Archive for June, 2003

Progging

Monday, June 30th, 2003

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Its been about 6 months now that I have been writing my thoughts down in this way. Its been the same length of time that I haven’t been preaching anywhere consistently. I am a person who can’t stop thinking – there is always something ticking around inside my head, and preaching used to be a [...]

Mis-leadership

Monday, June 30th, 2003

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download made on earth Over the last few years one of things I have observed in emerging church circles is a fair degree of debate over the nature and place of leadership in a Christian community. It’s a topic that has generated a fair bit of heat”
Some would advocate excellent leadership as a [...]

Back to the Bush

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

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Tomorrow I am preaching at the Wagin Uniting Church. This was the place where I preached my first ever sermon – in front of a whole 8 people!
Wagin is a little town of 2500 about 250kms south of Perth and its major tourist attraction and landmark is the giant [...]

Farewell Wayne

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

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Yesterday we went to Wayne’s funeral.
Wayne was the brother of a close mate of mine who died last week when he collided with a truck while riding his motorbike.
His brother Graeme decided he was going to take the funeral – a pretty gutsy effort – and he did an amazing job. It [...]

Like Moving House

Saturday, June 28th, 2003

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Its nice to be here but I feel like I’m still settling in and getting to know my way around the ‘neighbourhood’. As much as its going to cost me $$$$$ I think I might say farewell to Blogger and stick [...]

17 Years Later

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

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When I graduated from Uni 17 years ago my first posting was to the little country town of Wagin where I was the Phys Ed teacher for the whole school (K-10) During my time there I was involved with the Uniting Church and made some great friends. It was also [...]

Structuring For Mission

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

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download two lovers It seems there is a fair bit of debate around the place about how an organic missional church ought to be structured. Some favour a totally unstructured ‘relational’ network while others may desire a more substantial structure. I’m no expert, but I have been thinking a lot about it over the [...]

A Life Enriched by Porn…

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

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Saint has a quote from a brilliant article by Naomi Wolfe :
“The young women who talk to me on campuses about the effect of pornography on their intimate lives speak of feeling that they can never measure up, that they can never ask for what they want; and that if they do not offer what [...]

What Will it Look Like?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2003

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The most common question I get from people is along the lines of ’so what will your church look like’? Its a very tricky one, because I don’t know for sure.
If we believe that church forms up out of mission then we will have to wait… It doesn’t mean I have no idea and don’t [...]

Young West Australian of the Year

Wednesday, June 25th, 2003

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Danelle’s brother is a bit of a legend. Last Saturday night he was named Young West Australian of the Year for his work as a primary school principal in rural W.A. He is the youngest person to ever prinicipal a school in W.A and he is a very gifted leader and educator.
Here’s the spiel on [...]