Posted in Christianity, Holidays on Sunday, March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Country churches.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/5062180/Country-churches-A-very-English-journey.html
Bolton Abbey is on the Yorkshire estate of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire Photo: Rii Schroer
Bolton shares with Fountains Abbey a landscape as picturesque as any in England. John Ruskin’s verbose account is often quoted: "Noble moorlands extend above, purple with heath and broken into scars and glens… an instinctive apprehension of the [...]
Posted in Software on Saturday, March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I included an article written by someone a while back, it was a guide on MovieMaker (http://aavey.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/creating-a-slide-show-with-windows-movie-maker/).So far, it has been very well received, but I want to make it clear and clarify that I am not the author and have said so. It has been pleasing and interesting to see and respond to the [...]
Posted in Christianity, Nazarene, Theology on Saturday, March 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A certain Phineas Bresee said the below… It can be found at :-
http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/0301-0400/HDM0384.PDF
“A period of unrest and of change seems to come to the world periodically. About once in so many years or centuries, the world arises as a strong man in his might and deliberately sets aside the old and adopts the new.
“A nation [...]
Posted in Capitalism, Consumer, Danger, Fear, Integrity, Urban Decay on Friday, March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC NEWS | Education | Warning over narcissistic pupils
We really do seem to be so self-absorbed and concerned with the ‘me’ and not the ‘we’ of society. Self-centred, rights drive, consumerism… where do we stop with this? Any thoughts on this one to share? Please, please convince me that I am barking up the wrong [...]
Posted in Books, Contemplation, Liturgy, Prayer, Reading on Friday, March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A good friend of ours has just managed to get her first book published and is available at
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/poems-prayers-life-faith/827781
A collection of faith inspired poems, prayers and reflections coming from the highs, lows, certainties (and doubts) of Christian life.
She is a good friend, very creative and an Ordained Minister in The Church of the Nazarene in the [...]
Posted in Christianity, Ordination, Personal on Monday, March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Aveyard family have been on quite a journey. Saturday was a key point, Sue and I along with Matt Norris and Grace Applebee were Ordained at Morley, Leeds on Saturday 14th March. It was also Sue’s birthday making it a huge day. I think we would both like to thank so many, but I [...]
Posted in Armed Forces, Conflict, Control, Crime, Culture, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Police, Violence on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thousands of people have attended a series of rallies across NI to show their anger at the murders of two soldiers and a policeman.
Silent protests took place in Belfast, Lisburn, Newry, Downpatrick and Londonderry.
A peace vigil is also to be held in Craigavon, County Armagh, near the site where Constable Stephen Paul Carroll was shot [...]
Posted in Armed Forces, Bigotry, Conflict, Crime, Culture, Danger, Disaster, Eruption, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Personal, Violence on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned yesterday, the mood has changed overnight in Northern Ireland. Amongst those good people, are a small destructive number who do not want to go with the majority and get decisions made through democracy. This second incident is reported here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7933990.stm .
The one thing I am really hoping for is that the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just letting you know that I intend to do a little bit less on the blog for the next couple of weeks. We have a busy spell coming up what with the Ordination for both of us, my eldest home from Belfast (this isn’t really home for him, Leeds is really. We have lived in [...]
Posted in Conflict, Crime, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Police, Restoration, Violence on Monday, March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spoke to my eldest yesterday on Skype. We tend to do that once a week whilst he is in Belfast doing a Phd. He was very quiet and disappointed. He had just returned from a conference in the south and had news about the two British soldiers that had been murdered in Belfast. The [...]
