Archive for May, 2005

Hand off it Liam

Monday, May 30th, 2005

Matt Birney (WA Lib leader) gets pulled over by the cops and tests at .04 on the breathalyser, after an initial .05 reading was rechecked. The limit is .05. He is legal.
The bloke had two beers and ok to drive, according to our laws.
This morning as I drive to Albany listening to the ABC [...]

Perspective

Monday, May 30th, 2005

Last night’s news:
The Schapelle Corby case = about 5 minutes of deeply emotive air time
The 2 million refugees in Darfur = about 30 seconds of bland ‘factual’ reporting

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Life is tough for Corby whether she is innocent or guilty (how will we ever know the truth?…), but somehow we seem [...]

Southern Comfort

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

I’ve been spending the last few days tripping around the south west with family in tow visiting churches and youth workers in my role as the coach for Baptist Youth Ministries.
I’ve met some great people and really enjoyed it so far, but I am also reminded that the city folks and country folks do have [...]

On the road again…

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Its been a really good few days with Phil, but as of tomorrow we hit the road for another 6 days, this time to visit and coach youth pastors in the south west.
Danelle and kids are coming and we will be spending two days in Busselton, two in Katanning and then I will go to [...]

What’s the Deal Here?

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

In one of my coaching conversations today we were talking about a church that had ‘lost its saltiness’.
As we spoke we both then said ’so what does this mean’?
(Mat 5:13 NIV) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no [...]

What the Bleep was that all about?

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Today I had a 2 hour gap in the day, the good ole Luna cinema has $6.00 Wednesday and I needed a break.
So I thought I’d go see ‘What the Bleep Do We Know’, a much talked about movie that looks at how we determine what is real, where we come from, where we [...]

Swimming Upstream – The Core of The Problem

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

In church we often speak of ‘the great commission’.
We think we know the great commission pretty well. Do you?…
Just try and recite it now… "Go into all the w…
Over the last week I have asked people to tell me Matt 28:18-20, not trying to be a smartarse, but just to see what comes out. No [...]

Welcome Phil

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Phil McCredden got in today and is here for the next two days, with all day seminar tomorrow looking at how he and Dan have developed a multi-congregational ‘emerging’ church in Melbourne.
Phil is a bloke I met via blogging so its interesting to see where things have gone since we ‘met’ a few years back!
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My kind of blokes!

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Theodicy…

Friday, May 20th, 2005

Today I learnt a new word. Theodicy is the study of how a good God can co-exist with evil.
As Danelle and I were talking yesterday this issue came up and it got me intrigued. I am particularly curious about the origins of evil – the ‘first cause’ so to speak.
I had a crazy day [...]