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..
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I was born in 1962. It was quite a dull year apart from my entry into the world 😄. I don’t know much about 1962. I do remember suggesting to the Soviets that they place some missiles in Cuba, but it caused a bit of a crisis. And I remember suggesting that the Beatles release … Continue reading Wonderful Land
On Friday nights, a couple of us generally do a guitar jam session. Last night it was The Beatles. We played some songs from Rubber Soul from 1965, when I was three 😀. It’s strange thinking how young the Beatles were back then. John Lennon would have been 25. One of my favourites from that … Continue reading Beatles Jam Session
I’d like to confuse everyone with an unknown cartoon, but I have to say The Simpsons 😀. I used to enjoy cartoons as a kid, but none of them were very good. I suppose Mr. Magoo was my favourite back then. I should make a list of what I watched. I will in a while. … Continue reading The Simpsons
I remember going into a record shop in South Kensington, London, back in 1982 and hearing Frustration by Soft Cell. I didn’t know who sung it when I heard it. There wasn’t any web back then, but I eventually found out who sung it. Marc Almond wasn’t really ordinary. The “ordinary” guy in the video … Continue reading I Am So Ordinary 😀
Because Christmas is coming, I’ve decided to take a break from my daily review of modern worship songs and focus on Christmas hymns for a month. I’ll start with Advent. In my Baptist/independent evangelical church scene, we’re not really into feasts and church calendars. But I like all Christian music. And I do enjoy listening … Continue reading Advent: Creator of the Stars of Night
Firstly, let me explain the expression “committing my life to Christ”. I grew up in Roman Catholic Ireland, and I was brought up as a Roman Catholic. It was widely believed that everyone was a Christian by default in Ireland, but in school, we’d hear stories of conversions. These would be famous saints, such as … Continue reading Committing My life to Christ
I want to be honest with my replies. I just can’t imagine not needing to rest and relax for part of the day. I’m old enough to remember the introduction of Mars Bars to Ireland. The slogan was:A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play. Work Rest and Play was also the title … Continue reading Work Rest and Play
In this series, I take a look at some modern worship songs as an old guy 😀. I try not to be critical. My purpose really is to familiarize myself with them. Writing about them helps me to do just that. Hymns have always been a key part of my life, along with secular music. … Continue reading Hymns: Good Good Father
It’s very hard to choose a favourite animal. It depends on the context. For pets, I liked both cats and dogs as a child. If I’m visiting a zoo, perhaps lions, tigers, elephants, rhinos, hippos, orangutans and giraffes are the most memorable. But the more I think about it, the more difficult it is to … Continue reading Pandas
My favourite month is December. I just always like the run up to Christmas. I don’t like January and February much. March is a little better because we might start to get sunshine 😀. April and May are just OK. June can be nice. July and August are sometimes a bit humid or even rainy … Continue reading December
Hibernia Gospel 