My new house
Deforestation in Brazil
Turkish toilets
The amount of water and air on earth
Tulips in Holland
This article on the telegraph website leads with the following strapline … Muslims, Jewish and Hindu crime victims could be given the right to request a police officer of their own religion under a scheme being trialled in the Sikh community. Ridiculous? That’s the easy reaction to make to this. How about this? … Black [...]
If you are going to watch a film in the next few months, do not miss Gran Torino. Funny and dramatic, it is also hugely thoughtful. Ideas about race, revenge, friendship, age, “America” to mention a few. Plus, for me, some thought provoking questions about the role of a “Christian” in relating to people. Really [...]
Here’s a video from a video blog where Marcus Borg and John Crossan address the issue of atheism, pointing out that atheism is the rejection of theism, not disbelief in God.
No there aren’t – but could there be? A group of witches have been denied permission to hold their Annual Witches Ball at a Catholic churches social club. You can read an article about it on the Telegraph website here. According to the Telegraph article, the witches’ High Priestess, Sandra Davis says “Does the church [...]
This is great. Some guy has used a Wii remote to create the illusion of 3D, you just have to see it to uderstand.
Here’s a short slides show we used this Sunday to reflect on some of the reactions of people after Jesus was killed on the cross. Sit back, turn up the sound and reflect on how people respond to the crucifixion, then and now…
Apparentely Portugal has been experimenting with decriminalisation for the last five years. The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.. “…. found that in the five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped, while the number [...]
On Easter Sunday, we began our service by splitting into groups of mixed ages and shared events that changed our generation.
There were many varied suggestions:
* World War Two
* Facebook
* Twin Towers attack
* African Famine in 1980′s
