“You don’t walk into a cake shop, stick your finger in the middle and take a bit. That’s bad manners.”
Elvis Costello on the iPod generation.
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“You don’t walk into a cake shop, stick your finger in the middle and take a bit. That’s bad manners.” Elvis Costello on the iPod generation. Technorati: Costello | Elvis | iPod The graduate with a Mathematics degree asks, “Why does it work?” We’ve been having school examinations the past week. I had to mark a bunch of scripts (the kids are 11/12 years old) of an RS paper on Christianity. Some of the answers were just priceless: “For most of us it’s a question of what authority we are prepared to recognise, and I think authority often comes from something endured, either by ourselves or someone else. Think of Nelson Mandela. Think also of Gee Walker, the mother of the murdered Liverpool teenager Anthony, who forgave her son’s killers. Suffering confers a [...] I’ve always gawped in wonder at the bit in Acts 8 where "the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus". Interesting post here, via Steven Johnson. “Paul was wrong. Our faith is not foolish if Jesus is not literally and physically risen from the dead. We know our faith is true, because we know that death has not defeated him. As a humanist, I do not discard the rich legacy and richness of [...] Great to see a fabulous line up for critiquing the Emerging movement. Eight. “I hope that the movement or conversation in its present form will increasingly divide between those who deeply and intelligently desire to be faithful to Scripture while learning to communicate the gospel to a younger generation, and those who, whether mischievously or ignorantly, happily [...] |
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