Tim Goldsmith

It is a long road to redemption when one lets their blog lapse. What might once have been an active and enthusiastic readership is now just web-bots trawling for information & the occasional family member ensuring that I still exist. Still, I do mean to get back into the swing of things here on timgoldsmith.com. I know that when I am in full-swing, it is a great avenue to encourage me to be creative. I need to think outside the box! Of course, I get to do that lots with work! We’re making some changes at the morning service at church, which means I get to do kids talks every week (I really love doing kids talks. It just feels natural) I will be preaching once a month in the morning (to supplement my preaching every second week in the evening) and I will be trying out some “Culture Spots” once a month too. Just an idea pilfered from my days at SMBC. Creativity is a funny thing, when you’re using that side of the brain, things just start coming more naturally. When you ignore it, it ignores you! I’ve been using certain parts of my creative brain, but other parts I have been ignoring & they’ve slowly moved toward an atrophic state. Time to stretch those muscles. Anyway, photography is another of those muscles I need to continue to stretch. Here’s a couple of pictures of new, and a couple of old… “The Look” Fliss & Andy got married a couple of weeks ago. I think she may have been joking with this look, but I think it’s a classic! The bridal Waltz? Not the way I remember it! J-Moff has used the “Wordle” thing before, so I thought I would “Wordle” the sermon I did the other week on “Our Father” the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer… Finally, it has been a long time since I posted a shot of beer. It used to be a regular occurrence. This is taking things back to 2004. A fine beer to enjoy in Edinburgh at the “Monster Mash” Restaurant. Itself a fine establishment!

So, it has already been a couple of weeks since the anniversary! Who’d have thunk that time can move so fast? I’ve been working hard with normal work stuff, CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) stuff, and “Kids Games” (Everybody jump up!) running for the whole of last week! Man, it has been a lot of work, but it has also been a lot of fun. We had upward of 140 kids come to Kids Games (no more than 120 on any on day though), about 75 of which were unchurched. It really is a great point of contact with the kids of surrounding area. It also proves to be a great ecumenical exercise. It was awesome to have the Anglicans, Presbyterians, Churches of Christ, and the”Liberty Church” (pentecostal) together! Of course, the joys of child safety mean that I can’t really show you any of the pictures (and there are lots) Anyway… I thought I would do a bit of a J-Moff & pose a question for those Christian readers out there (though you don’t need to be Christian to reply). I’m thinking of doing a series with my Youth Group entitled “Ten things you need to know about Christianity.” What would you put on the list?