This isn't the usual message for a Christian blog. Aren't Christians meant to be always cheerful and joyful, no matter what?
A recent article in the UK magazine Woman led with this intriguing headline:
Why being grumpy is GOOD FOR YOU!
Bear in mind that "grumpy" means different things to different ...
This is a post I wrote back in 2013.
According to a 2013 report on the BBC's website, a study of families in the USA and in China suggests that most parents tell lies to their children in a bid to influence their children's behaviour for the better.
The study, published in the International Journal of Psychology, examined the use of ...
I love baptismal services.
In my church tradition we practice believers' baptism by full immersion in water. And every time someone gets baptised, it is a red-letter occasion!
And so it should be. It means someone has died to self and risen to new life in Jesus. Another person has been transferred from the ...
A recent article in the Canadian magazine Faith Today, looks at the life-cycle of worship songs.
(People in the UK can read this magazine for free on tablets using the PressReader app.)
A new study suggests that they're sung today and gone tomorrow
They ...
Articles in the last fortnight in the Daily Telegraph and in The Times have loudly proclaimed the virtues of drinking freshly ground coffee.
Joe Pinkstone, the Science Correspondent of the Telegraph led with
Three cups of ground coffee a day could keep the doctor away
The headline in The Times was
Splash ...
This is a post that I managed to rescue from my old Wordpress website before it got destroyed by malicious code. It was originally published in 2014 so I have updated some of it to reflect my changing views. I hope you enjoy it.
Six months ago I saved an article by Sam Leith in The Times entitled, What ...
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