Posts Tagged ‘belfast’
I Was Recently Approached To Be Filmed For Channel 4′s 4Thought
I was recently approached by a media company called Waddell Media in Holywood, nr. Belfast who are Channel 4′s producing a series for Channel 4 called 4Thought. This series consists of short films focused on faith and religion, redolent of Thought for the Day, which feature diverse perspectives on questions around morality, religion and ethics. These short programmes transmit 365 days a year, straight after the Channel 4 News every evening. Each programme is approximately 2 minutes long, and features a single person speaking to camera. Each week, the programmes are linked by an underlying theme, related to news events, important anniversaries or religious ideas.
At the time of writing they are setting up a week of films where seven people will be exploring questions around the role of women within the Christian Church and other religious institutions. The springboard is the debate within the Anglican Church regarding women Bishops, and broadening this question to encompass other Christian Churches and also Islam, Hinduism, Judaism etc. The central question is whether women can be spiritual leaders and whether they can have authority over men in this regard.
I was rather chuffed to have been asked to appear on this but was disappointed to discover that they were looking for someone who was opposed to women leading in churches so I didn’t get to do it. Never mind, as the media company have said that they will contact me in future for possibly filming on other subjects.
Come on in and grab yerself a bargain
Well. It seems that Belfast shops know how to sell you a bargain. Buy in bulk with this company and get yourself a HUGE reduction 
Worship Leading on an iPhone!
I absolutely love this.
I bought a new Bodhran
What’s a Bodhran I hear you ask? A Bodhran is an Irish frame drum. I went to Belfast for the first time in about a year to wander around the shops with nothing particularly in mind.
Every time I go to Belfast I like to go on a crawl of all the music shops so I went to Marcus Music first. I used to have a Bodhran but gave it away to an American who really wnated to learn to play but didn’t know of anywhere in the States that sold one. (Ah, wasn’t that kind of me). The I happened to see this package – an 18 inch genuine Irish made Bodhran, a carrying case, beater and a DVD tutorial film for absolute beginners – all for £49.99. I’m not a beginner but I thought this would be a really good package as now all of my family can learn to play.
Eastern Religions
In their enthusiasm to (rightly) defend the truth and warn about counterfeits I see a lot of teaching in the Church, and Christian web sites, about the danger of Eastern Religions. By this is meant the likes of Buddhism, Hinduism etc. But think about this for a minute:
Christianity is an Eastern Religion.
As it says in the Psalms, “Selah” (pause and think about that).
Christianity originated in the East – the Middle East – in Israel, not New York, London or Belfast. Let’s remember that “salvation is of the Jews” (John 4 v.22). Jesus was a Jew, not a white Westerner. At the roots of our faith is an Eastern Religion. Let’s remember to obey Scripture and “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122). Jesus is the Peace of Jerusalem and peace in Israel will only be found in Him.
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