Dear Joey Barton…
Yesterday, you, Joey Barton, tweeted this comment (which was followed by a barrage of criticism). It really annoys me when footballers start praying on the pitch. Why would a God, […]
Category Archives: identity
My top posts of the year.
At the end of another year, it’s time for another review. According to the wordpress software, This blog had 18000 hits in 2012. Top hits continue to be older posts […]
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
Imagine the human race starting again on another planet, from two people, in a very different world. Dark Eden is about exactly that. Two people, Tommy and Angela, were stranded […]
Donald Miller on love
Earthly love, I mean the stuff I was trying to get by sounding smart, is temporal and slight so that it has to be given again and again in order […]
Who are your role models and where do they lead you?
I don’t usually like rap, but I’m really impressed with this guy. He came to realise he was following the wrong role models and ending up just like them. His […]
Two thoughts on conversion.
From Scot McKnight: for some, conversion is like a birth certificate whilst for others it is like a driver’s license. For the first, the ultimate question is “what do I […]
A personal reflection on the novel ‘Jubilee’, by Shelly Harris
Another novel picked for our book club, and this one is the best so far. Jubilee, a first novel by British/South African author Shelly Harris, is the story of two photographs. […]
How to ruin your marriage on TV: The moment of truth
What does it mean to be good? I’m look at that question in a sermon this weekend and I came across this video from a gameshow about four years ago. […]
Is Disney’s Cars discriminatory?
It’s Five minute Friday again! GO: In our household we have a two-and-a-half year-old. He likes cars. Any sort of vehicle in fact, so long as it has wheels. And, […]
Are some things more important to us than God?
Tim Keller has challenged me this morning with the final chapter of his book, Counterfeit Gods. He asserts that all of us have idols, and the task of being a […]
