Why don’t we celebrate Thanksgiving in New Zealand? We seem to have bought into Valentine’s Day and Halloween, and all those various Black Friday sales – at least, retail businesses have … oh, wait, there’s my answer: gifts aren’t given at Thanksgiving, so the retailers and media aren’t going to promote it … [To read more, click on title]
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Praction
I’ve invented a new word … [To read more, click on title]
No Regrets
My blog this fortnight is about Maturity. So, if its title is misleading, sorry. The thing is, I have a certain pride (some might call it smugness) in being a man of few regrets. It’s not that I’ve never done anything wrong. On the contrary, life has contained plenty of failures, disappointments and embarrassments … [To read more, click on title]
The Pharisee and the Publican
This delightful short drama, painted very economically by Jesus …
I doubt he meant it as comedy, but to me it seems so comical! Like a cartoon. We could almost do it as a little drama … a bit of street theatre:
There on your left stands a proud, dignified looking man, pompous and cartoonish, head held high and sneering sideways, telling God how righteous he is! Not like that sinner over there … [To read more, click on title]
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