autumn Soul! Young people encountering God, encouraged to pray, to serve, to love. All good. The speaker, Paul Flavel, was listening to God. He hit a lot of targets, real things that real teenagers are going through. One of his comments caught my attention – about going back to school and … Read moreProud to be a Jesus-loving loser-head
I had the privilege of hearing Anthony Brown sing today in College – a fine voice, a fine man. He sang “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen”; a song I first randomly encountered in a parody of Star Wars, the name of which I can’t quite remember at the moment! But there’s something about the … Read moreNobody knows
This blog is entitled, “Random thoughts from the Edge”… and so here is a random thought that occurred to me yesterday. We often hear about ‘new wine’ – there’s a festival named New Wine, I think there’s a network of churches connected to it. The background is something Jesus said when asked about why his … Read moreOld Patches