An Irish personal evangelistic site. I'm not representing a particular church, but it's broadly evangelical in tone. My aim is to cover topics I've encountered in discussions I've had over the years, mainly here in Ireland..
Off-the-top-of-my-head responses to questions that WordPress throws up every day.
Today’s prompt brought to mind one of my favourite cartoons from around 1998, Pinky and the Brain – where every episode began with a little mouse declaring that he wanted to take over the world 😀. I do hope to take over the world, but I only have 189 subscribers so far. I need around … Continue reading Same Thing I Do Every Evening – Try to Take Over the World!
I wasn’t sure how to answer this one. I’m a bit of an introvert. If I don’t have tight relationships with most people, bad personality traits don’t bother me much. They might even be a source of amusement 😀. But I have had some bad experiences with difficult people from time to time. I myself … Continue reading Guilt-Tripping
My ideal week would probably be revisiting my past. Then, I’d come back to the future. For example, I could go back to September 8th for 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, and …. well, I’m already in 2025, so I have a day to spare 😀. Maybe, I’d go back to September 1982, when … Continue reading Back to the Future
I’m not really big into watching athletics. The only person who comes to mind is Eric Liddell, whose story featured in Chariots of Fire. He was planning to be a missionary in China at the time of the 1924 Olympics. On principle, he refused to run on a Sunday because of his strict views of … Continue reading Eric Liddell
Music has always been a major part of my life, so I would think of it as my main means of relaxation. I think of Mike Oldfield’s, 1973 album, Tubular Bells, which was quite unique at the time but there were a few other 1970s albums that I used to relax to. I think particularly … Continue reading Music Music Music
I’m sure that I regularly use many superfluous words and expressions throughout the day. In technical writing, I eliminate such language but in casual conversation or chatting over the web, it can sound a bit robotic if you do so. “Goodness” is just one example of a superfluous word – or the expression “oh my … Continue reading Goodness!
My title is a line from Morrissey’s 1994 hit, The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get. It’s quite a scary song – a little bit like the Police’s Every Breath You Take. I don’t know why he thought that lonely high court judges bore grudges 😀. And the picture shows Judge, the first … Continue reading I Hold More Grudges Than Lonely High Court Judges
I’ve hung around Ireland and the UK for most of my life, but I did go on Interail across Europe back in July and August 1984. So, the furthest that I stayed was Rome. And I took a trip down to Pompei. Here are three badly scanned slides from my day. I travelled alone, so … Continue reading Pompei
I assume that you’re asking me this because you want to give me a present of a home. That’s wonderful! Thank you so much! 😀 I’d like a penthouse flat somewhere near the Royal Albert Hall in London. Then, I’ll go for a stroll in St James Park every morning. I’ll pop down to Harrods … Continue reading Penthouse in South Kensington
Many things can bring me joy, but it isn’t often that I shed tears of joy. I want to be totally honest here. I don’t have any memories of weeping tears of joy in church although maybe sometimes, if I was giving a talk, I might have got a little emotional. I do remember feeling … Continue reading Climb Ev’ry Mountain
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