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We’ve put together a few wallpapers for your enjoyment. They’re currently sized at 1443×900. Click on the images to view the full size for downloading. If you need a specific size, or would like to see another background color, let us know.

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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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What e-books would you buy?

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With the holiday season upon us – many people are making their gift lists and checking it twice. And with Amazon’s Kindle line getting an upgrade this year, many people will be joining the e-reader ranks this holiday season and looking for new books to read. So we’re curious. If you had $50 to spend [...]

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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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Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge | Photo by John Picken

The Sunshine Skyway bridge spans the mouth of Tampa Bay on the west coast of Florida. It carries thousands of cars everyday. It’s also become one of the top ten places to end your life. This is the story of the many who jumped, one lucky guy who survived, and how broken bones and a [...]

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All is Grace – Brennan Manning

All is Grace

A new trailer has been released for an upcoming memoir by Brennan Manning: From the publisher: It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing [...]

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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

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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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Rowan Williams and the stories of CS Lewis

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Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, gave three lectures this year as part of his annual Holy Week series — each dedicated on the work of CS Lewis and his Chronicles of Narnia. This year, Dr Williams, a Narnia fan, has turned his attention to the Christian themes found in the Narnia novels. Dr Williams explained: [...]

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