tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80228738445930693032024-03-18T10:44:41.549+00:00Heavenly WorldlinessA blog featuring whatever I fancy, often on the Christian faith but not exclusivelyGary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.comBlogger7552125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-34022940032407931752024-03-18T10:43:00.004+00:002024-03-18T10:43:39.334+00:00Lord's Day March 17 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0z0kMY_BYQZQN3iIOYU09u8aL1DbhPgLDh4AoqeC-eT5q7ryQsftxM4Lvkrh_Fiy89gD1OlQ1AeH-77qUk3Jlg2ZQFP8zjq9wxr6AvoWiFidnvXCzueDSKSCVS0NLRPKk6c2x444_Xup6ARo6MwN1x4wXWl-qameA2aOX8srGNbzj205Eji4o_Sfoz8/s1337/opoiopp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0z0kMY_BYQZQN3iIOYU09u8aL1DbhPgLDh4AoqeC-eT5q7ryQsftxM4Lvkrh_Fiy89gD1OlQ1AeH-77qUk3Jlg2ZQFP8zjq9wxr6AvoWiFidnvXCzueDSKSCVS0NLRPKk6c2x444_Xup6ARo6MwN1x4wXWl-qameA2aOX8srGNbzj205Eji4o_Sfoz8/w359-h400/opoiopp.png" width="359" /></a></div><br />A packed morning congregation once again. That included some visiting family members, a recently retired local pastor and his wife and the brother of a regular attender plus all the usual crowd. Some of the Iranians have just gained asylum but others still wait. It's tough. As we are working through the Sermon on the Mount the subject was divorce Not an easy subject but it seems to have been appreciated. In the evening we had communion then looked at another famos verse - Philippians 4:13.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-32822616347412988082024-03-16T16:16:00.004+00:002024-03-16T16:18:16.398+00:00Wooden Spoon<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa6P61vwoCwwXSv9xIYI8w8gZWe8fF829DjL6H8_UU3-U4JUIViUS941XVJK3WWjK2_Pt2YXOcoMvb3uJ9nFL-_YRsVbuzrSjM2JpzrtCYNNsoSftrhQU6nILdFMl34PWcW0XbKDzhGxoNNnDuLlcIHsM83FFcK9kVC5wDomAgID9Vz9UW812_XOteTA/s1672/hjh.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1672" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa6P61vwoCwwXSv9xIYI8w8gZWe8fF829DjL6H8_UU3-U4JUIViUS941XVJK3WWjK2_Pt2YXOcoMvb3uJ9nFL-_YRsVbuzrSjM2JpzrtCYNNsoSftrhQU6nILdFMl34PWcW0XbKDzhGxoNNnDuLlcIHsM83FFcK9kVC5wDomAgID9Vz9UW812_XOteTA/w400-h165/hjh.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mason Grady scores Wales' third try</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sadly, after a fifth and final loss today Wales are defnites for the wooden spoon, Worst for twenty years.</div><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-89759809296985008592024-03-15T13:07:00.003+00:002024-03-15T13:07:38.008+00:00Midweek Meeting March 13 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkKaWbZ40s54jFu9snpNT3AoaD6WZ6l_schIpWtC5x5MyN2kJOGUK1HmsJFCGy-sxunF_TWcXweNRKn355mjid14azT8KoZqew51Inty-wtRYON2JhlTr_wG0zBFZX7Wy_C1hT2w9OAvociJD7GIl_dpJ6FeWkmvt49q-EF4bl6pUzr3OxHbZH9EVKrk/s600/klklko.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="600" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkKaWbZ40s54jFu9snpNT3AoaD6WZ6l_schIpWtC5x5MyN2kJOGUK1HmsJFCGy-sxunF_TWcXweNRKn355mjid14azT8KoZqew51Inty-wtRYON2JhlTr_wG0zBFZX7Wy_C1hT2w9OAvociJD7GIl_dpJ6FeWkmvt49q-EF4bl6pUzr3OxHbZH9EVKrk/w400-h224/klklko.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Eight of us were present and all prayed after a message from Eddie on prayer from 1 Thessalonians that included disussion and that made us want to pray.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-18603756814814394462024-03-15T10:19:00.006+00:002024-03-15T10:19:56.642+00:00Carey Conference 2025<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZkBvRIE0iHK3YNpOvjS1dCLNneKwmS78eZr9_ehW6etiP8yuMH_YiAidNWYxckEvvKtoc_uffv_mdjEhFJz8sxmgNGd2zk2RyuyzmISed9612-OIj-KEz1L4LGhW4FYATRwcEZ7QZQCkPKp1ayvGOse_IvlBxulEoyGpcZhI6SPm3yvxEmpuQy8wTJo/s689/jkjku.