Entries from November 2008
For the Clean look
November 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
There is a whole sub-culture around typography out there, lurking in art schools and design houses, but for the likes of you and me and our little design projects the best we can hope for is borrowing a few free fonts for our little outings into the world of design in the form of a [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · Technology
Burning Bush
November 14th, 2008 · Comments Off
"The entire cosmos is one vast burning bush, permeated by the fire of the divine power and glory"Kallistos Ware, Through the Creation to the Creator. London: Friends of the Cantre, 1997, p. 9. Quoted in C. Southgate, The Groaning of Creation. Kentucky: WJKP, 2008, p. 113. HT: Theological Scribbles
Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts
Our value on Priests and Doctors
November 13th, 2008 · Comments Off
In a piece by Stanley Hauerwas, he uses one of his excellent anecdotes to illustrate the divide between medicine and religion. Interestingly enough the experience of the seminary student is exactly what I regret about how I approached my Theology degree, the consumerist influence in education stifles it, in retrospect I wish someone had told [...]
Tags: Christian Living · My Life · Theology Thoughts
21st Century Missions – Trevin Wax
November 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
To continue our 21st Century Missions series, Trevin Wax who blogs over at Kingdom People has been good enough to write the fourth response in the series that has dealt with the approach to finance in mission. You can find the rest of the posts from the series so far here. I asked Trevin to [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Theology Thoughts
The Real Cause of the current Financial Crisis
November 11th, 2008 · Comments Off
John Armstrong: "Who caused the financial panic of the last few weeks? Republicans blame Fannie and Freddie. Bill O’Reilly nightly gets angry at the greedy Wall Street CEOs and corrupt congressmen. Democrats blame President Bush and the run-away free market. Republicans blame the Cintonites for creating massive entitlements and starting this mess. Democrats believe [...]
I said this before Bono but nevermind
November 10th, 2008 · Comments Off
I said this as soon as both the UK and US government discovered some spare change with which to bail out private institutions whilst neglecting their aid promises. It doesn’t really matter who said it, I’m glad at least that someone with a louder voice (if not a a worse dress sense) has said something [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Justice · The World
We want people who know how to express authentic need
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
"Every Sunday we had Eucharist, prayers from the congregation, and a noon meal for the neighborhood. When the usual congregation would pray, we would pray for the hungry in Ethiopia and for an end to the war in the Near East, and so on. Well, this bag lady started coming to church and she would [...]
Tags: Theology Thoughts
Off to Kona for 2 Weeks
November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This weekend Rachel and I are travelling to Kona for my great friend John and his lovely fiance Jenni’s wedding. We are very excited to be there and return the favour of being a best man that John did me only a month ago. Though we are not so much enthralled by the prospect of [...]
A Death in a Youth Group
November 4th, 2008 · Comments Off
Rachel and I, along with some family and friends worked for a Church here in Scotland for a couple of years, being involved with youth and community work, over that time we got to know most of the kids in the small village in which we lived, a select few we got to know very [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · My Life · Theology Thoughts
Back Online
November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Many Thanks to Brad and the team at Theobloggers who have managed to save the blog from almost certain disaster as it had been hacked over the last few days. We are now back online.
Tags: Blogging
