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Commented Jun 11, 2021 on EDWIN POOTS AND THE BIBLE at SOUL SURMISE
EDWIN POOTS AND THE BIBLE
The new leader of the DUP, Edwin Poots has written some headlines across Northern Irish politics in recent weeks. One of the big talking points has been his views on the age of the earth. Edwin is from a group that thinks you can measure the age of planet earth by Biblical genealogies. It is ...
Surprised Sheryl’s cover ranked higher than Radiator Blues Band’s 😜
Commented May 24, 2021 on STOCKI'S BOB DYLAN COVERS FOR HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY at SOUL SURMISE
STOCKI'S BOB DYLAN COVERS FOR HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY
A HARD RAINS A-GONNA FALL - BRYAN FERRY (from These Foolish Things) My introduction to Dylan as a 12 year old. The lyrics and imagery grabbed my attention in a world of Slade and T.Rex. BLOWING IN THE WIND - NEIL YOUNG (from Weld) An electrified, rocked up and very loud version of an a...
You had me with Larry Norman (and the mixed metaphor) in the title, but this is great.
Commented Jul 22, 2020 on HOW A LARRY NORMAN RECORD WAS THE LAST TOOTH ON THE KEY TO MY SALVATION at SOUL SURMISE
HOW A LARRY NORMAN RECORD WAS THE LAST TOOTH ON THE KEY TO MY SALVATION
(It would have been Larry Norman's birthday this past weekend. It made me think back to when his In Another Land album changed my life...) Larry Norman changed my life. His album In Another Land was the final key that unlocked my belief in God and my realisation that following Jesus was fo...
You have no need to apologise. You didn't jump the queue. You were at the front of it - in hospital - on the basis of need. If anyone needed it sooner than you they'd have been in hospital.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Commented Jun 13, 2020 on QUITE A TEN DAYS - SURMISING MY GALLBLADDER REMOVAL at SOUL SURMISE
QUITE A TEN DAYS - SURMISING MY GALLBLADDER REMOVAL
Well, that was quite a ten days. I am sitting recuperating from the physical and attempting to come to terms with the psychological of the whirlwind from unbearable pain on Thursday morning to gallbladder being taken out on Monday. At this end of the saga I am slowly healing. It is as if th...
Nails. Wood. Blood.
Nail. Head. Hit.
#micdrop
Commented Jun 3, 2020 on A TURNING OVER THE TABLES RANT AGAINST THE US PRESIDENT at SOUL SURMISE
A TURNING OVER THE TABLES RANT AGAINST THE US PRESIDENT
I don’t like turning over tables in the temple. It was not a regular practice of Jesus. Oh, in private I can vent and rage but publicly I am more circumspect. BUT… turn over the tables I must today. This photograph of the President of the United States Of America holding up the Holy Bible a...
Deborah
thank you so much. I must take a look again at those songs you mention from that perspective. The only one of them I had read that way in the past was Make You Feel My Love. I put a link to my previous musings on it in the blog post above. In case you missed it, or didn't notice need to click on the link in the previous blog, here's the direct link to my slideshow put to the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHkrbVArXlg
Commented May 14, 2020 on Lockdown Part 2. The "Skeleton Key" to Unlock "False Prophet" and other Dylan Songs? at Slicer's Slivers of Being
Lockdown Part 2. The "Skeleton Key" to Unlock "False Prophet" and other Dylan Songs?
Bob Dylan has often been a seemingly reluctant interviewee. And from the early days when he achieved public notice, he has been asked about the "meaning" of his songs. Sometimes the questions have been inane, sometimes pertinent. He rarely gives a straight answer when asked about the meaning ...
Eduardo, thanks for the repost. I learned some fascinating things on Edlis Cafe!
Commented May 14, 2020 on Lockdown Part 2. The "Skeleton Key" to Unlock "False Prophet" and other Dylan Songs? at Slicer's Slivers of Being
Lockdown Part 2. The "Skeleton Key" to Unlock "False Prophet" and other Dylan Songs?
Bob Dylan has often been a seemingly reluctant interviewee. And from the early days when he achieved public notice, he has been asked about the "meaning" of his songs. Sometimes the questions have been inane, sometimes pertinent. He rarely gives a straight answer when asked about the meaning ...
Lockdown Part 2. The "Skeleton Key" to Unlock "False Prophet" and other Dylan Songs?
Posted May 13, 2020 at Slicer's Slivers of Being
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Nice surmise, and important balanced points around economic welfare.
Boris has got plenty of speech writing talent on hand, and clearly his bluster is a breath of fresh air to some. He's got at least 2 problems - one of which he highlighted in his "repair the damage" speech last night (which I think was much clearer than the previous one):
1. it is much more tricky to make decisions to emerge from lockdown than to shut down, and even more tricky to explain those to public and journalists who focus on very specific detail when the broad sweep is all that can be decided at this point.
2. He faces challenges from 2 extremes within his own party - those wanting to "get wealth going" and those who wish to prioritise lives over an early return to economic improvement/wealth generation. Presenting a coherent approach with that kind of stuff going on in the background can't be easy.
