Bill Kotsopoulos, whom I’ve never met, has started a blog. Welcome to the blogosphere, Bill! (via Rachel)
Monthly Archives: March 2003
Fightback 2: The Revenge
For the second week in a row, Saints fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2. The Ginger Ninja said that we deserve more credit – people have been saying that we got out of jail
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What’s happening to the second-best defence in the league? We’re leaking goals at the moment.
Villans
Today Southampton take on Aston Villa. Mark Lawrenson said it would be a draw but, as we have more to play for, I hope we can nick a win. I don’t trust Lawro’s predictions anyway, but I’m glad he didn’t predict a home win – that’s normally a sure-fire way to put the kiss of death on us and produce an away win!
Travel with a difference
Our friend James Burton works for Gap Sports Abroad, an organisation who offer the opportunity to combine the universal language of sport with the chance to travel to unique and exciting locations. GSA aims to assist sports development in third-world communities by placing highly motivated and enthusiastic volunteers into coaching positions in sports academies and local clubs in poor and underdeveloped regions.
bq(http://www.gapyear.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=146).
Football, football, football! – did that grab your attention? Well if it did then you may be interested in getting involved with a football coaching placement on your gapyear. Gap Sports Abroad (GSA) have opportunities for you to go to Ghana and work within some of West Africa’s most prestigious football academies.
Read more of the article here: gapyear.com
So here we are
War commenced overnight. What sickens me, and perhaps because I am as guilty of being sucked in as anyone else, is the swift descent into War As Entertainment, served up as a really real reality TV extravaganza. Wall-to-wall coverage, 24/7, every channel going. No sooner had the diplomatic options come to an end had the BBC News web site been plastered with a ‘Countdown To War’ banner. At least they didn’t have a ticking clock, counting down to 1am GMT, 20th March 2003.
I just pray that casualties (whether military or civilian, US et al or Iraqi) are minimal, that the Iraqi people obtain freedom and democracy, and that this isn’t the start of the New Imperialism, an extension of Pax Americana.
How soon before Britain becomes the 52nd State?
Sadness
I’ve just learned of the death, from meningitis, of Philip Bell, the son of Arkle and Sheila Bell. Arkle used to be one of the Lecturers on Kathy’s course, and Phil used to be in my youth group when I was a young leader at Counterslip Baptist Church in Bristol. He must have been only 23 or 24. Life is so fleeting sometimes – it’s especially hard to take when it’s someone so young and when their death is no fault of their own.
Peace, Phil. Condolences to the Bell family.
Good Friday Art Meditation
The Stations of the Cross are a series of meditations based on the final journey of Jesus from his sentencing by Pilate to his burial. The original stations are in Jerusalem on the Via Dolorosa, the road along which Jesus carried his cross. The stations normally consist of 14 pictures although in Cookham we plan to use 9 stations.
Testing trackbacks
Sermonising
There’s an interesting discussion (well, lots of interesting discussions, actually) going on over at cre8d, particularly about sermons: cre8d : journal.
A Good Day
Reasons to be cheerful
- We put on a Fairtrade lunch at church yesterday. It all went very well.
- My brother, Nick, will be moving into a new job at Reuters, where he works already.
- My nephew, Mark, has got his first record contract, aged 16!
- Spring is coming!