All at Sea - with a bucket and spade!

I’ve learned something new about myself today. When I seriously deprive myself of sleep, then have one half-decent night’s kip, I am gonna feel HIDEOUS as the day goes on. Oh well. Self-awareness is always worth the effort!

Something else that’s good is ASBO. And today it’s especially good. Not only is it a competition, always fun if you’re into that kind of thing, but it’s an opportunity, nay an invitation, to RANT! And it’s specific: Church. What gets your goat about christians when you stick us together in groups? How cool is that? I’ve been and had my say (not saying I won’t go back and have another little vent later) and my load feels somewhat lighter.

I went to church this morning and there were a few conversations about Todd Bentley.  It looks like God’s might be doing something there. But, ever the cynic, I asked if there was any evidence. If someone dies and then gets raised from dead, I always wonder, was there a death certificate? If someone’s broken arm gets mended, can anyone verify that it was actually broken? Actually, I’m not a cynic. I just think about things. The person I was talking to, lovely as she is, looked at me as though I’d just broken wind (I may well have done actually, my tummy’s not right today, but that’s besides the point)! She clearly felt a little offended. These situations often leave me with a mix of thoughts and emotions. I wonder if people sometimes value these signs and wonders over arguably more important expressions of Christianity like people being nice to each other (yes I know that’s a little oversimplistic). And I often feel a bit of an imposter, slightly defective as a Christian.

Anyway, ASBO’s little rant sesh, to coin a phrase, ’killed two birds with one stone’. I got to rant about said incident and I don’t feel like so much like an imposter anymore! They’ve all got bees in their bonnet over there. I like it. I feel normal. Thank you ASBO/Jon.