Tonight I was watching I predict a Riot on Bravo which made interesting viewing. It was about protest turned violent, partiularly anti-capitalist protest.
As a half hour programme featuring a range of actions it couldn’t go into the required depth and so simplified the situations to some extent and over emphasised the way [...]
Why is some people think choices and decision making are simple matters? Apart from when I go out to eat (when I am so fussy that it is a simple matter of finding the item I like on the menu) choices seem to be v. complicated. There is always some trade off to be found. [...]
Ok, the first bit was going to be the topic according to the lent plan, but the 2nd bit kind of overtook.
First off, yesterday I was doing an exercise at work where the students look at different magazines. As an example of a teenage Magazine I took in a copy of Sugar for them to [...]
I did that here .
The article I linked to yesterday from the Independant on Sunday showed that it is an epedemic and growing, particularly amongst young people.
So today I just encourage you to pray for all those who suffer from this illness (and as one of those who has now found healing [...]
Um, heading written down almost a month ago – today off work with a bug which I think was largely caught through it being too near the end of term for my body to fight anything off. Good job I’m not the sort who could spiritualise a cup of coffee.
Seriously though there are times when [...]
I had this down for today when I was working on the lent project and now have to find something to write.
I guess that the voices inside that we all have are not audible voices but more strange kind of feelings. I think that when we talk about hearing God we are talking about that [...]
So it’s mothers day today, a v. different day to the Mothering Sunday or Refreshement Sunday which Maggi explains today grew from.
In terms of what Mothering Sunday has become I have to admit today is a day I have often struggled with. It is a day where I really do feel the solitude of [...]
Following on from day 24 there are lots of things that give me hope for the future:
When I hear about the Millenium Volunteers activities many young people are involved in
When I read the story of Pants to Poverty and other campaigns that are really making a difference
When I open my [...]
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With a pile like that and normal teaching load how am I going to get it packed ready to move offices at the end of next week?
Ok, today I have decided to sort of break the lent thing, but sort of carry it on.
I am letting the character go, but carrying on with the headings I had. The plan was to explore the idea of taking space out to prepare for a change, but I think that it’s not achieving that. [...]