Devotion

For the preservation of our species and to stop bombs being dropped on families and communities it seems sensible we remove the problem. Particularly when said bombs target civilians, journalists, aid and medical personnel.  Either we remove from the equation governments who support this practice, those willing to use said weapons, or those who make such weapons. Or all the above. Or we sit back and allow, as we have for generations, them to terrorise the people. To kill and mame the elderly, men, women, children and innocent babies. To destroy schools, hospitals, and places of worship or community. To destroy entire families and communities. To obliterate nations.  If they do it under the pretenses of just war or open terrorism is of no import to those who suffer under the reign of fire.  My personal vendetta is against the arms trade and governments who sit in the pockets of these violators of humanity. These death peddlers need to be stopped. They are enemies of the people, enemies

So I started my late diagnosis autism group yesterday. It was lots to take in. Some topics I knew about a bit. Some was a bit new. One thing I liked was the term Spiky profile. I can definitely relate to this concept. It is the idea that an autistic person can be great at some things and not so good at some day to day stuff. The first three paragraphs in this article on Medium explain it better.  The article defines it as follows, "A  spiky profile : a phenomenon whereby the disparity between strengths and weaknesses is more pronounced than for the average person." You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

This is the first draft of a sermon I am working on:  Righteousness of the Kingdom Matthew 5:17-32 In the words of brother Anthony to St Francis on the way to his brothers in Umbria, Good Morning! A Sunday school class was once concerned for an unwell mother in the congregation, who was in hospital, so the teacher asked them to look up verses of encouragement to put on a card. One little boy opened his Bible at Matthew 5:26: "Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny!" That is a rather humorous way of simply saying that context is important. Background To that end, we will start with some background work. As this is a sermon series you will probably have heard some of this already, so consider this a practical recap. The gospel of Matthew is the first book of the Christian New Testament, though some argue Mark was written first. It is proposed that it was written in the context of second generation Christians around the time of the destruc

Meet Kev. He is my new friend. Yes, I know I'm a grown man. This neither fits with matcho toxic masculinity, nor being a supposed adult. Frankly I'm past caring, also who wants to be toxic. Even though I have long been an adult I still love a good soft toy. I still have a wee dog from when I was a baby tucked away somewhere. In fact my wife and I had a proverbial army of soft toys even before baby number one came along. I do remember getting harshly judged for it in my lonely single days. But, it came as no surprise to me that there can be a connection to autism and seeking some kind of sensory, non-human, comfort in this way. In fact I was delighted when a suggestion came from somewhere or other, probably online, that getting a weighted soft toy as a freshly diagnosed autistic adult was in fact a good idea. So here he is!  As Sensory Hugs, who sell these and other autism related items, say, "This lovely soft and cuddly Koala weighs 4lb (1.8kg). He is a perfec