Category: Life
good and evil
I’m reading The Shack at the moment, mostly because a number of people have asked me if I’ve read it so I gave in to peer pressure! There is an interesting thought about good and evil that doesn’t give away anything of the plot so you can read on in safety. The discussion centers around a Read More …
It’s the rules
I try not to rant on my blog but today I encountered a brilliant piece of ‘jobworth’ attitude that I wanted to share. I took the kids swimming this afternoon at our local pool. At 3pm swimming lessons start and the deep end of the pool gets raised so the depth is 0.4M so little Read More …
Gordon Brown at TED
I’d like to hear Gordon Brown speak like this more often. The biggest criticism of him is that he doesn’t communicate well and that he has no vision. If this is anything to go by then he has plenty vision and his communication skills aren’t bad either. But then foreign policy doesn’t seem to win Read More …
Making The Point at GoMA
I was in Glasgow today catching up with Thomas and on the way back I passed Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA). There was a news article the other night about their sh[OUT] exhibition, this year’s social justice exhibition. This year the topic is lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender life with a particular emphasis Read More …
Corridor
This is my favourite photo from our trip. It’s not of anything special, just the corridor we lived in at Beit Gemal. But it sums up our trip for me… that there is light at the end of a dark tunnel. That the kids we worked with really are Hope in and for their community.
Holy Land – Final Days
The camp we were working at in the Holy Land ended with a moving time of worship and sharing followed by an hilarious talent show, mostly sending up the staff! I realise that I haven’t written much about the camp. I don’t want you to think that’s because it wasn’t great, it was. The young Read More …