Category Archives: Faith

Elderly

It’s funny how numbers fall into sequences if you look hard enough. This year, for instance, it will be 25 years since I became a Christian, 20 years since I started working with Steve Bedford, and 15 years since I … Continue reading

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Getting ready to move

In 3 days time, we’re moving house. We’re upsizing to a nice 3 bed end-terrace house in Knightswood. But it’s a huge move for a couple of reasons: 1. I’ve lived in Glasgow for 14 years now. This is the … Continue reading

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Code Release!

It’s been a while since I released any code into the public realm. Until today \o/ Sadly, the code is probably not something that many people are interested in, but I was interested and that’s enough for me Whetstone is … Continue reading

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Two blogs

Back in May I asked the question as to whether or not I should have two blogs, my existing Jedimoose blog (which you’re reading now) and an additional blog to cover the new work that Heather and I were beginning … Continue reading

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The Great Lent Challenge: “Results”

Wow – this is quite late. Here are some basic results, although, as has been pointed out many times, this is far from statistically accurate or in any way a valid experiment. There were only 7 completed responses to the … Continue reading

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Jesus vs Puppy

Too funny. mrBen

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GLC Survey

Well – Lent is over, and so it’s time for the Great Lent Challenge Survey. If you took part, head on over to the survey to fill out your responses. Any problems or questions, please don’t hesitate to mail me … Continue reading

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Discuss

Joss Whedon receives the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism at Harvard University’s Memorial Church: “Faith is something we have to embrace. Faith in God mean believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing … Continue reading

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Church Website

Well, after 2 years of blood, sweat and tears, the new church website launched on Friday. It’s not ready, it’s not finished, but it is live. My friend Innes put a huge amount of effort into designing the site – … Continue reading

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Answering some GLC questions

I’ve had a couple of questions asked since I initiated the Great Lent Challenge – I hesitate to call them “Frequently Asked Questions” because they weren’t exactly flowing think and fast, but here we go with some answers: What are … Continue reading

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Chronicles of Narnia

Inspired by a recent rewatch (or, infact, 3 watches between Christmas and now) of the Prince Caspian DVD, I decided it was time to reread the full Chronicles of Narnia. I picked up this set from an Amazon trader for … Continue reading

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The Great Lent Challenge

OK – so I’m a few days late getting this posted, as Lent started on Wednesday, so I apologise. A couple of years ago for Lent I committed myself to posted on a daily basis. This year, I want to … Continue reading

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New Bible Magazine

Looks like it might be relatively interesting. Plus, if I post the below link, I might win stuff…. mrBen

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A 6 Month Retrospective

I reckoned it was about time to write a decent retrospective of the last 6 months in the life of mrBen. It’s been an extremely hectic and tumultuous time, but, as these things tend to be, quite important. I’ll try … Continue reading

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Bizarre Apology

I was really struck by this video of Penn Jillette that was linked to on a site I read yesterday: The whole thing is interesting, but the bit that caught my eye (or ear, rather) was when Penn, as a … Continue reading

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Projects that didn’t really get finished last year

Last year, I posted a list of projects I wanted to complete in 2008. How did it go? Well….. not brilliantly: MythTV – box didn’t get touched, let alone back up and running, although it did see use at Camp … Continue reading

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Catchup

Wow, it’s been a long time since I posted. And there’s _loads_ of things I could say, but I’ll make do with a few catch ups: New phone – got myself a Nokia 6500 Slide phone on a contract from … Continue reading

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Tim Keller speaking at Google

(culled from The Resurgence) A truly fascinating video (particularly the Q&A session at the end) of Tim Keller, a Christian author and apologist, speaking at the Google campus, as part of their Authors@Google series. He’s talking a bit about his … Continue reading

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Classic Yak Episode 1

Classic Yak Episode 1 (“Things to Sing in Lakeland When You’re Dead”) is now available! You can download it direct from ClassicYak.org or listen from the streaming media player. You can subscribe using your podcasting software from one of the … Continue reading

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Back from Hols

OK – I’m back from a week away at my parents, and I have 2 big things I want to talk about. The announcement of the end of LugRadio could, I guess, be rolled up in this post, but I … Continue reading

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