Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Relaunch 2020
Do any of you remember a television character who always turned up when somebody was in the middle of a job and said “You don’t want to do it like that, do it like this.”? I particularly remember the character because I knew somebody just like him. He would come around, perhaps when I had some music playing, and suddenly make a sucking…
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Travelling Light
When, in 1959, Cliff Richard (now Sir Cliff) sang one of his earliest hit records, Travelling Light, he wasn’t on the same page as Pastor Julian at COM Church, Dunstable, when Julian made this the title for his New Year message to the Church. Whereas Cliff was only taking “one comb, one toothbrush” to get…
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Rescued
When Rob McKinney steps up to the microphone to share the Sunday morning teaching at COM CHURCH, Dunstable, you know that you are in for a treat. Not only will it be based on sound scripture, but it will also be interspersed with hilarious throw away one-liners, delivered in Rob’s gentle Belfast brogue. His theme…
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Alignment, Refinement, Assignment
It’s new year and there are plenty of peppy rhymes, memes, posters and bumper stickers to be had! But I loved this set of words which Sarah used in her message (click above) Take a listen if you missed it. As she was explaining the points, some analogies were popping through my brain. It’s new…
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Red Letter Day
I love the timeless words of scripture; the words that are as relevant today as they were when first penned. I love how you can read a piece of scripture dozens of times and yet one time it hits you – bamm – right in the heart, right in your soul and you wonder how you’d missed its new meaning before. I also love debating…
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A Big Thank You!
Compassion Projects has been established by the owners of Dunstable Conference Centre, the old 1930s Union Cinema on the high street of Dunstable, to make our 1,000 seat venue available to charity initiatives from around our local community. It’s with great excitement that we would like to thank The National Lottery Community Fund (formerly Awards…
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#BLESSED – Week 1 [Happiness]
Who doesn’t want to be happy? I’m sure we could all do with a little more happiness in our lives! But how do we go about it? What would truly make us happy? For some it might be finding a spouse or having children. Perhaps it’s about getting a good education. Or maybe the dream…
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Shut Up And Listen!
2018 has been a very mixed year. There have been a number of trials at work which contributed to five months off work very poorly with my mental health. I didn’t like going out, was extremely anxious and really struggled with everything. I was self-harming and I’m sure I was pretty difficult to live with. I…
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Christmas is Light
I think every year most people have a “Christmas is soon” moment; that moment when something triggers in our subconscious mind that reinforces the fact that the season is upon us. For me it hits home when I hear the song “Driving Home For Christmas” by Chris Rea. It’s a great picture song that captures…
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Christmas is Love
I have to admit, I love Christmas- there is so much to love about it! Christmas can mean different things to each of us; for me Christmas has very good memories. Even before I was a Christian, I knew there was something different about Christmas. There was always a warmth and gentleness about it.…
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