Away again for a few days

Well is that time again to attend another conference in St Andrews, the Home of Golf! Hoping for a fruitful time with colleagues. See you after!

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Blasphemous frog

A number of reports in the news today say that the Pope is been angered by this rather large (lifeless) amphibian.
Does this sculpture anger you too? It reminds me of Life of Brian (I still need to sit down and watch all of it [we bought it for my father in law's Christmas a few [...]

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A few more photos of Miheleu Baptist Church

Here are some more photographs of Miheleu Baptist Church. The older ones were taken in 1970-1 (ish), and the newer ones in August 2007.
Miheleu Baptist Church
I admit I am not the best photographer and I lack the ‘high- speck’ equipment.

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Read ‘Science, Evolution and Creationism’ free online

James in his blog Exploring our Matrix, draws attention that Science, Evolution and Creationism, a book published by the American National Academy of Science, can be read online for free! A very useful read for anyone interested in the ‘intelligent design’ debate. It basically argues that science and religion are not in conflict (but should [...]

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Blessing of Discomfort

I attended a meeting today in my field of work – justice. Stephen my colleague brought a prayer for us which we read at the start of the meeting. After that we had a few moments of reflection and sharing with each other as to how this prayer spoke to us.
I feel I should share [...]

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Another ‘creationist’ challanges Dawkins

James Raderson, on his Guardian blog, reports that Richard Dawkins is being challenged by a self promoting Turkish ’scholar’ (?) Harun Yahya (but his real name is Adnan Oktar – no wonder he uses a pseudonym – he was recently sentenced by the Turkish courts to three years in prison “for creating an illegal [...]

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A gnome on holiday

Lucky Murphy the (globe trotting) Gnome. I bet he had a smashing time around the world!
Have you seen ‘him’ (by any chance) in your neighbourhood? It would be really good to hear. Or if you are the Bear would be good to hear from you!
See here Murphy the globe trotting Gnome on holiday.

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Worshiping in the church I grew up

During our recent holidays we spent over two weeks in the village I grew up. During that time we worshipped three Sundays in Miheleu Baptist Church,
the church I grew up in as a child. It is a very small church in a small village in the north-west part of Romania. (I think it would be [...]

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Viva evolution

I am posting here a link to an  article “Viva evolution” written by Denis Alexander, a Christian Biologist, which appeared in the last issues of Third Way Magazine (a respected UK Evangelical Magazine). This article is to give a flavour of his new book Creation or Evolution – Do We Have [...]

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Bhimrao Ambedkar on religion

I cannot resit posting the following text of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. He was an Indian nationalist and the principal architect of India’s constitution. He came from a Dalit background. I came across this text on Gashwin Gomes’ blog.
“Religion is for man; man is not for religion.
If you want to gain self-respect, change your religion.
If you [...]

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