The Ponderings of a Meandering Minister…
Saturday 16 August saw the heaviest downpour of rain in the whole of Northern Ireland for quite a while. Newcastle was particularly badly hit, around eighty people had to be evacuated overnight as floodwaters rose and entered their homes. The road outside our development pretty much disappeared: It is a surreal experience to see a … Read moreFlood
Or at least of De Vinity? It’s been a while since I last blogged, apologies for that, broadband took a while to get sorted once we moved. But now we have moved to the seaside, and very nice it is too. More on that another time, but I wanted to share about graduating at the … Read moreMaster of De Universe
Thirteen years ago I felt a call to be a Methodist minister (if you discount the many times before that when my grannies told me it was going to happen). Yesterday it actually happened! I have the bible to prove it 🙂 To those of you who are not ministers, it may disappoint you somewhat … Read moreI Guess I’m a Minister Now
We’re about half-way through the three weeks of 24-7prayer in Belfast City Centre, thought you might like to know about it if you hadn’t heard of it yet! You can drop in anytime from 9am to 10pm, the room is beside Eason’s on Donegall Place.
“I want to see the sunshine after the rainI want to see bluebirds flying over the mountains againOh, where is the silver lining shining at the rainbow’s end?” The words of this song were important to me over ten years ago, in a dance track (not the original) as I revised for a resit in … Read moreBluebirds
Just in case you haven’t encountered it before, I thought I’d mention the Hunger Site. Visit the website, click on the ‘click here to give’ button, and you’ve donated food to hungry people! No purchase necessary, it’s all funded by the advertisers on the following page. You can click the button once a day (successive … Read moreThe Hunger Site
I was just reading about the tragic death of Mark Speight. And simply wanted to say that if your world is falling apart or you feel like a part of you has died, please know that somebody loves you. Somebody cares for you and wants you to live. There’s a wee song by Ian White … Read moreSomebody loves you
Often we receive things as gifts and we say thank you immediately. But it is only with use or enjoyment of that gift that true thankfulness arises. 1 Thess 5:18 instructs us to give thanks in all circumstances… So I’m starting a new label on this blog, to record my thanks for things given (including … Read moreThanks
Every day my iGoogle page gives me a quote of the day. Today’s quote struck me, and I’m trying to work out why… I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry … Read moreEscalator
I welcome your thoughts on this image… From ASBO Jesus.