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="689" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZkBvRIE0iHK3YNpOvjS1dCLNneKwmS78eZr9_ehW6etiP8yuMH_YiAidNWYxckEvvKtoc_uffv_mdjEhFJz8sxmgNGd2zk2RyuyzmISed9612-OIj-KEz1L4LGhW4FYATRwcEZ7QZQCkPKp1ayvGOse_IvlBxulEoyGpcZhI6SPm3yvxEmpuQy8wTJo/w400-h188/jkjku.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />A new venue has been amounced for the next Carey Conference. This time it will not be in Swanwick but in King’s Park Conference Centre, Northampton. No reason is given for the move but Carey has often been quite peripatetic and I have attended conferences in Liverpool, Ripon and Swanwick. Earlier conferences were in Cardiff and other places, I believe.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">The dates for this coming conference are Tuesday 7th - Thursday 9th January 2025. The main speaker will be Brooks Buser, who served at one time church planting in Papua New Guinea among the Yembiyembi people. He is now President of Radius International, which trains cross-cultural workers for missionary service among unreached people groups</span>.</div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-57850678651885968352024-03-15T10:03:00.003+00:002024-03-15T13:03:15.126+00:00Day Off Week 11 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yYBJyJFZ9OVh3L2IqOoY5c166j4W3mJ0i0wMBd9ItVkJdcR-JkEGubVEoVRpz_Wpsyf9z3MhxJlnOKU2CW6Pdi2UptCq8vf5hQcxM8fJkNiYsEsWkP125lWIXaJtcOeD5slOcG6PsYsdCHePAmZBuZqoFQRUU4OjiucvcRAFiYk_GtaeX6mOKNPtjyA/s682/day%20off%2010.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="682" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yYBJyJFZ9OVh3L2IqOoY5c166j4W3mJ0i0wMBd9ItVkJdcR-JkEGubVEoVRpz_Wpsyf9z3MhxJlnOKU2CW6Pdi2UptCq8vf5hQcxM8fJkNiYsEsWkP125lWIXaJtcOeD5slOcG6PsYsdCHePAmZBuZqoFQRUU4OjiucvcRAFiYk_GtaeX6mOKNPtjyA/w400-h283/day%20off%2010.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Another day of reading and working on some of my blogs with TV in the evening after the regular Bible Study up the road.</span></div></span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-45914877071960576912024-03-11T12:38:00.001+00:002024-03-11T12:38:14.784+00:00Lord's Day March 10 2024<p><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviD-Rv8-FSUALxx1B6reMxGlwlCnWSuMoGkxQ9CxxyEG9fHDDKaNc2rfX3gzoxNwN37weuAeCAM8qakMXlQtroewZY-6cMv0Y3mF382LFvrNsZ-NrLU8bAX0svO5OlOQQ7Oa-D-XxPi-jowP2LiwaGsGr5Im9eiGPs-9N1ehrC1OtalBg1eOormjOY70/s796/jkjdkjsijisjisjisj.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="509" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviD-Rv8-FSUALxx1B6reMxGlwlCnWSuMoGkxQ9CxxyEG9fHDDKaNc2rfX3gzoxNwN37weuAeCAM8qakMXlQtroewZY-6cMv0Y3mF382LFvrNsZ-NrLU8bAX0svO5OlOQQ7Oa-D-XxPi-jowP2LiwaGsGr5Im9eiGPs-9N1ehrC1OtalBg1eOormjOY70/w256-h400/jkjdkjsijisjisjisj.png" width="256" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We were a decent number Sunday morning but I've just been counting up who was missing and it reaches double figures. We have lost four Iranian refugees who have had to move hotel. There were another 16 at least away for various reasons. It is hard to keep up. I preached the next section in the Sermon on the Mount and in the evening I started a series on famous texts, beginning with John 3:16. I'd hoped to entice sime people oout who don't aready come but it was a wet old day.</span></div><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-9329613337641591332024-03-11T09:57:00.005+00:002024-03-11T09:57:35.541+00:00Midweek Meeting March 6 2024<span style="color: #073763;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopctFCFTcsdByaMtYXTE5vCsNfNy6ZprIR4WLAVGPMSzCxMy40K3s6_5NLkp6MDmLFXtZdni4h-PQU0iLtcfElEx51yWAopagSf4Osuw7m5zdU_maw3HVqwEt860adrObxePaE6snIIiUz3wNYB1JgX1N8hqJS74hst_3pSmr1yIz4stUP3w6qyCKdmE/s1920/rom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopctFCFTcsdByaMtYXTE5vCsNfNy6ZprIR4WLAVGPMSzCxMy40K3s6_5NLkp6MDmLFXtZdni4h-PQU0iLtcfElEx51yWAopagSf4Osuw7m5zdU_maw3HVqwEt860adrObxePaE6snIIiUz3wNYB1JgX1N8hqJS74hst_3pSmr1yIz4stUP3w6qyCKdmE/w400-h225/rom.