backyardmissionary

There sure was some humugous swell around Perth today.
Check out these pics of me taking the boat out into it.
Am I a wildman or what?…

started crappy
got better
actually much better!

I am about half way thru the Celestine Prophecy, a book loaned to me by a friend who has recently read it and found it inspiring and helpful. (BTW – Thanks to those who have left comment about ‘inspiring books’)
A few observations:
* As a novel it is crap! It is nothing more than an excuse [...]

In a meeting the other day with Ian Robinson I asked him what shifts he has seen in evangelism over the last 20-30 years.
He suggested a key one was that it now takes the average person 7 years to come to faith instead of 2. Its a much longer journey.
I am very aware of not [...]

I’d like you to tell me what the most inspiring Christian books are that you have read.
I have friends who are reading spiritual books seeking answers and I’d like to factor Jesus into their decision making.
It seems that the key thing they appeciate in a book is its ability to inspire

download prophecy the movie [...]

that yesterday wasn’t seasickness after all. How embarrassing would that be – to have to sell your boat because you get sick!!
After 9 or 10 bouts of vomitting last night I think I can safely conclude that it was a virus. Seems most people in the street have had it so I guess it was [...]

field of dreams dvdrip
Today I finally got to take the new boat out – and after about 30 minutes I was leaning over the side and feeding my breakfast to the fish. I never get seasick, but today… Well…
It might actually have been a virus as the whole street has been down [...]

At last Forge has a new website.
Its still in development but you can get the vibe of what we are on about.
I am convinced that what we offer is probably the best training for first world mission I have ever come across. If you are dinkum about connecting with western people and haven’t checked out [...]

If you’ve been following our journey with leadership then you’ll be interested in what came out of our meeting last Tuesday night.
We finished our biblical reflection and distillation with the following conclusions and over the last week we were going to take time to pray, listen to God and see what he had to say [...]

On Tuesday I had a series of meetings at Gloria Jeans Coffee shop at Hilary’s marina. I get sick of cheesy coffee shop crap
“What would you like sir?”
“I’ll have a mochalatte thanks.”
“Can I have a first name to go with that?”
“Sure – Boris.”
“Boris?…”
“Yep”
“Thank you sir – that will be $4.00″
She didn’t say it had to [...]