I Am So Ordinary πŸ˜€

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 πŸ˜€

Hymns: 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

In this little series, I take a glance at some of the very modern worship songs. I’m only getting familiar with these in the last few years. I remember back in the 1990s, I started growing tired of the newer songs and focusing on the old hymns. But nowadays, I like all Christian music. This … Continue reading Hymns: 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

The Cross of Christ

Nowadays, I listen to books more than I read them, but I’m trying to get back into reading. Our house is full of books, mainly non-fiction. Most of mine relate to Christianity, music, history and railways. As it happens, I’m currently listening to and reading The Cross of Christ by John Stott. I probably bought … Continue reading The Cross of Christ

John Stott

I remember meeting some well-known names when I worked with London City Mission for a year back in 82-83 as a voluntary evangelist. These included David Pawson, RT Kendall and John Stott. All three are famous in Christian circles, particularly in evangelical circles. But the most famous would probably be John Stott. He was the … Continue reading John Stott

Arts and Crafts

I’d like to say physics and chemistry but I wasn’t necessarily into these much before third-level. Let me think – here’s a list of subjects that we did in primary school in order of preference: Then, in secondary school: Arts and Crafts and technical drawing were easy subjects. I appreciated religion because it related to … Continue reading Arts and Crafts

I’d Be Back in the 1980s

Well, computers have been part of the corporate world for my whole life. If that hadn’t happened, I don’t know how it would have impacted my life. Before that, “computer” was a person who was tasked with doing work that digital computers now do. Maybe I’d’ be a computer myself πŸ˜€. But I’ve lived about … Continue reading I’d Be Back in the 1980s