Arts
Father Christmas
I wanted to write a seasonal piece for GP, but I’m a totally rubbish cook so a recipe is out of the question. What could I do instead? How about a brief history of Father [more…]
Religion
Christianity
The Gifts of Christmas
If you sent all the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas, then how many would you send? The gifts for each day are the triangular numbers : We have done these before : In [more…]
Christianity
Isaiah Part 3 – The Second Coming of the Messiah
I wasn’t originally going to tackle the thorny subject of Biblical prophecies concerning the Second Coming of the Messiah, a subject that has caused more than a few people to lose their minds. However, a [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Canada, No 8
“The Raven and the First Men sculpture was commissioned by Walter and Marianne Koerner for the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the sculpture is currently on display. It [more…]
Christianity
Isaiah Part 2 – Prophecies of the Christ
This is the second half, well final third perhaps, of the previous article about Isaiah published a few weeks ago and in this autumnal season as we start looking forward to Advent and then Christmas, [more…]
Philosophy
Darwinism versus Creationism
During some banter the other day on an excellent article like what I wrote about the Darwin Awards, a regular and respected poster opined that “Darwinism is about as credible as the political theory espoused [more…]
Christianity
Isaiah – A Prophet of Tetrarchic Vision
“Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens, who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts and calls them each by name, because of his great power, and mighty strength, not [more…]
Arts
“Push-Back” isn’t Racism
Rule Britannia I had an urge to write something about “racism” and I want to reframe it to what it really is, “push-back”. “Push-back”, in my context, is where you’ve had enough of a behaviour [more…]
Cooking
The Bacon Sarnie – By Chris P Bacon
Following on from my article on the Sausage Butty (The Sausage Butty), and the many requests for a follow up (well one, thanks Hogz), I have decided to put pen to paper and write about [more…]