Neil’s Blog
Most Mondays Rev Neil blogs on issues that get his soul, cells and creative juices working. It’s a discipline he has valued since blogging from Delhi’s CW Games in 2010.
Neil loves connecting with people and especially enjoys comments and conversations resulting from his blogs. Locally, The Irvine Times print his blogs and photos, while internationally they reach a wider audience and community of world-wide bloggers.
ID Crisis
‘Identity, Belonging & Purpose’ (‘IBP’) are 3 deeply human values and needs. The questions “Who am I? Where do I fit? What am I living for?” confront us in periods of adolescence, mid-life, retirement, ill health, bereavement, divorce, empty nest, and between: jobs, homes, clubs, churches, friendships, crises, etc. The human yearning for ‘IBP’ is illustrated in movies like: The Incredibles, Toy Story, Parenthood, [...]
Untapped Power
Storm ‘Dennis The Menace’ diverted me from my usual Saturday cycle to a beach jog. Arthritis in both knees dissuades me from regular running, but I needed out to exercise. Heading south from the pilot [...]
Run to the Rescue
Described by one critic as "deliciously creepy perversity" in his fictitious portrayal of Roman Emperor Commodus in the box office smash ‘Gladiator’, Joaquin Phoenix has managed to express and explore numerous troubled characters in his [...]
“Why so many religions?”
“Why so many religions?” was the focus of our capable trainee assistant David Hume, on Sunday morning (view on Fullarton Connexions’ Facebook page 26/1/20 livestream). He found it hard to prepare for but was helpfully [...]
20/20 Vision
How are you at sums? Do you use a calculator or add in your head; do you ‘keeping a diary’ to order your days? I’d be lost without my pocket diary. I’d also be 'missing [...]
#cometosaveourplanet
Friends, Does it bug you how easily we litter our streets, seas & fields? I’m chuffed how committed North Ayrshire Council is to recycling (what colour will our next bin be?). Christmas means much ‘stuff’ [...]
#cometosaveourplanet
Friends, Does it bug you how easily we litter our streets, seas & fields? I’m chuffed how committed North Ayrshire Council is to recycling (what colour will our next bin be?). Christmas means much ‘stuff’ [...]
Surprising!
“Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we've no place to go, let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ” It’s all very well if you’re warm and [...]
London Bridge Is Falling Down
The positive messages from the families and friends of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, after the murder of their beloved, are truly inspirational and fitting echoes to young lives lived well, given to the [...]
Owning Mess
“That’s another fine mess you got me into Stanley!” was Hardy’s humorous quip & whip for his sidekick as he passed the buck of blame and denied responsibility for his mistakes. At School, “It wisnae [...]
Reckless love!
Love or hate it ‘Reckless Love’ divides opinion. Personally, I love it and sing it loud. It’s a sharp spur in my side, a worship song to remind me of how passionately God loves the [...]