Jesus and politics
Excuse me Lord,
but with all this politicking
going on
at Westminster,
someone asked me,
what way you would vote ?
Got me thinking
Do you expect your disciples
to get involved with politics?
Mind you,
the first lot were - involved?
Judas was a right zealot.
He wanted you to declare UDI.
The apostles were a mixed bag,
the brothers James and John,
they believed you could have taken over the government.
They wanted to be your right hand men,
when you...
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Lord,
Can I talk to you a bit more about commitment?
What exactly would you say
Makes a good disciple?
I guess its about
Keeping the rules
Attending church every Sunday
Praying a lot?
Keeping the Ten Commandments?
Is it actually true
That you once asked a guy to sell up everything he owned
And give all the money he made to the poor?
That must have taken some nerve?
I mean to ask someone to sell all their possession
It gives a whole new meaning to the...
Its a funny old world, they say you become more conservative as you get older. I think it's happening the other way round for me. It's not that I'm buying into the trendy political morality of 21st century Blairite Britain. I just think that it is important to constantly reflect upon the way things are now rather than the way things used to be. Nuclear weapons is an example. I could just about understand why successive governments during the cold war advocated the...
1952 Black Vincent
Lord,
I visited the Museum of Modern Art yesterday,
in New York!
Now there's a place,
to make you feel small.
Buildings towering over you.
Anyway,
I was amazed at the things I saw.
All man- made!
There was a Vincent
all black and shiny.
No wonder Mollie took a ride on it.
We humans have an amazing eye for design.
We just love.
Making things,
making things work,
making things look good,
making things to please,
making...