European Champions

What a stressful evening i have just endured BUT we won.........

Champions League Final

I have been quiet about this on the blog because i do not want to scud my team but this is what im doing tonight. The brother in law and stevo will come round and we shall surely shout at the t.v.

My Blog Sucks........

apparently!

Bush coming to Northern Ireland....

The BBC says " US President George W Bush is to visit Northern Ireland next month. The visit follows this month's US investment in Belfast. The details of the presidential visit are still being worked out. However, it is understood that Mr Bush wants to put his seal of approval on devolution." What i would love to know is what that "seal" actually is? Is this a literal "seal" in the style of those old fashioned stamp things that went on mail about 500 years ago? Is it a figure of speech for "good publicity for the goons who are running our country?" If it is about looking good then our politicians have outed themselves as dafter than i thought by inviting this clown to our little land. I guess it is not like he needs an invite to come "visit" your country now does he?

Guitar Heroes part 3

I haven't done one of these for ages & today i was chatting about this guy so here goes..........

I'm not very good at the Bible

This book landed with me today and i have to say i am quite excited by it. I guess its the first person i "kinda" know who has written a book. Though i hadn't actually ever spoke to him until the book was finished so i feel a bit lame for mentioning that now! I love that the first words of the "first" Chapter say "I'm not very good at the Bible." Its a sentence that i can relate to and often you don't get that in the first line of a book. I blogged about it here, you can buy it here and you can read his blog here. So, i am not very good at the Bible and like Dave i am trying to be honest about that and many other things. Perhaps i'll write the sequel for him!

Songs of Praise subtitled.......

You MUST watch this & MUST also not be offended, its just for laughs!



H/T Cherry

Link Love........

I probably won't blog until monday now but thought over the weekend i would leave a rallying cry for some link love! There are some blogs i link to and regularly read who do not link to me, i am not bitter, honest! Anyway, who wants some link love?
Do you visit here and as far as you are aware i do not know about your blog?
If so please say hi, introduce yourself and lets link to each other?

Thanks for all the links i already enjoy :)

Books may Kill me.........

Ok Books might not actually kill me but i constantly struggle to juggle all the books that i am reading at any given time. I start a book, i mention it on the blog and i say that i will come back to it in more detail and then i do not! Sometimes this is because i don't finish reading the book, sometimes it is because i hated it and have major criticisms and do not want to run into trouble by saying that a particular book is crap. The reasons are endless but as you may know i sometimes mention my like or dislike, briefly and as far as i can manage, politely. I might have to admit that part of my reading tactics come from my "restless" nature as mentioned here, i do not settle well! The book pictured is where i am dabbling right now. Go to their website here and buy it here. There is much 'conversation' about this book, the topic of this book etc etc on the web, if you are interested just type 'emergent' into google. I have to say though, so far, in my experience the folks of this little land are largely ignorant of the 'movement.' I see people my age and younger who are aware of the authors, pastors and speakers who represent 'emergent' thinking, they might even embrace some of the thinking but that, i think is it! I have spoken to a few folks who are heavily involved in 'ministry' of one kind or another and their ignorance of the 'church' and its direction outside of their backyard is quite frightening. I sometimes see that as a 'Northern Ireland thing' but i think i am being harsh there! So, yesterday i was told that i read very widely. This is true, i don't always process the information as well as i should though. If i did, then perhaps i could review a book properly and actually do it credit on the blog but i am slowly realizing it is not a strength of mine. In this area i am not capable

"Not many of you should become teachers" just doesn't mean a speaking teacher who stands up in front of a crowd and preaches/teaches. With that i will endeavor not to promise you a book review as it is likely i will not produce the goods! If i did try, then books might just kill me!

Robert Dunlop..........

Motorcyclist Robert Dunlop has died at the age of 47 after suffering severe chest injuries in a crash in Thursday's practice session at the North West 200. Another Northern Ireland rider, Darren Burns, suffered a suspected broken leg and concussion in the accident, but is said to be stable in hospital. The accident happened in the 250cc qualifying session in County Antrim. Dunlop's brother Joey, a legendary figure in British motorcycle circles, died while racing in Estonia in 2000. "Robert was one of our greatest sportsmen and will be sadly missed."

"Aren't I something! Look at me!"

"we (and I include myself in all of these things) must avoid a triumphalistic attitude. It is good to gather in the name of the Lord Jesus and to give him praise, but as fallen creatures who are imperfectly sanctified it is so easy for our praise of Jesus to morph into praise for our group and then for us to feel superior to others who do not see what we see."

This is a snippet from this article that is well worth a read. The Title "young, restless & reformed" caught my eye even though i struggle with "reformed" as a definition/term for what we are or more importantly, what i am. I guess restless is the word in that phrase that is closest to what i am!!

H/T Simon

Young me vs Now me.........

Ok, i didn't recreate the pose in the old picture so i guess this rather lame BUT what the heck, i like the contrast........



See better ones here
H/T Los