That said, well done Norn Iron Executive on the detail published today. It fits within the same broad sweep as England's principles but timed a little differently at this point, and much clearer - probably because they didn't get themselves pressurised into releasing something half-baked.
Some of the journalists/media presenters should be ashamed 'tho. After pressurising government to shut down/shut schools, almost no sooner than that happens, stirring discontent over lockdown, economic effects, return to schools, and lack of certainty on timescales.
Commented May 12, 2020 on STOCKI SURMISES BORIS'S SPEECH at SOUL SURMISE
STOCKI SURMISES BORIS'S SPEECH
The name of this blog is Soul Surmise. It was for me to do some public surmising. So, here I go… Boris’s speech on Sunday night. On Sunday evening, Boris played out one of my greatest fears. For many years I have known that God gifted me with oratory. I learned in my late teens that I could ...
"We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it..." (Part 1)
Posted May 8, 2020 at Slicer's Slivers of Being
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Posted Apr 10, 2020 at Slicer's Slivers of Being
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Outstanding, highly considered, and balanced approach. It is never too early to start learning new rituals which can help our neighbour.
Commented Mar 14, 2020 on CORONAVIRUS AND FITZROY - LETTER FROM THE MINISTER at SOUL SURMISE
CORONAVIRUS AND FITZROY - LETTER FROM THE MINISTER
Dear Fitzer, Fitzroy’s Session and Staff have been giving a lot of thought and prayer to how we best respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic. We have set up a small group to help us respond to an ever changing situation. We are considering the immediate response and are putting together an imag...
WONDERFUL
Commented Dec 9, 2019 on DECEMBER 9th 1980 - LENNON'S DEAD & I AM DOING BOB DYLAN IN SCHOOL ASSEMBLY at SOUL SURMISE
DECEMBER 9th 1980 - LENNON'S DEAD & I AM DOING BOB DYLAN IN SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
It was a big day for me. One of the biggest at that stage of my life. I was speaking at our Ballymena Academy morning Assembly. The Christian Union in school were doing a week of mission. We had been given an opportunity to speak at Assembly and I had been designated. I was going to speak ab...
Amen to both.
Tho, as you have observed Steve, not all Protestant denominations neglected Ascension or indeed the Communion of Saints. Isn’t cross-fertilisation a wonderful thing. Aslan is on the move.
Commented Nov 1, 2019 on ASCENSION - ITS VITAL THEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE at SOUL SURMISE
ASCENSION - ITS VITAL THEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
I never remember much fuss about Ascension Day in any Church I have worshipped in. My friend Dani tells me that in Germany they have a school holiday. Here in Northern Ireland, Protestant Churches probably think that celebrating the Church year is a bit Catholic! We need to realise that the ...
Don't mess with a Mantis... (don't know if there's an analogy with humans that's appropriate or not on that one!):
Amazing creation... check the link...
https://www.facebook.com/entomologyInnPakistan/videos/377816023158019/?__xts__[0]=68.ARCjpfB7B0DzLIwsnloLusfxnXPHbntUrhUlSwUfqgzaVS79uTP_Qx7ojUcmPYWvD-c0_hBWSaAE08cDX-UL2zOefECE9KlIKTfE9Sd748_RpqWMxH4tWcBl6n789c98pJBvyxYJ2h7ZXB1et5BP9tGrm49qswbDRviYsrU73hGQHdupbE5O7_IIjsaW_1tPJ9BPW3YwqEbJNhCeGCC_GtKDmEU3y7eH0xhxH6TbGDQNt3A2MMAv69EqGeLyt6TM1UTkI5hEaB5GgAMCFmWkETz0BZBA2VvLhCJvHpWBF43U-lgwPLxSts5Qocd-IfO8YUJFWAeRToG0r9iVH6ffi9DG5P9sgSMq0w&__tn__=H-R
Commented Oct 17, 2019 on I HAVE STOPPED KILLING SPIDERS... at SOUL SURMISE
I HAVE STOPPED KILLING SPIDERS...
(my Pause For Thought on the Vanessa Show on BBC Radio 2... the theme was The Wonders Of Nature...) I have stopped killing spiders. Even if they are one step away. Why? Well, I was given a new perspective on all insects. I have a friend called Neville who loves creepy crawlies. And knows all...
Smashing it, Rev.
Commented Oct 12, 2019 on SURMISING THE 2 HOUR MARATHON AND HUMANITY REACHING TOO FAR at SOUL SURMISE
SURMISING THE 2 HOUR MARATHON AND HUMANITY REACHING TOO FAR
He did it. Kenyan, Kipchoge has smashed the 2 hour marathon barrier by 20 seconds. A few weeks ago I was on Sunday Sequence on BBC Radio Ulster talking about that very possibility. I am not sure the panel worked. My favourite athlete Gladys Ganiel who has run marathons at the Commonwealth an...
Hear hear. “The Beatles said ‘all you need is love’, and then they broke up.”
