Explaining Purgatory
Another great blog from Douglas Beaumont. I also heard he’s going to be on Journey Home soon!
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Another great blog from Douglas Beaumont. I also heard he’s going to be on Journey Home soon!
Memes make a regular appearance for Friday Frivolity, but today there’s a whole bunch. ChurchPop has a collection of 21 of the best recent memes. Please click on the picture below…
I’ve been playing around with the graphics program Canva recently and if you’ve looked at the Restless Pilgrim Facebook page recently, you’ll have seen the fruit of this.
One of the graphics I produced has been particularly popular so I thought I’d share a high resolution version of it here on the blog, together with a printable PDF version. I’ve also made a version for the iPhone “Locked” Screen.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit
– Aristotle
I’m a regular reader of the website The Art of Manliness. I love their content, but wish that more of it was made available in audio format, in particular the “manvotionals”. At the moment I’m trying to get hold of the guys who run the site to make this request and also to offer my services as part of the team who’ll provide the audio version of their posts.
As part of my pitch, I’ve recorded a recent “manvotional” posted on their website from the autobiography of a man who is consistently voted as being the greatest Briton of all time, Sir Winston Churchill.

Manvotional (Download)
“The Descent” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
The unaccompanied MP3 is available here.
I’ve been on a real Chris Tomlin kick recently. As I drove back into Seattle the other week, I was rocking out to “How can I keep from singing?” with the windows down and the stereo blaring at full volume 🙂
There is an endless song
Echoes in my soul
I hear the music ring
And though the storms may come
I am holding on
To the rock I cling
How can I keep from singing Your praise?
How can I ever say enough?
How amazing is Your love!
How can I keep from shouting Your name?
I know I am loved by the King
And it makes my heart want to sing
I will lift my eyes
In the darkest night
For I know my Savior lives
And I will walk with You
Knowing You’ll see me through
And sing the songs You give
I can sing in the troubled times, sing when I win
I can sing when I lose my step and fall down again
I can sing ’cause You pick me up, sing ’cause You’re there
I can sing ’cause You hear me, Lord when I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
Sing for I know that I’ll sing with the angels and the saints around the throne