Category Word for Today

23
Nov

The Lord’s Prayer: Have the Church of England got it wrong this time?

The Lord’s Prayer: Has the Church of England got it wrong? By Si Page Cinema chains (Odeon, Vue, Cineworld) have banned a Church of England, sixty second advert promoting the Lord’s Prayer, this Christmas. The ad  was to be screened before the opening of the new Star Wars movie on December 18th. BBC News Many Christians …

13
May

THE WRITER WITH PERSPECTIVE

When a writer receives a thoughtful, positive or even glowing review of their work, it can make a huge difference to their day. Instead of the glass being half empty, it can very easily become half full, and the encouragement from readers help them to feel good about the way forward for their writing. However, successful writing is all …

8
May

THE GIVING WRITER

Unless a person has undertaken the exciting, yet costly and often painful journey of writing a book, it’s fair to say that the reader may have little knowledge of what has taken place ‘behind the scenes’. Books rarely record the hundreds of hours of thoughtful planning, research, writing and rewriting. Then there are the financial costs …

1
May

THE JOY OF NOT BEING SOLD ANYTHING

Something happened to me last Friday that inspired this blog. I needed some fuel, so I pulled up into the Tesco garage and walking over to the pump, removed the black nozzle from the diesel holder. Before I pulled the trigger I noticed a large advert on the grip of the nozzle: ‘You can advertise here and reach thousands …

15
Apr

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. DID WE MISS IT?

This video has already been seen by over six million people via YouTube, Facebook etc. It’s a well told story about a copyrighter who walks past a blind beggar during her working day and instead of continuing on her way, she turns back and decides to act. First, we see that the blind beggar is …