Friday, August 5, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
PC Wallpaper
I designed this to set as my wallpaper.
So often I leave my aplliances charging via USB, wander off - then someone else comes along, switches to their sign-on, and oh dea - i:Tunes Conflicts.
Maybe this will work - for a while...
Maybe this will work - for a while...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Candles & Prayer
I have often enjoy the presence of candles in prayer, along the tunnels of time people have so often associated one with another.
What is it that gives the unique association in our minds between the two?
If people ask me why I use candles when I pray I tell them it is because I enjoy candles (in fact, I enjoy a roaring camprire too, or the gentle embers later on...)
We popped into Chester Cathedral this week and enjoyed the electronic guided tour which was very interesting, but I also found it detracted from strolling round the Cathedral together.
As in many churches there was a place set aside for you to light candles representing prayers in your heart. Alongside was this contemplative note...
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Punting Cambridge's Cam
This kind of trip I found very relaxing
- a great way to spend an hours fellowship...
and my friend swiftly learnt to punt.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Corpus Clock 10pm
Passing Corpus Christi College just before 10pm, ideal time to video the clock in action.
Who can name the 5 Cambridge Colleges named after Jesus?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Not a sermon, but what I put together for a service.
Acts 1:14 They all joined together constantly in prayer...
At the close of his 1st letter to the Thessalonians, Chapter 5 Paul implores them:
16 Be joyful always.
17 Pray continually,
18 Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Paul in his letter to the Ephesians likens living life as a follower of Christ as 'Putting on the armour of God'.
Towards the end of his letter he says
Ephesians 6:17-18
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, and pray in the spirit on all occassions with all kinds of prayers and requests....
Was it Moses who lay on his belly and prayed for 40 days and 40 nights - and then God changed his mind.
Do we pray continually.?
Do we pray giving thanks in all circumstances?
Do we pray in the spirit with all kinds of prayers and requests?...
When we feel strongly, do we pray long and hard and long and hard.
I was cycling accoss the common by the river on Monday - it was a lovely day, I think I was going a bit too slowly, and changing gears at a low speed. My chain came off and jammed quite solidly between the cogs.
It took a lot of effort to loosen and release the chain,by which time my hands were black with oil!
Fortunately I had plenty of time, so when I arrived at church I was able to spend time washing my hands before meeting the minister.
Normally when my hands get that oily it is several days with repeated cleaning before the stain goes away.
I pondered this as I washed and thought, "If I wash my hands lots of times now the stain should dissappear straight away."
I washed my hands for several minutes,
soaping, rubbing, rinsing, soaping, rubbing, rinsing...
after about 5 minutes the water began to run hot - (in 7 years at that church I had not realized the hot tap would actually produce hot water; talking to the minister later, neither did he).
The hot water made the soapy cleaning more effective and finally I had clean hands, not pristeanly clean, still a dull tinge but what an amazing difference.
Do we pray constantly? ... Acts 1:14
Do we pray giving thanks in all circumstances? ... 1 Thess 5:17-18
Do we pray in the spirit with all kinds of prayers and requests?... Eph 6:17-18
Do we pray persistently, long and hard, allowing the water to run hot?
At the close of his 1st letter to the Thessalonians, Chapter 5 Paul implores them:
16 Be joyful always.
17 Pray continually,
18 Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Paul in his letter to the Ephesians likens living life as a follower of Christ as 'Putting on the armour of God'.
Towards the end of his letter he says
Ephesians 6:17-18
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, and pray in the spirit on all occassions with all kinds of prayers and requests....
Was it Moses who lay on his belly and prayed for 40 days and 40 nights - and then God changed his mind.
Do we pray continually.?
Do we pray giving thanks in all circumstances?
Do we pray in the spirit with all kinds of prayers and requests?...
When we feel strongly, do we pray long and hard and long and hard.
I was cycling accoss the common by the river on Monday - it was a lovely day, I think I was going a bit too slowly, and changing gears at a low speed. My chain came off and jammed quite solidly between the cogs.
It took a lot of effort to loosen and release the chain,by which time my hands were black with oil!
Fortunately I had plenty of time, so when I arrived at church I was able to spend time washing my hands before meeting the minister.
Normally when my hands get that oily it is several days with repeated cleaning before the stain goes away.
I pondered this as I washed and thought, "If I wash my hands lots of times now the stain should dissappear straight away."
I washed my hands for several minutes,
soaping, rubbing, rinsing, soaping, rubbing, rinsing...
after about 5 minutes the water began to run hot - (in 7 years at that church I had not realized the hot tap would actually produce hot water; talking to the minister later, neither did he).
The hot water made the soapy cleaning more effective and finally I had clean hands, not pristeanly clean, still a dull tinge but what an amazing difference.
Do we pray constantly? ... Acts 1:14
Do we pray giving thanks in all circumstances? ... 1 Thess 5:17-18
Do we pray in the spirit with all kinds of prayers and requests?... Eph 6:17-18
Do we pray persistently, long and hard, allowing the water to run hot?
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