1. Pret a Manger: Charing Cross 2. Nero’s Coffee: St. James Piccadilly 3. Barbacoa: St. Paul’s 4. Wagamama’s: Tower of London 5. Jamie’s Italian: Covent Garden 6. The Eagle: Cambridge 7. The Borough Market: Southwark 8. West Cornwall Pasty: Victoria 9. Nandos Peri-Peri: Brighton 10. Maoz Falafel: Leicester Square 11. Recipease: Bighton
Holy Boldness
By the spring of 1521 a 38-year-old theology professor from a tiny university town in Saxony Martin Luther had surprisingly become a powerful and popular voice of reform—much to the chagrin of both the secular and the ecclesiastical authorities throughout late Medieval Europe. The situation was more than a little distressing—and threatening—to the authorities. So it was that Marin Luther …
2nd Vote App
Do you know where Planned Parenthood gets its money? Besides the nearly $1 billion in tax revenues and contracts at the local, state, and national levels, corporations lard the coffers of the abortion industry’s largest and most profitable non-profit organization to the tune of nearly another half a billion each year. That’s a lot of blood money. But of course, …
Margaret Sanger Speaks for Herself
“We must discourage the defective and diseased elements of humanity from their reckless and irresponsible swarming and spawning.” “The mass of Negroes, particularly in the South, still breed carelessly and disastrously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more than among Whites, is from that portion of the population least intelligent and fit.” “We propose to hire three …
Marathon: Just Around the Corner
We’re less than three weeks away–and I’m not nearly ready. But, I will be before the gun goes off–at least, I better be. Hoo boy. Work to do. Hills this weekend.
Thus Saith the Iron Lady
“I am not a consensus politician. I’m a conviction politician.” “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” “Being democratic is not enough; a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the …
Activism
Just as the first law of heraldry is to wear your heart on your sleeve, the first law of activism is to wear out your welcome. It is a paradox that seems to contradict every vestige of sound logic in this poor fallen world; which is precisely why it is so effective.
Planned Parenthood Endorses Post-Birth Killing
Astonishingly, Planned Parenthood has come clean on their intent to kill even in the case of a child who survives an abortion procedure. Florida legislators considering a bill to require abortionists to provide medical care to an infant who survives an abortion were shocked during a committee hearing this week when a Planned Parenthood official endorsed a right to post-birth …
Three Days and a Harrowing
Holy Saturday is the day between the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross and His glorious resurrection. On Holy Saturday we celebrate the Harrowing of Hell–the mystery of Christ’s descent into Hades to lead the captives in a great parade of triumph (Ephesians 4:8-10). This is therefore a day of watchful expectation, in which mourning is being transformed into …
The Seven Last Words
1. Forgiveness: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:26-35 2. Redemption: “This day you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:35-43 3. Covenant: “Behold, your son; behold, your mother.” John 19:23-27 4. Substitution: “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.” Matthew 27:45-54 5. Suffering: “I thirst.” John 19:28 6. Triumph: “It is finished.” John 19:30 7. Resolution: …
Painted Repentance
In the striking painting, The Raising of the Cross, Rembrandt was not so much creating an illustration of a Bible scene as he was making a very personal confession of sin and a profession of faith. Rembrandt places himself in the painting twice: the first of his alter egos is the man who cruelly thrusts the cross upwards and into …
A Prayer in Spring
The iconic American poet, Robert Frost, had a beautiful answer for what Sociologists and Psychologists often call either “Mindset Scarcity” or “Foreboding Joy.” He called it “A Prayer in Spring.” Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the …
Getting in Some Base Miles
This week, I’m ramping up consistency in preparation for the Country Music Marathon at the end of April. So far, so good:Monday: 3 miles just before the rain.Tuesday: 3 miles in the early afternoon and 2 more after dinner–with a bit of interval training along the way.Wednesday: 4 miles in the brisk, sunny morning.If I can get in a couple …
Theological Lint-Pickers
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In 1813, Thomas Chalmers wrote in “The Christian Instructor” bemoaning the compulsion to internecine warfare amongst the Reformed, Paleo-Conservative, Theological Lint-Pickers, and Nomenclature-Saber-Rattlers in the Scottish Church. He described the tendency as “that mingled sentiment of fear and aversion with which they listen, even to opinions that are evangelical and …