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Category Archives: Faith
Angel Wars: Guardian Force
This is a Christian kids Manga-esque animated thing. I managed the first ten minutes before it got switched off. BigAl
Salvation is dependent on your 10%
Having had a chat today with someone (who shall remain nameless to save his embarrassment) about tithing. That is, the giving of a tithe at church. Now, without getting too bogged down in theology (and to generalise), tithing is the … Continue reading
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Why Men Hate Going To Church
(Available on Amazon. I discovered this book pretty much “by accident”. A conversation with a friend had led to looking on the internet at some of the different programs available in the UK and the US for men, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Comics, Faith, mrBen
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Back home
I’m back from Mozambique, and there’s a whole lot of stuff to tell, but to start with I thought I would set up a flickr account for all the photos that Gary, Alan and I took while we were out … Continue reading
Away for a bit
Well – I fly out to Mozambique tomorrow – very excited, and a little bit scared too. I’m taking a digital camera and a video camera, so there’ll be lots of evidence. Plus I think I’m going to invest in … Continue reading
Mozambique Update
Just a bit of a progress report on this: Tickets are bought Visas are in progress, and should hopefully be back this week Travel insurance, including emergency medial cover, has been purchased All our injections are done, and anti-malaria tablets … Continue reading
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Blogging is ‘Un-Christian’
Apparently this here website is un-Christian behaviour. Sometimes I’m amazed at the sheer stupidity of some of the statements put out by churches. Even more, I am consistently angered about the continual confusion within organised religious groups between medium and … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Internet, mrBen
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Viral marketting from Alpha
I was quite surprised when I saw that the Alpha Course Website had been running a competition for viral ads. How very, well, ‘modern’ and intarweb of them. Here’s the winning entry mrBen
Currently Listening To…..
OK – I confess that I generally dislike the trend for posting whatever you happen to be listening to on your blog posts, mainly because the fact that you are listening to it doesn’t actually guarantee that even _you_ like … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Internet, mrBen, Music
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Mislaid goes online
Well – I’ve uploaded the 6 episodes of Mislaid on to the website – having watched some of it at camp, I’m ashamed of the audio quality, and some of the writing leaves a lot to be desired. But from … Continue reading
Jesus WEPed
According to my twisted brain upon hearing this verse (shortest verse in the Bible and all that) Jesus used Wireless Encryption Protocol. I need to get out more. mrBen
Posted in Computing, Faith, mrBen
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Back from camp
Well – I’m back from another exciting week at a Scripture Union Scotland camp at Lendrick Muir. I will probably write a few more reflections on both the personal/spiritual challenges from the week, and also the technical challenges, over the … Continue reading
Lent 45: Things that stick
I don’t know about you, but, while I’m in some ways a massively habitual person, I also have a tendency to float between different things in life – ‘fads’ as it were. My parents vividly remember the period of time … Continue reading
Lent 19: Eclectic Day
Sunday’s is always a bit busy, but today has felt very varied. Church in the morning was busy as normal, plus we had to grab the PA from the church office, which always takes ages. This afternoon I’ve done a … Continue reading
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Lent 5: Getting there
Well – we’re 5 days in and still going. Looks like BigAl is matching me post-for-post too. I’m not sure that the ‘Moose has ever seen this much content! Hopefully we’ll keep up the quality along with the quantity. Given … Continue reading
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Taking it too Phar(isee)
Apologies in advance for all the geeks that frequent my blog – this is not my normal bundle of techieness, but I like to have a place where I can record other stuff that I write, and I’m about to … Continue reading
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Some thoughts.
Mitch asked me to put something together for a section in the new church website, which is due out soon. So I put together this: Reimagining Community Ever read those articles which start by stating a question, and then, in … Continue reading
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Spacehoppers: Bah, I’ll get those pesky kids…
AAARRRGGHH!!! Those bloody kids… Ah. Must remain calm. Take deep breaths and I’ll be fine. Eventually. Another quality evening of Spacehoppers is over (when I say evening I mean 1 hour, I think an entire evening would push my already … Continue reading
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Spacehoppers – 08/02/05
Oh, it was a challenge last night. The kids were marginally better behaved than last week but it was still difficult. Yours truly was teaching “Jesus cares about us” telling the introduction of Matthew. By the end of the story … Continue reading
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A Year in Retrospect
As promised, and in keeping with most of the blogging world, here is a look back at the year that was, and a few predictions for the coming year. Looking Back Its been an interesting year hardware-wise for me. I … Continue reading