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />About eight of us this last Wednesday (plus one online), looking at Romans 1:18-32 and spending time in prayer. Good time.</span>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-38890772287990036922024-03-11T09:50:00.007+00:002024-03-15T10:05:15.416+00:00Day Off Week 10 2024<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFq0NgjX0dcI96GeC1DXH19HELowDCFmzhEUAfgnlFpLKHFyGV9TfgXRkv-FTn8mDTWwoo9aR6H3QvZgjV7R9mZRP3FnO__VQiJokgiLXh-ql3_oDrTyJ6otXziBVLW78Mm4LMVUnucWIwoscAtfYATu50v16BD8qPjw6OX0dFXG5ejBnbSNsA44DVs8/s775/day%20off%2010.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="775" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFq0NgjX0dcI96GeC1DXH19HELowDCFmzhEUAfgnlFpLKHFyGV9TfgXRkv-FTn8mDTWwoo9aR6H3QvZgjV7R9mZRP3FnO__VQiJokgiLXh-ql3_oDrTyJ6otXziBVLW78Mm4LMVUnucWIwoscAtfYATu50v16BD8qPjw6OX0dFXG5ejBnbSNsA44DVs8/w400-h255/day%20off%2010.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />Typical day off mainly reading. I didn't quite finish the book on naive art, which I have read before. The day before Eleri had been at the London Welsh Centre and she brought me a signed copy of book on the Welsh marches by Mike Parker. I started reading it and got through a good chunk of this interesting and well written book. In the evening I held my regular Bible study with an Iranian couple. Backhere there was time for a bit of TV.</span><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-52834893555014099102024-03-06T08:36:00.006+00:002024-03-06T08:37:43.622+00:00The Times They were Achanging<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7N30hFUcksmKfxWj0Is16YfQIhS7w-2P33PVFFhwb5LjUkVEM-5FTjvuR6J0VyQfXPn9pPr3hkFhlfEVmK6lki3gQLDrVMnc-QnC2Kv0dxMmsnPr_ejYlnlEnWxB6FYxrRKKudRt7kvBW05rCOe3jo4MuZJZsMHy1eHkBKUzbsut8UNGTuVJ8sSSuCU/s372/dyanBarryFeinstein372.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="372" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7N30hFUcksmKfxWj0Is16YfQIhS7w-2P33PVFFhwb5LjUkVEM-5FTjvuR6J0VyQfXPn9pPr3hkFhlfEVmK6lki3gQLDrVMnc-QnC2Kv0dxMmsnPr_ejYlnlEnWxB6FYxrRKKudRt7kvBW05rCOe3jo4MuZJZsMHy1eHkBKUzbsut8UNGTuVJ8sSSuCU/w493-h254/dyanBarryFeinstein372.webp" width="493" /></a></div><br />I was reading a book yesterday that referred to a famous picture of Bob Dylan at the old Aust Ferry terminal in 1966. I don't remember seeing the picture but it is of interest as if you look, in the distance you can see the almost complete first Severn Bridge (it's just above the car). Before that, of course, the ancient ferry was the only way to avoid making a long roundabout journey to get from Somerset to South Wales.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-14096638289987896802024-03-06T08:29:00.009+00:002024-03-06T08:29:56.574+00:00Lord's Day March 3 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuIPCZVVyaXtTqahPLqoqvyl65ausZdLXVQe1oztqeXMWkx_q6UnHCvWn0v9zTqx8xlP8wpoZ7QZERHT5mWXhI-_tu8pKZNLLpLQSGaV1ehbOEyfDO2-Fn_6zne_aNXDf8tWhNwTODR7A4_6-cLKj9B1L5xmOkMLhaADbR3j3CmFIFFxIa1-LqnSFREQ/s1968/dks;ldk;lkdld.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuIPCZVVyaXtTqahPLqoqvyl65ausZdLXVQe1oztqeXMWkx_q6UnHCvWn0v9zTqx8xlP8wpoZ7QZERHT5mWXhI-_tu8pKZNLLpLQSGaV1ehbOEyfDO2-Fn_6zne_aNXDf8tWhNwTODR7A4_6-cLKj9B1L5xmOkMLhaADbR3j3CmFIFFxIa1-LqnSFREQ/w390-h400/dks;ldk;lkdld.png" width="390" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We were back to pre-half term numbers last Sunday morning, which was good. In the eening we were our usual small number, just into double figures. We started the day with communion, thinking about Passover</span>. In the main morning meeting we carried on in the Sermon on the Mount and in the evening I gave my final message on Job. It has been good to go through the book once again.