Burkha Rage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1193520/ALLISON-PEARSON-No-madam-burkha-offended-MY-values.html
humph!

A Cry for Racial Healing

Fire in my Bones by J Lee Grady
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http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308
http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308-from-the-deep-south-a-cry-for-racial-healing
excerpt:
Jesus told the Pharisees that their holier-than-thou traditions actually nullified the Word of God. They were obsessed with washing their hands and dishes to keep themselves pure; Jesus was focused on touching the untouchables of society so that God’s love and mercy could spread [...]

QP : email

… I think that emails are not the best way to disagree with or to correct someone.
Old fashioned telephones or face-to-face conversations are better. Then intonations and gestures (the para-language cues) give more information – and less chance of hurt or misunderstanding.

It Makes Sense

For MUMSense Magazine, NZ, (c) April 2009
Living Each Day of Your Life
“What a wonderful world!”
“Life is for living.”
It’s a great day, a beautiful day;
The kind of day that makes you want to say
“I’m glad that I’m alive”,
I’m happy to be me,
and that’s the way to be … (thanks, Barney).
As much as I liked my children [...]

Distracted 9yo

My 9yo boy gets distracted doing workbooks, cleaning his room, doing all sorts of chores and tasks around home, but sit him in the middle of his lego or brainbox circuitry and he’s focussed for ages! So, I know he can focus in. (He’s a dreamer. I love him dearly.)
I set the stove timer beeper [...]

Th : Marsalis Weaves A Song

Weaving Glory out of Goofiness
I HAVE to share this with you, having found this in my archives.
Wynton Marsalis is an immaculate classically trained jazz trumpet player – absolutely mesmerising.
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Wynton Marsalis Rescues a Song
Journalist David Hajdu recently told a memorable story about Wynton Marsalis, one of the most easily recognizable jazz musicians in our day and one [...]

Imitators

http://aholyexperience.com/2008/10/draw-god.html
Imitate the imitator – read in Ann’s blog of the boy copying the artist with the easel set up in front of a famous painting in a museum.
… “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ” (Paul in 1 Cor. 11:1). …
Our children imitate those they spend time with, are attached to, [...]

Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story – James Choung
- A fresh new way to understand the Christian faith
- A handy, bite-sized booklet that Christians can give to their friends
Everybody likes a good story. Especially if it’s based on true, real-life events.
But what kind of story is compelling enough to transform your life?
Can a story be powerful [...]

“Not Very Interesting”

What is interesting to read in the newspaper?

a threat in your area which eventually hurts no-one;
something that causes a few deaths just down the road from you; or
hearing of 100s and 1000s being killed somewhere else in the world?

This article:  Not very interesting talks of the people killed in Haiti’s recent hurricances and the lack of [...]

What is this?

ThTh : Change as a Renewable Strategy

http://www.juicyfreedom.co.uk/resources/articles/thenextlevel/ - full article
I’ve taken snippets from this article that considers change.
What will really make a difference to your performance?
…
Change.

Change is risky. What if the changes harm our performance instead of improving it? Why fix it if it isn’t broken? … This is the classic bind. We can know no significant improvement in performance unless we [...]