taking photos not a crime
It seems that the authorities think that photographers are terrorists now. The BBC has highlighted a growing number of people being stopped by police for nothing more than taking pictures of buildings or in stations. The Met even have a poster campaign going. Who’s next? Shoppers? Drivers? Seriously, if someone wants to take a photo Read More …
The National Gathering
cww-2008-flyer-a5-web The National Gathering is on 3-4 May 2008 at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston near Edinburgh is in less than 3 weeks from now! The National Gathering will be one of the most encouraging, stimulating and memorable events for the whole church in Scotland in a generation or more. There will be huge celebrations Read More …
for anyone writing an essay
RefWorks is genius. It helps you collate all those searches in databases for journal articles and papers and puts them into a bibliography that you can download!!! Why have I just found out about this!!!
Things re-discovered
I’ve has a busy weekend and in between preaching at Dunfermline (thanks for the tie!) and visiting parents (thanks for a lovely meal!) I rediscovered some things forgotten. I watched the Masters Golf. I’m not sure I’ve watched it so much as I did this year for ages. For me the Masters seems to hold Read More …
if you don’t like the weather…
… just wait for a few minutes. The view from the window last night The view from the window this morning Nice eh! It snowed today. Lots. I was preaching at Black Mount church for my dad and the drive was terrible. Snow all the way. It looked like this when I was leaving: And Read More …
seeing the stranger
Church can be an odd place, full of odd people. What sometimes makes it odder is that these odd people think that other people are odd. Despite Jesus’ ‘great commandment’ to love each other as He loved us we shy away from strangers, we are fearful of difference and we gravitate towards people who are Read More …