Bettercallpaul's Blog

I've never gotten on so well with a boss. For some reason we hit it off. I like her as a person. She's a good communicator. Good-humoured, not too strict on me anyway. But that might be one of the problems. I think she favours me. I get kinder treatment. "I'm about to tell off everyone in this...

Part of me thinks God is highly amused at our human attempts to understand and communicate with Him. See there I've just humanised God, in order to try and understand Him. As long as we aren't trying to scare people into believing in Him. As long as we are honestly trying to be obedient in the...

I had to break the news to my Teddy Bear today. I had to tell him he was adopted. He took the news better than I expected. No tears. Of course he must've grieved later in private. Teddy has been a big part of my family, since we have no children of our own. There's Rumpy (short for...

who is the most narcissistic blogger of all? What did all we narcissists do before the Internet? Write to ourselves in note pads at home? Talk to ourselves in the car? Sing to ourselves in the shower? Chat to our pets, being assured by their gaze that what we were saying was just plain awesome...

Individualism can be sinful. Yet God gave us a brain and a personality. He doesn't want us to be robots, in my opinion. He wants more our hearts than minds, doesn't he? I think a lot of our faith journey is pray and obey. Trust. Listen. Not only to God but to those who need listening to. But at...

I don't know why I didn't ever get into this guy and his life story before but he's my new obsession. My latest phase. The Frank of Assisi phase. Part of my amazing faith journey, my sensational learning curve, as I strive closer and closer to either heaven or .....oops almost mentioned the...

Revenge is OK as long as you can get away with it. Get us much pleasure out of this life as you can. You only got one life. Don't be one of those poor suckers losers without any money. Get rich and stay that way! Don't relay your intentions. Be sneaky and wear many masks. Whatever you do, don't...

I am almost obsessed with this topic. And the funny thing is that witnessing other peoples' anger can be hilarious. Look at Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. But dealing with your own can be truly onerous. And guilt-ridden. And just not funny. I listened to a Catholic psychotherapist recently on...

OK, so you've discovered the truth. Believe in Jesus Christ, be saved and obey God's commandments. Simple as that. Is intellectual truth enough? "Love God with all your heart, all your mind and all your soul". All I'm suggesting is that intellect is only part of the story. We need to be using...

I cant fully understand his English. His accent and pronunciation are barriers at the moment. He's kind of shy and anxious but I can relate to that. I can imagine the more judgmental in the Parish may dismiss him as useless. His lack of confidence a real turn off. And why cant we have a priest...

I'm not afraid to admit I need to learn a lot. I'm not afraid to admit I sin a lot. In fact I admit a lot of my sins on here. Sometimes I play the adviser role. Hopefully I don't come across too holier than thou. I might though. I'd like to encourage those who are only comfortable with the...

5.40am here. The dog is staring at me in the living room. Warm and cosy in this cold, wet winter's morning. Raining outside. Put your raincoat on, I hear you say. Take an umbrella. But but but .... Woof! Woof! He's getting demanding now! Woof! Woof Woof! And more demanding! OK OK, I'm coming...

John 3:19-21 I don't like the light much. Believe it or not I don't like the limelight IRL. I prefer someone else to be the one in charge, in the hot seat, calling the shots. But I guess I am afraid of exposure. I don't really want you all to know who I really am, the details of my past. My real...

It is easy to dislike people. In fact it can become a habit to be intolerant. "He's a pain in the neck." "I just wish he'd..... " "What a drama queen!" " Such a narcissist!" "So argumentative.." I've done it and still do, to some extent. Bad habit to get into and hard to break. Its as if we...

I have to keep asking myself this. As a way of keeping myself in check. As a way of staying grounded. We can get carried away with the emotion of it all. "And if I do this and I do that, yes, salvation will be all mine, Heaven, oh sweet Heaven ,praise the ...." :) Honestly I think God must have...

In the best interests of spiritual renewal, I visited a different Church this morning. What a pleasant change! Surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens fresh from winter rains, this unusual church is located on a slight gradient sloping downwards. So you look down from the pews to the altar...

The Gospel reading at Today's Mass. " Anyone who prefers their mother or father to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me." Well, my parents are dead and I don't have kids, so ? I do love my partner and dog though. And I still pray for my parents...

Why are all Christians anointed with holy oil Baptism in the New Covenant? Because by Baptism, all Christians participate in the one priesthood in Christ. "The anointing with sacred chrism signifies the gift of the Holy Spirit to the newly baptised, who has become a Christian, that is, one...

Details for the construction of the Tabernacle span almost a third of the book of Exodus. Keeping in mind that this is to be the sacred place where God will meet and converse with His family, why do you think the plans are so elaborate? Like an architect designing his dream house for his family...

But I'm not what I appear to be". (remember the Beatles song?) I'll go out on a limb here... (look out! you might fall and you shouldn't be climbing trees at your age!) It's Ok to be a loser. Let me elaborate. It's OK to admit being a loser as long as ...... Here comes the evangelical bit...