Big Questions

A very dear friend of mine has been asking some big questions of late, I'm not entirely sure if there was intention on his part or it might just have been the way I was reading things. Suffice to say it has got me thinking.

And thus I am asking myself the question; do I shy away from the big questions which prompt not only thinking about but also acting upon? Does my faith lead to actions? Hmm...

Death and New Life

So, and I confess to realising that a considerable portion of my blog writing begins with So but it works ok! So at the weekend; barely 2 months after "turning Anglican", I led worship at the evening service of St Maggies for the first time.

There are all sorts of things I could say and yet they feel inappropriate. At the end of the day we are talking about worship of the Almighty and "I think it went well", "it was (too) loud", "the musicians played well" and "I think I had fun" seems somewhat insincere. I still do not know if the time is right to say "yes I want to lead worship on a regular basis" - more prayer and consideration needed there. But Sunday was a good day and I was reminded of how good our God is.

Sadly Sunday also saw my long suffering Marshall take a turn for the worse. 1 hour before the service he fell into what is probably a terminal coma... 9 years old. We see what happens.

And thanks to Dave (thattheologystudent.blogspot.com) for my birthday present, it may be over two months late but it most certainly looks like it's worth it!

Friends

Over the last few months, ok over the last slightly more than few a number of my closest friends have turned the big three oh. I too have reached this landmark and for anyone who is interested to know, it's not that scary really. In much the same way as I didn't feel any different when I turned 18, 21 and 25, 30 is no different. Now before one gets off track let's switch back to the point, oh yes, friends!

So my friends have been celebrating this milestone in various ways. We've had a 3 way bday dj/pubfest. A Belgium beerfest. A wonderful dinner in Ruislipfest and an Oxford park picnic/gamesfest!

Each one was very different, each one was special and reminded me how blessed I am to have some great friends.

So to all my friends who have turned 30 in the last year, bless you!

Almost A Year

A rather wonderful person did a rather wonderful but slightly crazy thing and read my entire blog from end to beginning.

And which we discovered that it's almost a year since I began this adventure of blogging.

New-ish

So last weekend I was introduced to various people as Vikki's new-ish boyfriend. That made me smile!

It's Around Here Somewhere

So this morning while walking to the station, the sky covered in grey clouds, the scent of rain hanging there like cheap perfume with the odd splatter of precipitation like some more err cheap perfume, wait I'm getting lost in a ridiculously fragant digression here... Oh yes so this morning while walking to the station I had an idea for a blog, I seem to recall it was a great idea.

Unfortunately I cannot remember it.

Where Does The Time Go?

It's now two months since my 30th birthday. Time does appear to be flying by. It's been a strange mix of wonderful and sad...

I have made some progress on the novel and have a few more ideas which is good.

And my girlfriend leaves me amazed by her kindness, generosity, goodness and all round awesomeness. She is nothing short of amazing.

Sunburn, it's a tad annoying and I caught some on holiday.