</div><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-24685301262856712472024-03-04T18:03:00.005+00:002024-03-04T18:03:25.217+00:00The late Chris Nicholl and his amazing feat<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp7dOImkBefm-f4YX90RWfRjPQq43MHqcDbQDYLNxzG2HupFB44ENocajLsjmrqq8_gwkEMcdeCD12i7eut6bnc429Qek-kqDLlpDir7GCfcVXuw4L_BNm7MEdYBhmxa4oSe845ErPd7b24kXF8bm-y1YLmrbGHLDdNVOUjOIZCTxryG0-GbyfnU20U8/s1024/4f287ad8-2021-04-30-1024x576.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp7dOImkBefm-f4YX90RWfRjPQq43MHqcDbQDYLNxzG2HupFB44ENocajLsjmrqq8_gwkEMcdeCD12i7eut6bnc429Qek-kqDLlpDir7GCfcVXuw4L_BNm7MEdYBhmxa4oSe845ErPd7b24kXF8bm-y1YLmrbGHLDdNVOUjOIZCTxryG0-GbyfnU20U8/w400-h225/4f287ad8-2021-04-30-1024x576.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />I notice that the footballer Chris Nicholl has died. I didn't know the name but I was interested to read of a game he was in that features in <i>Football's Strangest Matches</i> by Andrew Ward, a book we have somewhere in the house. The game was between Leicester City and Aston Villa at Filbert Street, in March 1976. Chris Nicholl, a Northern Ireland international, who in his career played 648 league games for a number of different clubs, managed to score all four goals. A tall central defender for Villa, he clearly appreciated the symmetry of the game and managed on the occasion to alternate own goals with his "proper" ones for Villa, all spread nicely across the ninety minutes. The first, an own goal, came in the 15th minute, from a shot by a Leicester player which deflected off Nicholl's head. He was able to equalise before the break in the 40th minute, shooting from close range after a scramble in the penalty area. In the second half, he managed, in the 53rd minute, to score a second own goal (his hat trick, you might say, but own goals don't usually count for that honour). He had again headeded past his own keeper. With four minutes to go he was remarkably able to once again cancel out his own effort, this time scoring from a Villa corner.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-33520572103415652602024-03-01T11:14:00.001+00:002024-03-01T11:14:13.187+00:00Exodus 35:18<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3ZZSCl-sYJNUs-p84WTyL7S1_-L1bYfyRe0ahZVpr5KnxLg28xn1Uh0zEkOHm45nfgw-8rp5uvltIiY_rzXzcdIGv4XF6zL-EL1OTdA7qYnL7gfCo8i_dCSEpR1FuH5dTz64GkokR-bcfKnkdNl6t1YtIj10gj3QHHO74MO11yEIXbdWOkNmNmVBlzs/s1024/Heavy-Duty-Tent-Peg-1500-3_1024x1024.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3ZZSCl-sYJNUs-p84WTyL7S1_-L1bYfyRe0ahZVpr5KnxLg28xn1Uh0zEkOHm45nfgw-8rp5uvltIiY_rzXzcdIGv4XF6zL-EL1OTdA7qYnL7gfCo8i_dCSEpR1FuH5dTz64GkokR-bcfKnkdNl6t1YtIj10gj3QHHO74MO11yEIXbdWOkNmNmVBlzs/s320/Heavy-Duty-Tent-Peg-1500-3_1024x1024.webp" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />Exodus 35:18<i> ... the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; ...</i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">This verse has to have the potential for being one of the least striking verses in the Bible. It is part of a list in connection with the building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness and it is simply saying that someone in Israel made the tent pegs for the Tabernacle itself and for the Courtyard - and also the ropes. Some forgotten character or characters made the tent pegs and ropes. It seems so insignificant a work and yet, of course, without it the Tabernacle never would have stood. If the work had been defective, it would not have stood long. So today all sorts of hidden and seemingly insignificant work goes on in the Kingdom - and must go on. If the tent peg makers and rope makers, the listeners and tea makers and fall down on their job, the whole enterprise is in jeapordy.