Category Archives: Faith

More Jerry Springer

The blogosphere is hotting up in the wake of the Jerry Springer – The Opera "scandal" — mostly free-speech advocates equating Christian=Right Wing Nutjob and not-outraged Christians actually looking beyond the swearing and so-called blasphemy to the message that was … Continue reading

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To my fellow Christians

Hey, y’all. By trying to get the BBC transmission of Jerry Springer: The Opera stopped, you’ve done the following: Given the show far more publicity than it previously had, or arguably deserved. There are people who didn’t know about the … Continue reading

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100 Percent Orthodox Quaker

Keith (colleague) pointed me in the direction of BeliefNet, and their Belief-O-Matic questionnaire. Belief-O-Matic asks a series of questions, and then determines your compatibility with various belief systems. I am 100% Orthodox Quaker, apparently.

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Downtrodden Christ

Downtrodden Christ, to you we pray who at the third hour of the day were led away and nailed up high in naked shame beneath the sky: Show through the pain that scars your face the love of God, and … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Sermonising

There’s an interesting discussion (well, lots of interesting discussions, actually) going on over at cre8d, particularly about sermons: cre8d : journal.

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Miracle

Dear Dad & Mom, Thanks for praying for my son Joshua NIYONZIMA, please receive a photo of Joshua that was taken at hospital just one day before we left the hospital on February 7, 2003. Thanks for your wonderful support … Continue reading

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Paper Mountain

I’ve just cleared out my inbox (my real – paper – one, that is) and I found a leaflet about World Vision’s 24-hour Famine, which was happening yesterday and today. We would have got our church youth group involved, had … Continue reading

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