I apologise for rehashing an old post this week. I feel busy. But today is the first Friday in March, and therefore the World Day of Prayer service. It wasn't of course in person in Beeston Methodist Church, but held by zoom, with downloaded music. The concept...
Recently, our church was encouraged to read a book called “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry”, subtitled “How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.” So much of it I found intensely annoying, and yet it is a useful book....
[Apologies for this post being a day late.] Well, how are things going? There are three things to say: The Ragaris Fortnight sold 18 books (up to the end of October): 10 paperback volumes that I sold in person, and 8 online, 7 of the 8 Kindle. Hopefully...
Next month a man named Richard Sharp (not the character written by Bernard Cornwell and played by Sean Bean) takes over as Chairman of the BBC’s Board of Governors. Paragraph 20(2) of the Corporation’s Charter says: In accordance with article 3 (independence of the BBC), each member...
I have been thinking lately about repentance. It has surprised me considerably that during this last year’s seemingly endless stream of new horrors, there have been few calls – to my knowledge – for us all to repent to save ourselves from divine wrath, even from...
You know when you’ve read a book, and you really want to tell people about it? This blog does claim to be “booky,” and so as the year staggers to its end, I thought I’d ponder and discuss what I’ve been reading in 2020 (not necessarily...