Archive for August, 2005

Blogging as a Spiritual Discipline

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

I have been wondering for a while now about this and my wise old friend who is almost as good looking as me has beaten me to the draw.
TSK looks at various ways in which spirituality is expressed thru blogging. In particular I am interested in his perception of blogging as a spiritual discipline. [...]

A Question of Ethos

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Here’s a serious and fairly critical question I am pondering about how leadership looks in a pioneering context.
Is the primary role of the pioneering leader to:
a) Act as a catalyst and empower others to engage in missional activity that is in line with their calling and gifting. This will mean that ‘less happens’ unless [...]

What’s in a Name?

Monday, August 29th, 2005

We have called ourselves ‘Upstream Communities’ because we believe the call of the gospel is to live counter-culturally in the suburbs we find ourselves in.
That means rethinking how we do relationships, use our time, our money, our possessions etc.
Our name is a constant reminder of who we are called to be. I find it confronting
Right [...]

Falling in Love With Jesus?

Monday, August 29th, 2005

It was going so well.
I was reading Richard Foster’s article on spiritual formation and finding myself engaging with everything he was saying. Then this statement stumped me:
“In practicing the Spiritual Disciplines we are simply learning to fall in love with Jesus over and over and over again.” ben hur a tale of the christ dvdrip [...]

feedfivethousand.com

Monday, August 29th, 2005

A good mate has just begun a new project and its web home is http://www.feedfivethousand.com jerry maguire divx online

Owen Beck is a Brighton local and has a dream for helping people in need get a feed and a few mates, so each Sunday he is heading down to a park near the [...]

Playing the ‘Cultural’ Card

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

While there is no question that scripture was written in and for a specific cultural context, this is also a great card to play if some aspect of the Bible doesn’t suit us.
Don’t like wearing hats to church? Its ok girls cause it was cultural
Want to have a same sex marriage? Go for it. [...]

Word on the Street…

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Spent this morning at the local park with the kids and then hanging out on the street with a few of our neighbours. Good weather has a way of bringing people outdoors. Sounds like there are changes afoot round our street.
R & C have abandoned ideas of building, are selling their block and will [...]

Back

Friday, August 26th, 2005

We had an amazing holiday in Bangkok.
Some highlights…
- Spending time with Jeff & Tara. There are some people who just energise you with their presence. These guys are those kind of people. Just to hang with them was worth going there.
- The food. I love food… a little too much sometimes, and Thailand is [...]

Seeya

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

We’re off to Bangkok today.
Seeya in a while…
Hamo
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WWYR

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

What would you read if you were on holidays?…
Tomorrow we leave for Bangkok – no kids and a great time hanging out with some really good friends. If its a holiday then I need to take a book or 3.
I went to the local library today and found 3 books that I have been hoping [...]