Commented Oct 4, 2019 on A CASE OF YOU - JONI MITCHELL at SOUL SURMISE
A CASE OF YOU - JONI MITCHELL
“Oh I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid I remember that time that you told me, you said Love is touching souls Surely you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time” -...
Superb. Tragic. Superb. Tragic. Superb. Tragic. Like history. Repeating itself. Regardless. If people didn't cry out, the rocks would...
Commented Aug 4, 2019 on AMERICA (UPON BLOOD AND TEARS) at SOUL SURMISE
AMERICA (UPON BLOOD AND TEARS)
(American friends... this is a quick, emotional response... though to be honest it is hardly quick after years upon years of the same headlines .. but forgive me if this is insensitive... or I have got it wrong... BUT we are exasperated, frustrated, confused... and in mourning with those who...
Wonderful! The same Sam Wells perchance as was inspirationally quoted (Improvisation: The Drama of Christian ethics) last Sunday by Ross Lockhart?
Commented Jul 31, 2019 on WHAT WE DID... ON OUR MISSION TRIP TO UGANDA 2019 at SOUL SURMISE
WHAT WE DID... ON OUR MISSION TRIP TO UGANDA 2019
So why would I even think about being in Uganda on the week that my dreams were fulfilled of a British Open at Royal Portrush?! Well, it is the VIPs! VIPs in a British Open sense are all those famous rich people that everyone on Facebook got a selfie with. For me the VIPS in my life are the ...
Also, the only record in my collection of quite a few hundred that I literally wore out...
Commented Oct 11, 2018 on U2's OCTOBER - 30th Anniversary; A Personal Reflection at SOUL SURMISE
U2's OCTOBER - 30th Anniversary; A Personal Reflection
(This reflection was written in October 2011...) This last period of six weeks has been full of big landmarks in my life. It is 25 years since I set out as a student minister, 30 years since I started University and 50 years since the day I was born. Two rock music landmarks have coincided w...
As a young lad raised in the Anglican tradition (chanting the Te Deum, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Urbs Fortidinis, Jubilate an' all - in English), Gloria in te Domine was for me as revolutionary as Dylan going electric. I still haven't recovered from the electric jolt those songs gave me. I watched TV footage at the same time those rumours were circulating - perhaps the same TV footage as you: a live show with Bono in leather trousers throwing himself off the stage into the crowd. It reminded me of the Trust "Simulation game" we had played on my own youth fellowship weekend - closing your eyes and falling backward relying on others to catch you. Powerful stuff, still reverberating.
Commented Oct 11, 2018 on U2's OCTOBER - 30th Anniversary; A Personal Reflection at SOUL SURMISE
U2's OCTOBER - 30th Anniversary; A Personal Reflection
(This reflection was written in October 2011...) This last period of six weeks has been full of big landmarks in my life. It is 25 years since I set out as a student minister, 30 years since I started University and 50 years since the day I was born. Two rock music landmarks have coincided w...
Wonderful. Just. Wonderful.
Commented May 27, 2018 on THE GREAT PRIDE INSIDE OF ME (for JASMINE GRACE) at SOUL SURMISE
THE GREAT PRIDE INSIDE OF ME (for JASMINE GRACE)
I saw you through the window Your face lit up my heart What Ernest did for the atom You came and split me apart Opened me up to miracles To love what never before existed A place at the core of my very soul Glorious joy on every visit. I saw you through your birth Weeping at the glimpse of y...
Worthy of an Anglican Collect, Stocki - not in the divisional denominational sense, but in the sense of worthy of a regular outing as part of liturgy. Wonderful
Commented Feb 18, 2018 on SEARCH ME OH GOD - TO THE MARROW OF MY SOUL at SOUL SURMISE
SEARCH ME OH GOD - TO THE MARROW OF MY SOUL
I used this poem this morning in Fitzroy. I was talking about our prejudices, as a result of the Fall. I was talking about sin that leads to hard headedness and hard heartedness, thinking especially of Americans and gun control and us Northern Irish and our political obsession over Irish Lan...
Amen
Commented Oct 9, 2017 on TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Live at DUBLIN'S O2 at SOUL SURMISE
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Live at DUBLIN'S O2
Seeing classic bands at this stage of rock ‘n roll is particularly pleasurable. Having been around for thirty five years Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fire out well known songs with machine gun fire. When you have spent those thirty five years following the band it means every song has a mem...
Great post. I always think "I get so many things I don't deserve" is a wonderful segue from "I waited patiently for the Lord."
Commented May 10, 2017 on U2; THE MIRACLE (of JOEY RAMONE) - Where New York Punk and Christian Theology Blend at SOUL SURMISE
U2; THE MIRACLE (of JOEY RAMONE) - Where New York Punk and Christian Theology Blend
Listeners to my sermons, readers of this blog and converters with me over coffee will know that one of my favourite lines in the world and very very often repeated is Frederick Buechner’s definition of vocation; “where your deepest gladness meets the world’s deepest need”. The lead off song...
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