Handling warlike texts in a peacemaking church
Some great thoughts here about how we handle the violence of the Old Testament in church today
Coffee may reverse Alzheimer’s
There’s an article on the BBC news website which gives encouragement to all of us who drink a lot of coffee. Coffee may make us twitchy, but at least it has the potential, so researchers have discovered, to reverse the effect of Alzheimer’s. Read the article here.
Chris Moyles talks up church
Read this article and watch the embedded video to see Chris Moyles talking up church. Thanks to Baptist Bookworm for this!
Football fixtures for next season
Looking forward to the new football fixtures coming out – less than a couple of months until the new football season starts!
Tour de France for prisoners
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8082354.stm
OK, this has to be my favourite news story of the day – 194 prison inmates starting on a 1500 mile Tour de France. No breakaway sprints are allowed!
The technology behind BakerTweet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8063975.stm
The gadget made especially so that staff at a design firm could get fresh bakery products
Australian Government sends stimulus package money to dead people and to Australians living overseas
Quote from Alan Davies
Police are still looking for Manchester United after they failed to turn up in Rome last night.
Alan Davies
Religious food
http://consumerist.com/5268367/how-to-tell-if-you-have-religious-food
There seems to be a growing obsession with finding religious lookalikes in the food that we eat. What do you do if you find a snack that you think is shaped into a Jesus-like figure, or some other religious icon?
