Underneath the 17th door of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar lies a fish, and this symbolises one of the traditional Christmas dishes of Poland. You may be wondering why I’m writing about Polish Christmas food. Well, some of my neighbours are Polish, and they have spoken of Polish Christmas foods, so I thought I would […]
A chilly breeze blasts out of the 16th door of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar! It’s time to talk about snowmen! Snowmen, whilst not automatically a Christmas thing, have certainly become synonymous with the season. Snowmen, often decorated with Christmas-themed items, appear on Christmas cards and in Christmas stories. One such story, simply called The […]
Eagle-eyed readers of both Meerkat Musings and The Coalition of the Brave may have noticed that I posted something earlier this evening, and then removed the posts. Whilst I unfortunately deal with a few individuals who are less than honest in their behaviour, I aim to be transparent, and offer my reasons. Frankly, I am […]
For the 15th entry of our Meery Christmas Advent Calendar, let’s flip everything upside-down, and journey to Australia! Australian Christmases aren’t something I have directly experienced, though my brother has. Australia has the strange situation of having inherited a lot of traditional British Christmas notions, half of which are horribly inappropriate for the climate. After […]
The following was written by one John S, in the comments of a post over at The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser, and is reproduced with permission. Where John is quoting David Thiessen of Theology Archaeology, the text shall be in purple, for clarity. “The secular world does not have a solution for the […]
Ahem! Day 14 of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar brings Christmas Movies, and with the movies comes the eternal question of whether the 80s classic Die Hard is a Christmas Movie. My wife would say, unequivocally, yes. I would have to agree. After all, the film is about a man trying to get home for […]
When someone in a position of authority and respect in a community, such as a pastor, bishop, or some other religious figure, commits sexual assault against someone (worse still, against a child), what should justice look like, and who determines if and when forgiveness should be offered? Who needs to forgive? Before I get into […]
Originally posted at The Coalition of the Brave. Over at Bruce Gerencser’s site, Bruce writes an extensive series about men and women of the clergy who commit crimes. Many of these crimes are of a disturbing sexual nature, and some of them involve children. In my view, Bruce does us a service by highlighting the […]
What do we see when we reveal what’s behind door 13 of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar? Stockings! The Christmas Stocking is usually an over-sized red sock, dangled over a fireplace so that Santa can fill it (give me strength), and be on his merry way. Growing up, we didn’t have a fireplace, so my […]
We are halfway to Christmas, and approaching the end of 2023! However, before we reminisce, what do we make of December’s opening bow? Before I can answer that, I need to take you back to a couple of Wednesdays ago, and a change… Bins go Bonkers I am all for recycling. I think it’s a […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
You may be wondering where this post will go. Well, let’s place the scene in the restaurant above. What might I deem inappropriate behaviour in this setting? A restaurant has waiting staff, who (depending on the quality of the establishment) may or may not be paid a particularly decent wage, yet will work very hard. […]
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