Rather than write myself today I thought I'd link some great posts for you to enjoy.

In this post Kevin Beck of Colorado Springs looks at the militarisation of the US over the past few decades and also tackles the current war in Afghanistan. This blogger consistently comes up with great posts and this is one of the best in recent weeks.

In the city council of Leicester the Lord Mayor called for prayers before council meetings to be abandoned as they are outdated. Fair enough. But according to Church Mouse a higher authority took the Mayor to task in a very unfortunate way. You could make this one up. Read and laugh out loud!

Paul Leader continues to be bang on form in his guest postings on Martin Scott's blog. In this post he looks at leadership in church.

And finally Julia Robson continues to dazzle us with her creativity. Have a good trawl through her archives and enjoy.