ASBO Jesus

If you've not discovered ASBO Jesus yet, I'd strongly encourage you to pop in and have a look. Jon posts a new cartoon every day about some aspect of faith or church (or just life in general) and they're always succinct, witty, and thought-provoking. They also prompt a lively discussion in the comments section, which usually gives you even more to think about.

Yesterday's cartoon especially apt for me:

In good company

Andy has been kind enough to have added me to his list of Baptist Bloggers. (Well, I did ask him to.) I thought I ought to see what kind of company I find myself in, so I've just spend a short while looking at recent posts by the others. Most seem to be pretty theological - which generally means they go over my head pretty much (Andy himself regularly reviews books whose titles I don't even understand) - but there's also a fair range of stuff of interest to those of us on the "shop-floor", as it were.

Perhaps reading a mixture of thoughts from a variety of bloggers will help me to formulate some ideas. Or at least it might keep me off the streets.

More time-soakers

My list of books to read continues to grow. I've now finished a couple from my earlier list, but more have appeared in the meantime. And right now they're all taking a back seat to the newest Harry Potter, which I'm about half way through.

I'd probably have found time to read a lot more (and, hey, maybe even pray once a while) if I hadn't discovered Flickr. And I thought facebook soaked up a lot of time! Last night I was browsing through people's photos before going to bed, occasionally commenting on them, and annotating some of my own and suddenly four hours had passed. FOUR HOURS.

Late nights

Well, the original thought behind this blog hasn't come to much so far: to record prayers and answers. Partly because it's difficult to record specifics without compromising the privacy of those I allegedly pray for, and partly because, let's face it, there ain't much going on in the way of prayer. And I'm not convinced I believe in answers either.

Yet again I'm sitting up far too late on my own while Rachael and Ainsworth are tucked up in bed - but am I doing anything worthwhile? Let's think. I did a bit of ironing. I watched Jonathan Ross on the telly. I had a cup of tea. But mostly, the night has been spent - yet again - aimlessly browsing the internet. Some of my internet browsing is productive and educational (such as the excellent blog written by an anonymous fellow magistrate), but I have to recognise that much of it is just filling in time when I could be doing something at least vaguely useful. Hey, I could even read some of that Bible I was on about before, or even any of the other books I mentioned. (Having said that I have now started yet another book!) But no, someone recently introduced me to facebook, which has has soaked up far too many hours.