All posts written by headphonaught

Competition: Win Come Let Us Adore Him by the Lower Lights

Hey everyone… I hope you enjoyed our Christmas ‘nines’? It really came together and I am grateful to everyone who contributed to the episode. It would be wrong for me to single out any particular contribution… because there was a real synergy effect in action. That said… I do want to pay tribute to music [...]

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Exposure to the sun

One of the things I learned on holiday was how much I enjoyed sitting in the sun… reading on my Kindle or listening to music on my iPod. Previously I always considered myself an on-the-go person on holiday. Last year, when we went to Paris as a family I walked the legs off Olly and [...]

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Sleeping through demonstrations of Abba’s power

I was recently in a beach resort just north of Venice in Northern Italy called Lido Di Jesolo. It’s a beautiful place and my family and I had a wonderful time there. During the second week there was a massive thunder and lightning storm… which change the weather from comfortably late 20s / early 30s [...]

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Guided by Scripture… rather than guiding Scripture

Last Friday (3rd June) I read an article purporting to be from an “insider” to the “Britain’s Got Talent” / “X Factor” camp that made very strong allegations against Simon Cowell and his company. In essence, he was accused of “fixing” the talent contest… and manipulating the viewers for commercial gain. Unfortunately I can not [...]

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On criticism

I have been thinking about criticism over the last few days… after highlighting the fact that Salvation Army’s “ISB120″ festival had received it’s fair share of attacks from folk who didn’t get it. One voice in particular has come to my attention. This voice comes from a person on twitter who goes by the handle [...]

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Not everyone has an iPhone

Not everyone has an iPhone. I know this may seem like an obvious statement to make… but if you are surrounded with folks who all like the same kind of things that you like then sometimes you forget. I need to be reminded that some people have phones that run Android… or laptops that run [...]

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Serving rather than being served

I went with my wife and two daughters to see “Thor” yesterday. It’s a great film… imho… with a strong story underpinning a visual treat. To cut a long story short… for those of you that haven’t seen the film… Thor is banished to Earth for causing trouble and has to, in essence, get over [...]

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The Crucifixion According to Radiohead

radiohead and crucifixion

I found this video from Scott Erikson very moving and wanted to share it with you. In it artist Scott Erickson combines video, the music of Radiohead and his engaging painting to create a multimedia meditative art performance focusing on the crucifixion of Christ. For more detail, please head over to create visual culture. Tx

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Some thoughts on Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”… part 3

So… the big question posed in Rob Bell’s book “love wins” is… does God get what God wants? God is great. I affirm this in my life. I am here because of Him and I give Him the glory for all the blessings He has bestowed on me. I believe He is greater and more [...]

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Some thoughts on Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” … part 2

I’ve decided to bring some of my theological musings to the podcast’s website because I think this is a suitable place to bring more focussed thinking… and I’m eager to hear from you, the Something Beautiful community. The follow post contains some thoughts I’ve had after reading Rob Bell’s latest book… “love wins”. The first [...]

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