I’ve just been listening (repeadtedly) to a great sermon by my good buddy Jonathan Martin, pastor of Renovatus in Charlotte NC. In it, he talks about ‘Drinking the Cup’; meaning surrendering to God’s will, even if it’s very bitter, regardless of whether or not it brings any reward. It’s not sexy. It’s not flashy and [...]
This is rapidly moving from silly to scary.
This was originally going to be a reply to a previous blog comment, but it outgrew itself. I simply cannot believe some of the ideas and arguments being expressed by certain individuals. Things were bad before, but they suddenly got worse.
For those who have just dropped by, I’d [...]
People, people…. I am getting seriously worried about some of you. Since my tongue-in-cheek “Is Barack Obama the Antichrist” post and my brazenly facetious numerology post, traffic to Mackle has been getting busier, up until a crazy explosion with the beginning of the primaries when my visits increased thirty-fold. As a Scot, I entered this [...]
Spurred by the recent Led Zeppelin reunion gig at the O2 Arena last week, I searched for my favourite Zep song on YouTube. I turned up some pretty amazing stuff. In addition to some dreadful footage of the O2 gig from somebody’s camera phone, I found this rendition of “Rock and Roll” from 1979. Pity [...]
I just had the most bizarre conversation in the staff room. We somehow got onto the subject of the words ‘Thou’, ‘Thee’, ‘Thy’ and ‘Thine’; and specifically their use in prayer and ecclesiastical situations in this part of the world. Within certain denominations, these words are used consistently every time someone prays. I find it [...]
I found this lurking on my computer. It’s an e-mail I wrote to Crowder after hearing “A Collision” for the first time. I’d forgotten the story that went with it. I can’t believe this actually happened to me…
Hey David,
Well, you were right. It was all worth it. The wait, that is. My little [...]
****** NB: To save me repeating myself again and again, be aware that this post employs SATIRE. Read the post, the comments and my responses properly before adding yet another stupid comment.******
Also, I’d really appreciate it if somebody read something OTHER than this post for a change. Go on. I’ve got some good uns!
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Well, after [...]
John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister has hit the headlines by stating that al-Qaeda should be “praying as many times as possible” for Barack Obama to win the 2008 presidential race. And why? Because Obama says America should get out of Iraq next year.
According to Howard, pulling out of Iraq “will just encourage those [...]
I wrote a blog a while back which talked about the sorry state of American politics and it generated a little flurry of visits at the time. I happened to mention Barack Obama in this blog and how he seems to me to have his head screwed on the right way. One person left the [...]
This from the BBC News website….
US ‘not winning conflict in Iraq’
US Defence Secretary nominee Robert Gates has told a Senate committee that the US is not winning the war in Iraq
Well, gosh. That must have come as a huge surprise to everyone, huh? Mind you, he also called for a broad bipartisan agreement on how [...]
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