</span></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-49022751392670930122024-03-01T10:07:00.004+00:002024-03-01T10:07:28.210+00:00Happy St David's Day<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMNb9jwAK6PBsPK_jrSxpWQhv-kGYEJ6BDTJdomh7X71snZvtVv9WUKiFeQlsIoxWWxPSNNrGBL0D65dnaaAKe5iVDaw8__opTR13l1BKL14j0NEnVmBWfsPhAntHtjXsAJ2sdCV6cnXq4KFXrMEiDktaMu_OKgYoG4tWXJ8ZaHLk3ZtRoU0cfSqe5p0/s1362/nksnjnsjsnjsn.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1362" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMNb9jwAK6PBsPK_jrSxpWQhv-kGYEJ6BDTJdomh7X71snZvtVv9WUKiFeQlsIoxWWxPSNNrGBL0D65dnaaAKe5iVDaw8__opTR13l1BKL14j0NEnVmBWfsPhAntHtjXsAJ2sdCV6cnXq4KFXrMEiDktaMu_OKgYoG4tWXJ8ZaHLk3ZtRoU0cfSqe5p0/w400-h335/nksnjnsjsnjsn.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Most of my grandchildren celebrating today in Wales</b></span><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-77293684828533333842024-03-01T09:45:00.003+00:002024-03-01T09:45:35.038+00:00Midweek Meeting February 28 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85-i9UbrqBWgvi3G2TNu6ONwpmJ6wQZxcmX6_pIBxmuJel4PtF3b8lsMIhkd5qoAw_YLNkqPo4icHfICYzXaB1FeKrAupqqSV8f2bpcotT50gyE8UHFSL3yDsyGTnj_Wx9W5OYgvtRa5PgdmAKMO4vtTebulPHRFEzfh31ATyRda-L0d24l_-fZkHcjc/s640/rom%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="640" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85-i9UbrqBWgvi3G2TNu6ONwpmJ6wQZxcmX6_pIBxmuJel4PtF3b8lsMIhkd5qoAw_YLNkqPo4icHfICYzXaB1FeKrAupqqSV8f2bpcotT50gyE8UHFSL3yDsyGTnj_Wx9W5OYgvtRa5PgdmAKMO4vtTebulPHRFEzfh31ATyRda-L0d24l_-fZkHcjc/w400-h284/rom%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Seven of us gathered (plus three online) for our Bible study and prayer meeting. We began a new series on Romans with Romans 1:1-17. I tried to be interactive. Good prayer time too.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-12924952782257539712024-03-01T09:39:00.009+00:002024-03-01T09:39:46.531+00:00Day Off Week 9 2024<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cPfZ25NGmt4Fu7VzCNM0ARQD98k_SFxmlV1dGUf1_7yewEmXIE8SxzBSFNupSn8nvv00fD1BRjJwbnqGgAcazXuwE-mmAmMsgXjrKLvmTqJExss7szb9VZ9bE68qhhpbnSO2k84gkjgx4l4YJttmwIZx5IfbowGLPqKrpxeOPDQjE02JtyLH2_KQcgY/s3275/klklklki.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="3275" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cPfZ25NGmt4Fu7VzCNM0ARQD98k_SFxmlV1dGUf1_7yewEmXIE8SxzBSFNupSn8nvv00fD1BRjJwbnqGgAcazXuwE-mmAmMsgXjrKLvmTqJExss7szb9VZ9bE68qhhpbnSO2k84gkjgx4l4YJttmwIZx5IfbowGLPqKrpxeOPDQjE02JtyLH2_KQcgY/w400-h121/klklklki.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />Typical day, mostly spent reading and catching up on one or two blogs. From what I can see Post-impressionism is not really a thing just a way of noting how artists took in what impressionism had to say then moved on. Started the Banner biography of Beza. In the evening I did go out for a Bible Study with some friends, postponed from last night when we were seeing my nephew off. In the evening we began watching this futuristic Welsh drama about Port Talbot. Interesting.</span><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-52173912792017376702024-03-01T09:34:00.003+00:002024-03-01T09:34:50.114+00:00Bon Voyage<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVtwA5IEo7Ytptq5OpVAx4jMNk_xtXG6Z7leqxNk6BQF48GZ5yWzpve_HaE9X87_srLsWe9JBn0WsGienL0prb0flN2jz-6QSbFR_wddnahSzaVjkBnthLwg2Vsroygf4rluNpCa5lARkhmaKzwpmm6_CwhBuHf_3VZ4njXSm6L7_-xgK3mxZ19BLkNI/s1429/bon%20v.