It's been a long time since i've been called unchristian but it happened last week. Not only am I unchristian but 'downright unchristain'. Now this type of thing I was used to hearing especially back in my old work days where I was frequently challenged with the words 'that's not very Christian is it Baker?' To be honest most of the time they were probably right and most of the time i had to think about it and then adjust my actions. Last week was different though because it came from a Christian in an explosion of anger. My immediate reaction was to actually feel sad that she would say those words. I am much less affected by it now then a year or so a go but i can imagine many people being very hurt. All of us have areas of our life where we don't live up to how we should be acting but there are ways and means of, if necessary, bringing it to each others attention with compassion and love not anger. Something scriptural about planks and eyes come to mind.

On a completely different matter ... It has been a long time since i've been stopped by the police for doing something stupid on the road. not that I do stupid thing all the time but today I actually did do something stupid. I was stuck on the Jacob Wells road were there had obviously been an accident of some kind. I moved nowhere in 15 minutes and only had a few hunder yards to go before I turned off up into Clifton. Anyway I waited until there was noting coming and then decided to mount the central reservation to get to the side road oppostite. Sods law obviously dictates that a police car comes round the bend milli seconds after i make the decision and sees me. I stopped and almost out the car even before he turned lights on to pull me. My first reaction was that coppers are much younger these days. Definately younger than they were 10 years ago when I used to be a boy racer. I wondered how i was going to be act humble and appologetic to a lad 8 year my junior. Any way I know I'd been stupid and he knew that I knew I'd been stupid and I've never been so pleased to hear the words ' Get out of my sight' before in my life. Note to self - 'Don't do stupid things'.