I recently watched the Netflix mini series, Eric, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch. The series is set in 1980’s New York and follows Vincent whose son goes missing. There is also a lot of puppets… but not the creepy kind, honest. The show deals with a whole load of issues from addiction, racism, homophobia, wealth and corruption. It asks questions that are …
Thank You
I went to an awards ceremony last night. I had been nominated along with some others for an award as part of the Northumberland FA’s Grassroots football awards. I sat in a room with a 100 or so people and 22 awards were handed out to individuals and groups recognising the good work they have done in different areas. Last …
WAR! HUH WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
War may be good for absolutely nothing but it is hard to escape the fact that we are surrounded by violence. From a fight in a playground to rival gangs fighting over territory right through to the events taking place in Ukraine right now. The world is at war. As people faith or those trying to work out what life looks …
CELEBRATE : WOR YEM : DAY 28
Luke 2:16-20 Who doesn’t like to celebrate? To let your hair down, to party with friends and families or just complete strangers and have a good time. Because life is good or you got that new job or its Friday and why not. Celebrating is a good thing to do. When the shepherds found the baby they had been told …
HEARTH : WOR YEM : DAY 26
Genesis 18:6 We don’t speak of a hearth very often now. It is an old word used for a fireplace or the place in a house where the fire was and the family would cook on it and receive the warmth from it. It was the gathering place on cold winters nights where they would sit and eat and talk …
FLEE : WOR YEM : DAY 23
Matthew 2:13-18 There is a lot said about immigration in this country. Words like invasion are tossed around as if millions of people are pouring on to our shores on a daily basis and that there is no land for them to live upon, no food to feed them with and that all our systems are falling to pieces because …
SEEKER : WOR YEM : DAY 21
Luke 11:9-10 We spend a lot of our lives looking for something. Sometimes we are very aware of the thing we are searching for. The perfect job, house, partner, or holiday. Sometimes the thing that we seek is there but we can’t quite put a finger on what exactly it is we are looking for. Often these unknown searches that …
REMEMBER : WOR YEM : DAY 20
Psalm 103:13-16 Remembering is important, it is how we learn. Sometimes our remembering is personal. We experience something and this experience teaches us something that we take with us going forward. From remembering to duck when we walk through that small doorway so we don’t bang our head to the feeling we got when we first fell in love and our desire …
PLACE : WOR YEM : DAY 14
Matthew 2:1-12 Where are you as you read these words? Sat at home, in a coffee shop, on a walk. Maybe you are in one of your favourite places or an unfamiliar one that feels a little strange. In the story of Jesus’ birth we hear of numerous people having to move to new places or seek very specific ones. Mary and …
SPACE : WOR YEM : DAY 12
John 1:1-5 The opening of the book of John is an echo of the opening words of the book of Genesis. In the beginning! In the beginning there was nothing but God and then there was all things. The universe expanding into the mass of stars and planets, galaxies forming and solar systems falling into place. There was skies and seas …
What is the bible? The End! : Sunday@thePub Blog
It’s a book. Well, a collection of books. Gathered together over 1000’s of years which tells of people’s experience of God. Their struggles, joys, highs and lows. Like these four posts they don’t always make sense when read on their own. Like these posts they sometimes need the larger context to be best understood. Sometimes the stories reference things we …
çfarë është Bibla? Pjesa e tretë – When things go wrong… : Sunday@thePub Blog
I like driving and when I turned the ripe old age of 17 I decided I wanted to learn. I spoke to friends who had already passed their test about who had taught them. I researched the cost and if I should do an intensive course or weekly lessons. In the end I decided I would trust the expertise of …
What is the Bible? Part Deux! – Hobbies and pass times : Sunday@thePub…
What is your favourite hobby or something you really enjoy doing? Painting, baking, making beer, playing with model trains, shopping or maybe listening to music! When we are really into something we do a number of things to immerse ourselves in our pass time. 1. You watch, listen to or read what others have to say. You find experts who …
What is the Bible? Part 1 : Sunday@thePub Blog
What is the Bible? A book… Well yes and no. It’s a collection of books (the word bible comes from the greek word tà biblía which means ‘the books’)… They also aren’t all books. A good number are letters, some are collections …