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1429" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVtwA5IEo7Ytptq5OpVAx4jMNk_xtXG6Z7leqxNk6BQF48GZ5yWzpve_HaE9X87_srLsWe9JBn0WsGienL0prb0flN2jz-6QSbFR_wddnahSzaVjkBnthLwg2Vsroygf4rluNpCa5lARkhmaKzwpmm6_CwhBuHf_3VZ4njXSm6L7_-xgK3mxZ19BLkNI/w400-h394/bon%20v.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br />On Monday night we said bon voyage to my nephew Will who is off to live in Adelaide, Australia, indefinitely. That is a second nephew down under. My nephew on the other side, Iwan, has been in Melbourne for a while now. Both are around 27 and single. Makes sense. It's an awfully long way though.</span><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-49973283930070328162024-03-01T09:10:00.003+00:002024-03-01T09:10:14.276+00:00Latest Lunch Time Lecture at the Library<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gFmnkVx6cwKRxBF67q-B9jr7LSQScyuSIWDkEhvyIZZvrCNt2-hvAYuXH3RzYaYRlnhySqvMJBtL0GmBPcbNyV593VZMct9D-k_wnKMPj9FJv7PTdh83ikHY31WaKuh1EKqQqAYCoE-NLAFyIOiDQNDa0a1qdRqpM8KZNY7G8n_Qhj_R484cqnrfsT0/s1327/elid.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1327" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gFmnkVx6cwKRxBF67q-B9jr7LSQScyuSIWDkEhvyIZZvrCNt2-hvAYuXH3RzYaYRlnhySqvMJBtL0GmBPcbNyV593VZMct9D-k_wnKMPj9FJv7PTdh83ikHY31WaKuh1EKqQqAYCoE-NLAFyIOiDQNDa0a1qdRqpM8KZNY7G8n_Qhj_R484cqnrfsT0/w400-h271/elid.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />There was another online lecture on Monday when Dr Ian Densham spoke on <i>Calvin and worship</i>. This is something of a companion piece to a previous lecture on <i>Luther the Wittenberg Nightingale</i>. We were about twenty or so listening in. The lecture can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzBOiy0AU5U" target="_blank">here on YouTube</a> (the Luther one is also there - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MopqqPOG2rg" target="_blank">see here</a> and my own lecture given the previous time = <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zaqo-2Xh0" target="_blank">see here</a>). The next lunch time lecture online is from Norman Hopkins on Joseph Ivimey, March 25. Our annual lecture is live at the Library and is on June 3, when David Campebell will speak on Alexander Stewart of Moulin.</span><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-10324983747587077002024-02-27T08:56:00.006+00:002024-02-27T09:03:04.932+00:00Lord's Day February 25 2024<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkEF4PWD0g5kh24VpyT3g6aWKLsylYCTNQhhr4dHivN50iTmgedzny31Vu19An3fWHXfqXlMNOM0y0GhALGNehRdc9N8eytF36xiF7QuSKm3OE_0_zXQhI7fvAVD3tTdAw68-5Er0A7WYUmv8PLi4if8zxdqoNicr8dZkX2V_-1GgL1TOKME1VPFqIXA/s1144/.,lmn.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="748" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkEF4PWD0g5kh24VpyT3g6aWKLsylYCTNQhhr4dHivN50iTmgedzny31Vu19An3fWHXfqXlMNOM0y0GhALGNehRdc9N8eytF36xiF7QuSKm3OE_0_zXQhI7fvAVD3tTdAw68-5Er0A7WYUmv8PLi4if8zxdqoNicr8dZkX2V_-1GgL1TOKME1VPFqIXA/w261-h400/.,lmn.png" width="261" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />Busy day last Sunday as I not only preached morning adn evening in Childs Hill but in the afternoon also for the Korean church that uses our building in the afternoons. Their pastor is in Korea having an eye operation. Lovely to be with them. Our morning congregation was again a little lower than it has been (still half term?). Yet another new Iranian there - will we see him again? Another Iranian has just been moved a further hour out so I'm not ure if we will see much of her again. I carried on in the Sermon on the Mount and in the evening gave my penultimate sermon on Job.