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14/09/09 07:52 Filed in: 1 John
Sorted - Nov/Dec issue 09. Thanks again to Steve Legg, the Siggs and Andy Ashworth.
A redrafting of this previous version that is based on a quote from Rev Peter Lewis. Incidentally, Peter is celebrating 40 years of ministry this coming weekend in Nottingham. Cornerstone Church has had a massive influence on me and I shall be glad to pay my respects to them.
EN64 We Live In Boxes.
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you will need to scroll down to find the exact part). Read More...
EN54 Fooled by TV: not just in April
01/04/08 13:54 Filed in: Proverbs
The BBC proudly paraded this 'April Fools' piece on the 2nd of April.
My mind got working on the thought: why do we need to be told it is a joke? Why the permission? Anyway, you get the idea. Read More...
EN53 Celebrity Saviours
01/03/08 13:54 Filed in: Matthew
EN51 Death is Nothing for Gamers.
01/01/08 13:54 Filed in: Romans
EN45 the 'F' word
22/05/07 13:53 Filed in: James
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
Gordon Ramsay represents a cultural shift in terms of swearing becoming accepted. His skills are immense, but it hurts my ears when I watch. Read More...
EN44 Phoney TV Phone-in Hope
01/05/07 13:53 Filed in: 1 Timothy
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
There was a lot of stuff about TV phone quizzes being rigged in the last few weeks, so I decided to try and make some comment on it. In particular I wanted to say something about the unkind nature of these things. The text I have linked to as the epilogue is perfect as a commentary. Read More...
EN32 The Wages of Wogan
22/05/06 13:52 Filed in: 1 Peter
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
Terry Wogan earns a huge amount of money. I thought that this was well worth using because it raises the big question of 'who is worth that?'. The lovely thing about being a christian is that God places infinite value on us by giving His life for us on the cross. People with little or no self esteem can be cherished and cared for in the arms of God. Amazing.
I cheated a little here. The image comes from a set of three pictures I produced for the Brighton Festival Fringe.
Tim Bongers is the dedicatee. I did this specially for him and then the EN staff inadvertently chopped off the whole right hand side of the strip... it was made worse by me telling Tim to look for it. Sorry.
EN31 Planet Earth: did they plan it?
01/05/06 13:52 Filed in: Psalms
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
I really don't know if this point is that obvious, but I will try to explain it...
The Planet Earth series was hugely popular with lavish filming techniques and equipment being used to capture amazing things around the world. The ironic problem (as I saw it) was that while we were being expected to accept evolutionary assumptions about how the world is randomly gorgeous, the end 'making of' section undermines this idea. How can we accept hat the world is the way it is through chance, when that is the last thing that is being used to make the program. It is incredible how purposeful and creative the process is for the filmmakers - sometime spending weeks in a small room with a camera trying to capture a bird or some such creature. After watching the program you are amazed at how deliberate and personal every edit is, but are still expected to see nothing of the creator in the world at large.
I don't know if this is very clear, but at least I tried...
The parallel text and image layout is okay, but I think it actually confuses things. You have to really work hard at spotting the difference. Not happy.
Those are screengrabs from the episode where the elephants are swimming and some guy is chasing something in a helicopter.
