Posted in Deception, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Law, Police, Politics on Saturday, August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Police told to ignore human rights ruling over DNA database
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 August 2009 21.32 BST
Chief constables across England and Wales have been told to ignore a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights and carry on adding the DNA profiles of tens of thousands of innocent [...]
Posted in Books, Capital Punishment, Christianity, Christology, Communion, Conflict, Consumer, Control, Deception, Empire, Ethics, Evangelical, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Postmodern, Punishment, Reconciliation, Theology, Violence, War, Wrath on Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since I graduated with my BA last October, I have been determined to continue with my reading as much as possible. It is so easy to get burnt-out after having to read only parts of academic books and vow not to pick up another book. I must admit, I have read as widely as possible [...]
Posted in Christianity, Consumer, Culture, Deception, Evangelism, Integrity, Preaching, Proclamation, Theology on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The below article was found on a Blog called ‘Next Reformation’ and it certainly connected with my views on how we Nazarenes in the UK. We are so desperate to see something positive happen in our churches, for numbers to increase and seemingly to battle against consumerism from the pulpit, and yet buy into it [...]
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Control, Crime, Culture, Danger, Deception, Easter, Empire, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Maundy Thursday, Prison, Theology, Violence, War on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a problem, I am not a pacifist, but very close to one. I am a person who has been in two professions where I have been given the power to use minimal force in order to achieve my objective when life is at risk. The point I am bothered about is this: I [...]
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Contemplation, Control, Creation, Culture, Deception, Fear, Freedom, Good Theology, Henri Nouwen, Holiness, Integrity, Love, Restoration, Theology, Urban Decay, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have really enjoyed the pearls of wisdom from this blog.
Find the article below at:- http://herbofgrace.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/saturday-march-7th-in-the-season-of-lent/
It’s hard sometimes to figure out how much choice we have in our suffering or grief. Henri Nouwen, who knew what It meant to suffer, shares this encouragement:
“…..every time there are losses there are choices to be made. You choose [...]
Posted in Church, Deception, Institutionalism, Integrity on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This reading, drawn from the Northumbria Community, sheds light on the common misconception that God doesn’t like mess.
“I had a vision of a house. Every time a crack appeared in the wall, or damage in the house, I dashed out to repair it as quickly as I possibly could…And the Lord said to me, ‘This [...]
Posted in Capitalism, Christianity, Church, Conflict, Consumer, Culture, Deception, Empire, Evangelical, Evangelism, Fear, Holiness, Integrity, Love, Postmodern, Secularism, Theology on Sunday, March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting discussion that is ongoing still at the following link HERE
regarding the state of church on both sides of the pond
Posted in Bad Theology, Christmas, Deception, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Holiness, Integrity, Orthodox, Roman Catholicism, Theology on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Esphigmenou monks of Mount Athos are battling against what they see as the ultimate heresy – religious unity
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article5840948.ece
Outside the church of St Antoni, a small domed chapel on the cliffs above Esphigmenou, a chilly grass snake struggles along a cold rock. From here, the monastery looks like a fortress, its sea-face a blank, [...]
Posted in Christianity, Compassion, Conflict, Crime, Culture, Deception, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, National Disgrace, Nazarene, Politics, Restoration, Violence, War, Zimbabwe on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back in March 2007, I suggested that an opportunity should be given for any Nazarenes to sign a petition if they so wished. The organisation is a reputable one who had organised the petition, and it is heavily involved with topics of reconciliation and poverty. The request went out via an Church of the Nazarene [...]
