Isaac’s Questions: The inhospitality of Mars.

We visited the National Space Centre in Leicester (my home town) today. We were sat in the cinema, which was amazing, a kind of modern planetarium with all over video projection with surround sound. The film was about Mars. "Mars is very inhospitable" the commentator said. Sitting next to my mum, Isaac asked her, "How did Mars get into hospital".

Money Saving Telephone Calls

I remember the days when VOIP was new exciting and very expensive. How things change. I got very excited by skype the other day. But now it gets better... I use 1899 combined with an auto dialler to re route all my calls away from the clutches of BT. But now thanks to 1899 I can call landlines from my PC for nothing, via their VOIP. ACE! http://www.call1899.co.uk/voip.php

Skype, Microhones and Alice

I just installed Skype on the computer at home unfortunately we didn't have a microphone handy so the conversations are one way with text response. Picture this: I'm in my study babbling away at the computer, and Louise is typing her responses. This is a snippet of the replies: [11:55:23] Louise Doel says: alice is listerning and wants to talk to you [11:55:42] Louise Doel says: she wants to know if you are hiding somewhere [11:56:08] Louise Doel says: looking very hard at computer I rang and spoke to her the old fasioned way.

God, The Bible and Serious thinking

I have thought long and hard about the reliability of the Bible. There are many excellent reasons to trust it as a reliable document. Amy Orr-Ewing asks "why is the world's best-selling book rubbished by so many?". Her article tackles the question from a thinking perspective. She doesn't just rubbish those that rubbish the bible but she takes the question seriously. It is well worth a read. Amy is visiting our church in September 2006. Thanks to Andy Rau for the link.

Baptism Service at Church

Last night we had a baptismal service at church. I love baptisms they are one of the highlights of being a Minister. I find it very exciting to see people want to say publicly that they want to follow Jesus. You can see the photos here.

Cleanliness at the Royal Lancaster Hospital

Most of the time I visit the Royal Lancaster Hospital as a minister not as a patient but today things were a little different. I was in for a minor operation, the kind men with three children sometimes have, and I was very impressed with the cleanliness. The motorway had been closed because of an accident so the traffic through Lancaster was terrible and that meant that most of the patients had not turned up. The fact that the ward was empty may have impacted the general cleanliness! However: * When I arrived there was a cleaner sweeping and mopping the floor. * Each bed had a bottle of hand sanitizer on the locker. * Every nurse had a bottle clipped to her belt. * The consultant washed his during my consultation. The day care ward was spotless. I mention it only because Matt's experience when his dad was in hospital was quite different.