Well my wife and kids have gone away to the farm for a few days, just me and my mother-in-law left home alone.
I am packing for Thailand and hanging with Mark, the guy down th road, he’s bored as he was meant to be on the rig but the cyclone damaged it the other week and he is home waiting for a call back.
Leave in 24hours for the Leprosy Colony!
Firefox crashed last night, lost all my bookmarks…like 400 of them!
Just got inspired after mowing the lawn to mess with the blog. I moved it to the new blogger version a few months ago but have never taken advantage of all the easy to use bits…now I have I can’t remember what I had on the old blog…what was covering those dots at the top of the page? Oh and how did I get that Make Poverty Histy banner appear in the top right hand corner?
I must see if I can discover my Flikr site again. I put some new links in there too, did I lose your link? Let me know.
2 days till I go to Thailand!
Well it looks like the hand of God stepped in shut down all the nasty sweary conversation on the post entitled “Everything Sucks”.
Blogger seemed to have some global problems last night/yesterday but this comments problem seems to be different from that as I still can’t get in to read the comments on that post.
So if you were one participating in what was looking to be a hot topic on swearing christians and pharisees…then you’ve missed out…we’ve all grown up and moved on…and bloody well have much more important things to talk about…woops…sorry couldn’t help it đ
POST SCRIPT – Aghhh, yes, with much repentance and forgiveness between brothers the Lord has returned the comments section to “Everything Sucks” post (below) – so much love on my blog…so much love! đ
Forge WA have just launched their own website. Andrew Hamilton has produced this one himself (amazing what a few hours on the computer can do!).
Forge is an innovative mission training network that seeks to equip Christian leaders for mission in a first world setting.
Forge recognises the enormous cultural shifts that have occurred in the world over the last few decades and is committed to developing leaders who can live and serve incarnationally, who have a holistic view of life and mission and who are able to re-think church structures recognising that one size does not fit all. Read more
ForgeWA is supported by both Churches of Christ in WA and the WA Baptist Union among other groups.
An interesting 2 part read on Out of Ur, Leadership Mags blog.
In December, Brian McLaren was arrested along with 115 other activists while peacefully protesting the federal budget that he believes unfairly treats the poor. As one of the most visible participants in Emergent Village, McLarenâs increasingly outspoken political views has some wonderingâis Emergent a new camp for Christian liberalism? In this post Tony Jones, the national coordinator for Emergent, responds to critics by championing Emergentâs conversational purpose and celebrating the groupâs diversity.
I read a lot of blogs, my wife and friends say too many. And some of those blogs are deeply critical of Emergent Village, a decade-old friendship that has, after my family, become home to my most important relationships. My Emergent friends, old and new, love Jesus and are robustly grappling their way into God’s future. It seems to me that the two most important commitments that we in Emergent share are 1) we are ultimately hopeful about God’s future, and 2) we are committed to moving forward together, as friends.
What continues to surprise me is how dangerous some people consider this friendship I’m in to be. If you take some of these blogs (and books) seriously, those of us who make up the Emergent Village are a great threat to the Christian churchâwe have undermined doctrine, truth, and church life. The fact that we’re discussing theological items that have been previously deemed “undiscussable” is considered grounds for labels like “heretic” and “apostate.”
Honestly, I care little about these critiques. They come from those who either have no idea what Emergent is all about and/or could not possibly be persuaded from their position anyway.
On the other hand…read the rest here
Again the Leadership magazine blog Out of UR has a great article. This time it’s Spencer Burke of “the ooze” fame commenting on consumer driven churches, here’s a splice to tease you over to their site.
Is the problem that people in the pews keep upping the ante on their demands, or is it that church leaders donât comprehend the real source of their discontent? Is it that people want too much, or that they just donât want what the church is currently selling?
Right now churches are focusing on one product to the exclusion of others. Most often, itâs teaching, a 60- to 90-minute event held at a particular time, at a particular physical address. Itâs basically the same product weâve been selling since the Renaissance. People sit in a room and listen to someone talk.
But hereâs the thing: back then, it made sense for people to travel miles to hear someone talk about God. After all, people were mostly illiterate, Bibles were expensive, and Sunday morning was often the only time people could expand their horizons. Teaching was a rare commodity.
Thatâs no longer true today. Teaching is available everywhereâon television, radio, online. The local church no longer has the corner on the market.
Full article here.
Darren, a guy I know who started The Livingroom has started a new blog…another new blog!
This blog is a bit different,, no comments etc like a normall blog, but as per usual Darren fills it with brilliant up to date, original information, tips and techniques that all can use.
I am no photographer, Christine is, but not a digital gal. I sometimes use ACOM‘s camera, but it’s supa cheap!
Check this out.
Tips For Fellow Bloggers
Here are 7 tips that appear in the article in âIn The Blackâ all about corporate blogging, might be relevant to you.
Man, maybe some of us Christians should have read this worldly wisdom before sticking the knife in to some of our own âcompetitorsâ and âother companiesâ. Dam shame when you have to learn Godly wisdom from outside his church hey? Humbling, yes?
Sitting here showing a mate, lets call him Matt S (you get to guess), we are entering into a new kinda mentoring relationship, we got talking about blogs and here’s me showing how to post on one!
See ya blog world.
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