Good church guide

I just read an article about the variety of Christmas services on offer at UK churches. The writer points out that there's no such thing as a 'good church guide' and I think that it would be a good idea to create one.

There are guides that help you to find churches that are close to you and there are directories (where churches can enter information about themselves) but for this kind of thing, you need outside parties to rate the church for you. The Ship of Fools Mystery Worshipper reports are the closest thing I can think of but even then if the reviewer likes smells and bells but visits a happy clappy church it's unlikely to get a positive review. What is needed is something more like a restaurant or hotel review site where all the info you need is available and there's a space for users to give star ratings and reviews.

It's just an idea ...

I wonder how long it would take to make ...

I wonder if there are any joomla addons that would do the star ratings bit ...

Just wondering :)

Catchup and Linkage

I don't feel I've done much worthy of comment of late. Of course I have, I just forget to blog about it. Here's a summary: There was the carol singing with Christian Aid and Sanctus 1 on wednesday. There was a wonderful morning spent with C3 yesterday, huddled in the playgroup room because the lounge we usually meet in was full of bits of staging. There was a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre on thursday where I spyed Gok Wan doing a promotion in the 3 shop and may have seen cheffy bloke James Martin too - but wasn't sure it was him. I've also been doing some necessary-but-fun festive preparations; card making, cake baking, tree baubling and bathroom tiling (ok, so the last one wasn't very festive but it was necessary).

I've been reading some interesting things too ... I found out that the wonderful Stephen Fry has a blog and I spent more time than was healthy reading his thoughts on gadgets, language and fame. I've come across a cadre of writers who blog, some I found particularly entertaining (here and here) and some are useful for aspiring writers (here). I also loved the BBC's writers room where there's a great interview with Russell T Davies and lots of scripts you can download and read.