</span><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-90995048895533154662024-02-27T08:32:00.002+00:002024-02-27T08:32:18.099+00:00Wales bad to worse<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeWYnfQHj7VwWEsRMqMccYycunMnSszxAf0akL-0alHsXmULIDQKSfXHYHzkC5YaPeKs2TBSbOa8vaR1LipToqLx62zPtLFnfTOv2Vbi6kySnjzr0biGxsI8LxwXGWExHyl-FceHIFeQS3gcKQ8rBq-lJ2XKR_9mxeXKL9fXlF4cv06bk2YnHw5p7EPE/s650/65da554925d13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="650" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeWYnfQHj7VwWEsRMqMccYycunMnSszxAf0akL-0alHsXmULIDQKSfXHYHzkC5YaPeKs2TBSbOa8vaR1LipToqLx62zPtLFnfTOv2Vbi6kySnjzr0biGxsI8LxwXGWExHyl-FceHIFeQS3gcKQ8rBq-lJ2XKR_9mxeXKL9fXlF4cv06bk2YnHw5p7EPE/w400-h225/65da554925d13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Wales's woeful six nations continues. They lost to England by just two points on February 10 (16-14) and then to Ireland last Saturday, 31-7. France next but on a Sunday so I won't watch that live. It's a young team with many new caps so perhaps there's hope for the future.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-40107044405253735102024-02-23T10:02:00.002+00:002024-02-23T10:02:34.226+00:00Midweek Meeting February 21 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fQ8m1Aq9f_nq8qI2X6uXeG_6O6nTJS3aftxwgx08Vt46KpE0DQ3SK0cQbAyUSJHWcvnGsa4rr7U_duo_5bUz5-FjNmbfUq48eTP6toepAx1HlbE7o1z3vwv671f_IghbuK4wuZ563Rd5IxgauQWgpZezMrJfKdE-tffsRnakN7p7qp_CbGf8kCt3TDk/s1540/l;l;'l';l';l';l';.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1540" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fQ8m1Aq9f_nq8qI2X6uXeG_6O6nTJS3aftxwgx08Vt46KpE0DQ3SK0cQbAyUSJHWcvnGsa4rr7U_duo_5bUz5-FjNmbfUq48eTP6toepAx1HlbE7o1z3vwv671f_IghbuK4wuZ563Rd5IxgauQWgpZezMrJfKdE-tffsRnakN7p7qp_CbGf8kCt3TDk/w400-h225/l;l;'l';l';l';l';.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />We were just under double figures at the midweek meeting this week. Eddie carried on with his series on prayer, looking at Paul's prayers in Colossians (and Epaphrad wrestling). We had a good time of prayer too.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-56458029878932538972024-02-23T09:55:00.004+00:002024-03-01T09:13:11.090+00:00Day Off Week 8 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFmpoeOGi5lOLqU4jeuSRlRo98QFWo0BHDOoz0aXm-O0YVsvTeOAbNYcxy27TxxMZl6v8lfbGDuRTOumiDR5SKesrEduuo6dod5SjK2J4ZTVIRcwyii0gqyCT6bcJYu23ynQIVhki-WZtLJ85vgfINaWXaen5nNo4ijmhxEYBL19VuQ5TjSF31Y4Cy5g/s1029/sdl;k;sk;dlskd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="701" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFmpoeOGi5lOLqU4jeuSRlRo98QFWo0BHDOoz0aXm-O0YVsvTeOAbNYcxy27TxxMZl6v8lfbGDuRTOumiDR5SKesrEduuo6dod5SjK2J4ZTVIRcwyii0gqyCT6bcJYu23ynQIVhki-WZtLJ85vgfINaWXaen5nNo4ijmhxEYBL19VuQ5TjSF31Y4Cy5g/w273-h400/sdl;k;sk;dlskd.png" width="273" /></a></div><br />The main thing last Tuesday was reading, mostly at home but I did get out for a coffee at some point. My art book for the day was on the Pre-Raphaelites, which I enjoyed. I also finished John Steinbeck's little novella The Pearl which I very much enjoyed. Still reading the Charlemagne book and the amusing field guide to clergy.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-32730627867846003402024-02-23T09:38:00.002+00:002024-03-06T08:30:28.340+00:00Lord's Day February 18 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6MimiNyh2UkZJgC6YTomcCe7LN_qFcbfgAMen5VBZPEqlcr0KKGg36pCapm1IiGaCKr_xHY-fjSqRoLIuViUfSkjNsSgBAQ93wUAncQxRk-pFvGf99dxjPaQl1KJDFkLe5XcXaHlXxzgmAoW68a99ukkoZi3SJOGemF67kzMbB29O6GgaCnXk5g1zDk/s1758/ewmm,m.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6MimiNyh2UkZJgC6YTomcCe7LN_qFcbfgAMen5VBZPEqlcr0KKGg36pCapm1IiGaCKr_xHY-fjSqRoLIuViUfSkjNsSgBAQ93wUAncQxRk-pFvGf99dxjPaQl1KJDFkLe5XcXaHlXxzgmAoW68a99ukkoZi3SJOGemF67kzMbB29O6GgaCnXk5g1zDk/w205-h400/ewmm,m.png" width="205" /></a></div><br />As I expected, numbers were down last Sunday as many were away. Trying not to be discouraged. I preached the next sermon in the new series on the Sermon on the Mount. In the evening Eddie preached to the usual smaller number from Exodus 16.