The Ponderings of a Meandering Minister…
Lots of people have done this, and I think it’s amazing what comes up! If you’d like to give it a go, here are the rules:Follow instructions exactly: 1 – Go to wikipedia Hit “random… Read more” (NB – I couldn’t find this so I just clicked ‘Random article’)The first random wikipedia article you get … Read moreAlbum Cover
In a sense, I’m at a loss for words. It breaks me to write my first ‘noticing’ of self-denial regarding the people killed in Northern Ireland in the last three days. It seems that the off-duty army personnel threw themselves in front of bullets to protect the pizza delivery men, hours before they were due … Read moreNo Going Back
I just read that Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife was killed in a car accident yesterday. After all that the people of Zimbabwe have suffered in recent years, this is one more tragedy. There are no indications at the moment of foul play, although my understanding is that assassination by truck has happened in … Read moreWhat more must Zimbabwe suffer?
It’s Ash Wednesday and so Lent begins. This year, rather than ‘giving up’ something (which is admirable but alas in the past hasn’t made me any more like Jesus, it’s just saved me some money due to decreased chocolate consumption), I want to travel down the path of self-denial. If there’s anything the human race … Read moreThe Path of Self-Denial
Well, twenty anyway – according to Wordle, this is how Random Moos can be portrayed in 20 words…
The X Factor final has just reached its conclusion for another year, and a star is born… Well done Alexandra! But the star over the next week will be the single that Simon Cowell wants you to buy to make it number one – Hallelujah, originally by Jeff Buckley [note: oops, just discovered it’s a … Read moreHallelujah
Gordon Brown made a mistake during Prime Minister’s Questions today. And David Cameron made as much out of it as possible. See what I’m talking about here. It caught my attention to the point where I sent an e-mail to David Cameron. Here it is: Dear Mr. Cameron, While the Prime Minister today made a … Read moreSlip of the Tongue
I was just driving Timothy home from the last night of our town-wide Alpha Course finale. He’d had a great time running around at the back of the room but was gradually becoming just a little tooo distracting 🙂 As we started to pull out of the car park he said (in his best almost-two … Read moreTwo-Year-Old Nativity
I’ve been inspired by these folks (via David’s blog – see right) to be attentive to the notes of Grace displayed throughout Creation during this Advent season. So let’s begin – on my way home tonight I heard Coldplay’s new single. The first verse is: Just because I’m losingDoesn’t mean I’m lost;Doesn’t mean I’ll stop;Doesn’t … Read moreNoticing the Grace
A rather boring message, but I had gathered from a few friends that the feed for this blog wasn’t working – they thought the last time I had posted was several months ago. Turns out, I moved to ‘Feedburner’ but didn’t type in the address correctly in Settings for anyone using the previous feed address. … Read moreFeed