by Neil Patel on December 7, 2009 Running a business is like riding on a roller coaster. Although it is fun and exciting, there will be times when you’ll be scared and feel powerless. During the bad times there isn’t much you can do, other than to keep on pushing forward. So in that spirit, […]
Not heard these before: 1. What’s your favourite computer-keyboard key? 2. You can make cheese-on-toast by putting it into your toaster, and turning it sideways! And a reminder from T S Eliot’s The Rock: ‘Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the […]
“There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect – G.K. Chesterton “
US is culprit for Copenhagen failure but shifts blame to China GEORGE MONBIOT December 24, 2009 The last time global negotiations collapsed like this was in Doha in 2001. After the trade talks fell apart, the World Trade Organisation assured delegates that there was nothing to fear: they would move to Mexico, where a deal […]
America’s mainstream religious denominations used to teach the faithful that they would be rewarded in the afterlife. But over the past generation, a different strain of Christian faith has proliferated—one that promises to make believers rich in the here and now. Known as the prosperity gospel, and claiming tens of millions of adherents, it fosters […]
The Market as God A few years ago a friend advised me that if I wanted to know what was going on in the real world, I should read the business pages. Although my lifelong interest has been in the study of religion, I am always willing to expand my horizons; so I took the […]
Poorest of the poor ask why Copenhagen failed to listen ANDREW HEWETT December 21, 2009 Shorbanu Khatun of Bangladesh stood out among the thousands of suited negotiators in Copenhagen. Khatun’s husband was killed by a tiger when their land was parched by extended dry seasons and flooded with salt water, forcing him to venture into […]
Dad: How fast does God move? Son: I dunno – about a million miles an hour? Dad: About 3 miles per hour.. He walks with us… “I will walk among you and be your God”. Leviticus 26:12 “walk humbly with your God” Micah 6:8
First Impressions: Home Alone: Not Lost in Jerusalem – Luke 2:21-42 22-12-2009 I used to wonder how they could miss him for the whole day… but seeing Home Alone: Lost in New York, and having two children who, when they were little, could disappear in a moment, I understand! Commentators sometimes note how Jesus appears […]
Some concerns about carols and there appropriateness 🙂 have a blessed and safe Christmas everyone. I partically like the shepherds and 3 kings ones! Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose? And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows. You are advised that under […]