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-31753477022294298682024-02-20T17:04:00.006+00:002024-02-20T17:04:51.680+00:00Brady's Coffee<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG4ubYS-XVm4J8x-tj0e0nZLmi5kDeCbwMlACg9AM_MEL1TCVAIKvEvGetAGSTOSVvtErLQH6y6EBDQ81DR0GLfmcy5Mdkc3Nbk2DPz7aTPhpLlqOHggq0tIYYzD-JPex31j1-2KnkMS5RtA-0nTJQZkYcHIs3WKQ93aM35Ppe_L2DXb1G7tUhdkt4rs/s480/CB002BradysCoffeeCompanySignatureBlendIrishroast_large.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG4ubYS-XVm4J8x-tj0e0nZLmi5kDeCbwMlACg9AM_MEL1TCVAIKvEvGetAGSTOSVvtErLQH6y6EBDQ81DR0GLfmcy5Mdkc3Nbk2DPz7aTPhpLlqOHggq0tIYYzD-JPex31j1-2KnkMS5RtA-0nTJQZkYcHIs3WKQ93aM35Ppe_L2DXb1G7tUhdkt4rs/w266-h400/CB002BradysCoffeeCompanySignatureBlendIrishroast_large.webp" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">My sister spotted this in Ireland and bought us some. I haven't tasted it yet. </span><a href="https://www.bradyscoffee.ie/" target="_blank">More here</a><span style="color: #7f6000;">.</span></div><p></p>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-16473948194355902502024-02-19T13:03:00.004+00:002024-02-19T13:03:29.423+00:00One Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY240nRGEgyK5k77PsOK9_SNa5DgT1lRN_aptYQn7UPO9FKe1q8WpdrhATQTo_mI09oXyjys2XdPuuKmvtY5R_7qy5WzTarP6kwSOT1uiojdWyHI2XOKGu2JvQo4SDUV40CkxNrqgMsHbPEDeG8e0_aPANP9bu8lXcH4ZfB8KffzVLoZjUkLpB_N_QmZE/s377/One_Love_2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="265" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY240nRGEgyK5k77PsOK9_SNa5DgT1lRN_aptYQn7UPO9FKe1q8WpdrhATQTo_mI09oXyjys2XdPuuKmvtY5R_7qy5WzTarP6kwSOT1uiojdWyHI2XOKGu2JvQo4SDUV40CkxNrqgMsHbPEDeG8e0_aPANP9bu8lXcH4ZfB8KffzVLoZjUkLpB_N_QmZE/w281-h400/One_Love_2003.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">May be biopic (I said bi-opic for years but it shoud be bio-pic, of course) is my favourite genre of movie. I've seen three in the last little while (Maestro, One Life, One Love). I saw One Love in the cinema last week and really enjoyed it. Critics have been divided but I thought it did what it set out to do. How accurate it was I don't know. What I noticed was how brief Marley's life was (he died at 36) and how idealistic he was. Rastafarian beliefs really hold no water but I woould guess Christians come across like that to some. In the end it was great music that put Bob Marley so high in people's estimation. What his impact was otherwise it is hard to say.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022873844593069303.post-76341260687962194192024-02-16T17:43:00.004+00:002024-02-16T17:43:20.253+00:00Midweek Meeting February 14 2024<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRM__d6VPiyn-q3csGxYrQLsOYGcWnEynTNyLQ_Qv28GmkWdCqTZvQ-_7PVSgZRqGcSvPZKz5m1GXdwUL9Jma2YTmxyubSobHXhsmHdebXFBZoFb_JbBznpIe37bLrUo5b5tfjw4Kx5RNVHMvXZgZUrPtvP0NihP8RLO6IPLyBkZhqbJ_f6kQmYApLBM/s512/jkjkjkjk.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="512" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRM__d6VPiyn-q3csGxYrQLsOYGcWnEynTNyLQ_Qv28GmkWdCqTZvQ-_7PVSgZRqGcSvPZKz5m1GXdwUL9Jma2YTmxyubSobHXhsmHdebXFBZoFb_JbBznpIe37bLrUo5b5tfjw4Kx5RNVHMvXZgZUrPtvP0NihP8RLO6IPLyBkZhqbJ_f6kQmYApLBM/w400-h199/jkjkjkjk.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Seven of us came together to study the Word and pray the other night. (Plus one or two online). We did a one off on Psalm 147 to begin. I tried to be a bit more interactive. We then discussed prayer matters before praying. People were a little slow to pray I thought.</span></div>Gary Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com0