Parish Resources

C of E parishes may apparently find helpful stuff at:

www.parishresources.org.uk

Art and the Bible

There's lots of great stuff at Art and the Bible, searchable by Scripture passage and so on.

New biblical songs for today's church

http://www.songsfortoday.com/index.php

Free Images for my sermons

Does anyone have any tips for good places to find free images on-line for use in talks?

I’m particularly interested in some gold, frankincense (or even just plain incense, whatever the difference is) and myrrh, if anyone can tell me how I can lay my hands on them in the next few days.

Though it may be better simply not to bother with the old power-point, I guess. I could always start decorating old cereal packets or something. The joy of giving all-age talks!

I’ve had a look at a few of the sites listed on the Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources page, but I imagine this would be a great way to waste lots of time.

Library Thing (updated)

Now this looks really good. (HT: John Barach)

You can automatically import and export bibliographical details. Click on a book in Amazon and Library thing downloads all the details. It can check Library of Congress for you. Quite amazing.

You can even use your mobile when in a bookshop to check if you already own a book.

The wonders of modern technology.

Update:

Mrs Lloyd and I have very much enjoyed adding over 200 of our books (by typing in their ISBN numbers) today.

Its amazing what can be fun when its not PhD work!

If you live in the States they'll send you a bar code scanner for $20, I think, which would make the whole thing much easier and more fun.

We've done all the books in our tiny flat and all of the books on one of my small black book shelvs in the study. One more book shelf, 2 more walls of books and the remaining stash in Wales to be done.

I look forward to working out what the benifits are and reaping them.

In the mean time, you can look at some of my books (6 random ones on the right) or all of the entered so far ones on Library Thing. We can discuss the books and see who else owns them or has a library like mine, I believe.

If you'd like to borrow anying and vaguely know me, do ask. I think I can record that you've got it on-line so the world will know if you default - not that you would, of course.

SOR & writing to your MPetc

I didn't know that one could sign petitions on the PM's own website like this:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SexOrientation/

If you want to contact your MP, may I reccomend again:

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

which lets you find out what your political representatives have been saying.

And then:

http://www.writetothem.com/


which allows you to contact Councillors, MP, MEPs, MSPs, or Northern Ireland, Welsh and London AMs or members of the House of Lords easily and for free.