Monthly Archives: November 2011

Job’s job is beyond (our) faith

Posted on November 27, 2011 by sam

  One of the strongest points of the atheist reasoning on the “proof” of God (non)existence is the suffering he is allowing to come into people’s lives irrespective of their belief or non-belief in him. The story of Job the … Continue reading →

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The autorship of the Gospels _ Gary Cottrell

Posted on November 27, 2011 by sam

  For those like me, born and bred  conservative evangelical, the sanctity of the Holy Bible was unquestionable in the early years and it was reflected in the way we saw the question of human authorship of the sacred text. … Continue reading →

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A Lord’s prayer

Posted on November 25, 2011 by sam

Source for the aramaic version Heavenly Father… I hope you like my choice of colours and the chalk doesn’t really grate on nobody’s nerves. Thank you for providing me with a clean slate for my work to start afresh each … Continue reading →

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A light walk in the light of the valley of shadows – ramblings and mumblings

Posted on November 20, 2011 by sam

Mens sana in corpore sano liberal translation: men are insane in corpore Managed to do a sane thing this morning for a change and walked a tour of my neighbouring church: I started where it all began: Eden   Half … Continue reading →

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Addicted to Empathy (that’s not a new drug)

Posted on November 19, 2011 by sam

  It happened. Again. I am a traitor because I bought The Guardian today instead of my daily The Times. See here what good came out of this: What do Jimmy Carter, Mario Varga Llosa and Sting have in common? … Continue reading →

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On Darwin, Learning to Die and Evil – pseudo-anthology

Posted on November 15, 2011 by sam

Don’t accuse me of laziness: these are some new gems for my collection. Enjoy it as much as I did. At least. Vacterl And I think it is what makes us somewhat unique.  We humans love to find brokenness and find value … Continue reading →

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St Joe Public’s Epistle To Whom It May Concern

Posted on November 13, 2011 by sam

Ok let’s get down to business. I got tired of going in circles around the main thing which is: there is spiritual life outside religion and religious practices as we got them passed down through generations. This life is in … Continue reading →

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back-drops

Posted on November 13, 2011 by sam

          may these words always remind you your breath is sacred words bring out the god in you … All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that … Continue reading →

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A reverent agnostic

Posted on November 11, 2011 by sam

I miss having time to watch some good TED talks. I was lucky to come across one today which happened to fill my need for light amusement while learning few tricks from a man who is probably the only non-religious … Continue reading →

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Of Housekeepers and Bookkeepers

Posted on November 8, 2011 by sam

St Paul’s Institute commissioned ComRes to conduct a survey of professionals working in the financial services (FS) sector in London. ComRes surveyed 515 professionals working in the FS sector in London online between 30th August and 12th September 2011. The … Continue reading →

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