Should Christians celebrate Christmas (and if so how) – a personal response

 I made a comment in our car when taking my better half to work this morning that there seemed to be less Christmas lights and decorations on display in the houses we passed on the way, compared with previous years, and wondered why that was so.

Football World Cup 2022 – the story so far (3)

I confess after having written two installments of my “Football World Cup 2022 – the story so far” (see here and here) mini-series, I hadn’t expected to be doing a third until after the final. But I relent given the football has been of a high standard and a lot better than what I predicted would be the case before the tournament.

The Big Enchilada, Christian Priorities and the most important issue

A week ago, I learned a new phrase “Big Enchilada” that I found the meaning of after I did my customary online search. It means “the most important issue, person, etc.”

Ten Christians who have influenced me for good

I suppose all who read this can think of and write about those who have been a positive influence on their lives.

Eating at Back in Time, Chelmsford

Where does one go to celebrate the special birthday of a loved family member? Fortunately, this time, the decision was taken out of my hands when, a few days back, thirteen of us descended on Back in Time, in Chelmsford, a place hitherto I was not even aware of, although it is located just up the road to where I once worked.

Football World Cup 2022 – the story so far (2)

In Part 1 of my “Football World Cup 2022 – the story so far” series, I focussed on non footballing aspects. I turn my attention to the actual football, which has more than aroused interest.

Football World Cup 2022 – the story so far (1)

We are about to reach the knock out stages of the Football World Cup 2022, meaning in terms of number of games played we are well past the half way stage but soon the fun really begins as teams have to win their games, often against sterner opposition, in order to progress, instead of just doing enough to qualify from their groups.

Christian Newspapers and Heart Publications

I was recently handed the December / January edition of Heart, a Christian newspaper, which has a strapline “Sharing Christian News Across the Nation”. See here for its website.

Puritans, Sin and Satan

In my spiritually formative years, when I was a student at London University 1970-73, I recall a conversation with the very spiritually minded leader of the Christian Union. At the time, there were zealous students influenced by the emerging Charismatic movement as well as by the Puritans. My friend expressed the view that rather decide between one or the other, one could /should embrace both.

Elijah Streams and why things are taking so long

One of the questions people like me ask, who believe there are very evil people running the world and getting away with it, if there are “white hats”, typically military operating behind the scenes, that have their measure and can do (and to an extent are doing) something about it, why delay stopping these evil doers?