Category: writing

I have always liked that line. It’s from one of my favourite songs of Dylans off one of my favourite albums. I remember as a youth that it was the tag line to one of those athena posters that used to be everywhere, this one had an image of a dandelion. It came to mind… Continue reading He not busy being born is busy dying

I have a problem with God. Or rather I have a problem with some of our notions of God. Take the whole parent non-intervention malarky. I am a parent and there are times when it is a good idea to let your children try something and potentially fail at it. It would be a fairly… Continue reading With God on Our Side

pretty soon the only people that will be arsed enough with all the hassles of doing voluntary childrens work will be the paedophiles. Little Johnny: Mummy can I go and play at Little Harry’s house after school? LJ’s Mummy:  of course you can Johnny. LJ’s Mummy: Ah Little Harry’s mummy, my little Johnny wants to… Continue reading lunatics and asylums

Clash officianados will recognise the title of today’s blog entry It is a slight departure from my normal subject matter but it is something that is angering me a little. Did you know that it is national identity fraud prevention week this week? You should, it has been all over the press this morning. It… Continue reading what’s my name?

You don’t need to be Gordon Brown to know that the title today is from the Arctic Monkeys CD. You may wonder why I have used it… a blatant attempt to capture a few unsuspecting monkey’s fans who stumble upon my blog when looking for articles on their heroes, perhaps? If that is you then… Continue reading Whatever people say I am that’s what I’m not

When I was a teenager there was a poster in the room at church where we met on a Sunday monring. The poster depicted some hapless soul (you and me) in front of a stern looking judge (God?). The caption read something like ‘if you were arrested for being a christian, how much evidence would… Continue reading innocent until proven guilty

We had someone from BC in LC yesterday. Interestingly his comment on his experience was that he probably wouldn’t come back because he felt that it would have been different had he not been there and that he had somehow changed it. I could have gone to virtually any traditional service yesterday and, assuming I… Continue reading Definition still emerging

This last sunday was one of our spare holidays at BCLC (remember that from earlier posts?…) so it was a good chance to get out of the building and do something a little different. So we did. We went to the park, Alexander Park in Edgeley to be precise. I don’t know if you know… Continue reading back to basics

Today’s title has nothing to do with what I am going to write about but anytime you can get Dylan into one’s blog has got to be worth going for. I am qute a Dylan fan, I use the term fan in the more modern sense in that I like his music (well some of… Continue reading Don’t follow leaders and watch your parking meters