Month: June 2014

  • Do you need to be baptised to be a Christian?

    Baptism with water is, and has been for a long time (at least the 3rd Century AD (Burnish, Raymond, The Meaning of Baptism, (London:SPCK), 1985 p1). However, the centrality of baptism does not necessarily make one a Christian. While for the Anglican churches of England and Wales, baptism is the de-facto sign of membership, membership…

  • The Summer-Frozen Rose

    For those following the poetry on this blog, they will know that I’m trying to do more editing to my poetry. So, I thought I’d show a full working on a poem I’m currently working on. This is unfinished, and I’m not sure I’m happy with the result, but here they are.

  • Generation Right

    Generation Right.19-June-2014 (ver 1.1) They said on the radio, yesterday, that Generation Y, Is generation right. A generation so convinced of it’s own, individual superiority that they would rip up the welfare state, That they would deny health-care and life to the addict, To those not as fortunate as them, because they deserve it.