Trafficking

Posted on January 25, 2007
Filed Under church, current affairs, faith | Leave a Comment

I read a very distressing article on CNN’s website today, to do with sex trafficking in Cambodia. I’ve copied the link here, but be pre-warned, you will find it traumatic. This is why campaigns like Stop the Traffik are so important. We’ve got to try and stop this from happening to innocent children. It really breaks my heart. If you have time click on the Stop the Traffik link under Blogroll on this site, and see if you can support them or pass the word around in some way.

No Tags

An Inconvenient Truth

Posted on January 24, 2007
Filed Under environment | Leave a Comment

An Inconvenient TruthWe hired this out on DVD over the weekend. You must watch this. Al Gore has put together a great slide show which gets all of the facts across about global warming. This is something which Christians and the church need to take more seriously, as I don’t think it’s top of our priorities right now. The fact is though, we are here to take care of the world, so we should be doing this. If you prefer reading, a book by the same name has also been released to accompany the DVD.
No Tags

Very Funny!

Posted on January 18, 2007
Filed Under funny | Leave a Comment

An Australian, an Irishman and a Scouser are in a bar. They’re staring
at another man sitting on his own at a table in the corner. He’s
so familiar, and not recognising him is driving them mad. They stare
and stare, until suddenly the Irishman twigs: “My God, it’s Jesus!”
Sure enough, it is Jesus, nursing a pint. Thrilled, they send him over
a pint of Guinness, a pint of Fosters and a pint of bitter. Jesus
accepts the drinks, smiles over at the three men, and drinks the pints
slowly, one after another.
After he’s finished the drinks, Jesus approaches the trio. He reaches
for the hand of the Irishman and shakes it, thanking him for the
Guinness.
When he lets go, the Irishman gives a cry of amazement:
“My God! The arthritis I’ve had for 30 years is gone. It’s a miracle!”
Jesus then shakes the Aussie’s hand, thanking him for the lager. As he
lets go, the man’s eyes widen in shock.
“Strewth mate, the bad back I’ve had all my life is completely gone!
It’s a miracle.”
Jesus then approaches the Scouser who says,
Back off, mate, I’m on disability benefit.”

No Tags

Velvet Elvis

Posted on January 13, 2007
Filed Under church, faith | Leave a Comment

I’ve been reading Rob Bell’s book Velvet Elvis over the past week, I really recommend it. One thing I have really appreciated about the book has been Rob’s sheer honesty. I’m in one of those “struggling with Church” phases again, and have been really wrestling over the past few weeks. Many times I’ve almost posted here, but had to stop myself at the last minute, as I’m not sure what I would have written! God is good and gracious as always and I’ve been working some things out in my head with him. Jonathan and I believe we are called to be different, to help people re-think church. We go against the grain, but this has it’s own issues that come with it. Sometimes it would be so nice to walk away from it all, at times, and this is one of those times, I am literally hanging on to God by my finger nails. Velvet Elvis has been a blessing to me this week - thank you Rob.

No Tags