Christianity

Music as medicine – discord in our local church

I can't say that this is the best morning of my whole life. I've just been given a severe dose of reality by Jeffrey Sachs who after 70 years of experience lays out on the table showing how dreadfully corrupt and warmongering certain  countries of the world are. The heading says ' Jeffrey Sach's EU Parliament explosive speech shakes Europe and Middle East. It is moderately long, 28:19,  but it...

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The benefits of giving thanks

For no particular reason my attention has been focused on giving thanks. It was sparked off by someone saying on a video that we should give thanks for our life. I have heard this dozens of times recently, in spite of all the mayhem, but this time the word jumped out at me which is the universe telling me to get on with it and write something. I believe that giving thanks is transformative to...

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Was Jesus a good bloke?

I was exercised yesterday when I came across quite a controversial article saying that Jesus said he did not come to make the world a better place, rather to paraphrase 'world distraction is coming and only a few will survive'. The term 'good bloke'  is in colloquial use in the United Kingdom if not elsewhere and I wanted to find what I have come to understand as a good bloke. First of all it is...

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No not Nelson Mandela but a Mandala

This is a mandala created by Françoise my partner who loves doing such things as a therapy but probably because for its own sake. The purpose of a mandala is to help transform ordinary minds into enlightened ones. This discipline is associated with Hindu and Buddhist cultures and are believed to represent different aspects of the universe and are used as Instruments of meditation and symbols of...

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Just plain sadness

GOOD CHRISTIAN VIBES FIRST THING IN THE MORNING A contact of mine, Matt, is making an attempt to revive the Men's Christian group here in Midsomer Norton and suggested that we meet this morning Saturday the 11th of January in our local Wetherspoons. It was a breakfast meeting so started at 8 a.m thus necessitating setting my alarm and rising in the dark I decided to walk instead of taking the...

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What is a Christian Evangelist, or is it ‘evangelist’

How can we be an effective evangelist? The association with the word and the Christian gospel is very strong. The word evangelist means the bringer of good news and it comes from the Greek euangelion, a compound of two words eu - meaning good, and angelos meaning messenger or angel. When Jesus was on the Earth he commanded his disciples to 'spread the good news'. The methodology used depends on...

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