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.
Slipstream
“Honk, Honk!” Have you noticed the wild geese flying overhead in V-formations? “Honk, Honk!” you hear them before seeing them, such is the din of their in-flight entertainment. What is going on up there and why such a racket? Apparently, it’s not the latest gossip, but them keeping each other in line and on track. Communication is critical for long term fruitful relationships. Involved [...]
#blacklivesmatter
I’ve held off blogging about anything related to George Floyd’s death and the #blacklivesmatter (BLM) message and movement, wanting to listen more than speak. I’ve heard people misunderstand and argue that it’s wrong to value [...]
Tongues & Thumbs
Barbara Glanz trained 3,000 front-line workers at grocery stores and retail outlets, teaching how ‘word-power’ and what you say makes a difference in people’s lives. Shortly after, Barbara got a call from one of the [...]
Bridge 2 Nowhere
Ever felt redundant or irrelevant? Such is the daily food of many relieved by Covid-19 of duty, responsibility, role, employment & previous routine which gave significance & meaning. And as we try to imagine ‘new [...]
“It’s life Jim!”
Spock’s supposed sage words to Captain Kirk “It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!” actually come from the 1987 No. 1 song ‘Star Trekkin’, not the cult TV Star Trek series. The song [...]
Precarious & Precious
A recent TEAR Fund snap-shot survey confirms my inkling that more people are praying these days: Over the last 6 weeks a 5% increase in prayer & UK church attendance (online), particularly among 18 - [...]
60 Sec’ Cherry Blossom
I paid my annual pilgrimage to Kerr Drive & Symington Parish graveyard to wonder at the dazzling beauty of the Cherry blossom. Surrounded by pink packed clouds cascading from branches I recorded some 60 second [...]
Inspiration & Wisdom!
What fount of inspiration & wisdom is found in senior citizen stories from living through World War 2. Our Lockdown Shoes Brothers’ Show is a bit like panning for gold, but patient wading through awful [...]
Corona Christ
Corona Christ! ‘No’- not a new curse, ‘Yes’ - an increased clarity of who Jesus is. Have you noticed a louder & clearer dawn chorus of birds with fewer engines running? Did you see [...]
Game-Changer
After the novelty of lockdown, many people’s spirits have dipped, and moods darkened. Coming to terms with the loss of freedom, work, schedules, seeing family & friends face to face, and the need for new [...]