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“The only reason a great many American families don’t own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.”
Mad Magazine

A few years back I pondered jumping ship to a different denomination.
I was in flux with my work roles and open to all possibilities. At that stage it was a Church of Christ I was looking at, in many ways our closest cousins. It never did eventuate but not specifically for denominational reasons.
In the [...]

Jarrod McKenna’s Wednesday’s with Gandhi:
 

 
“Jesus expressed, as no other could, the spirit and the will of God. It is in this sense that I see him and recognise him as the Son of [...]

No, not prostitution I am writing about…
I’m still on the subject of ‘teaching’.
One way for me to improve the way I relate to the kids at school is to see them as somebody’s daughter or someone’s son and to treat them as such – someone’s pride and joy. When you are a relief teacher [...]

This is the title of my sermon for next week at East Fremantle Baptist Church.
Its based around some thoughts that have been brewing for a while around the quest for the ‘good life’ that seems to dog both believers and non-believers alike.
It seems there is a belief that we can create heaven on earth, [...]

I have 4 days teaching year 5’s starting tomorrow.
To be honest I am a bit nervous. I used to be a good teacher, used to have a great rapport with kids and a lot of creative ideas when it came to education. I don’t like the thought of not being able to do it quite [...]

If variety is the spice of life then I am having a curry!
One of the things I have really come to love about my Forge

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role here in West Oz is that I find myself speaking to and interacting with such a diversity of people.
Today I was speaking at a [...]

If people in Perth were looking for ways to make peace and praise practical this Sunday you’re welcome to join us Peace Tree crew for the Gulu Walk.
“Every morning and every night the children of Northern Uganda walk for their LIVES. We’re walking to tell their story.”
Not sure what that is? Please click here to [...]

Well after a rookie tipping year that can only be described unbe-bloody-lievable it was time to hand over the loot. At the start of the year Morgs and I put a 6 pack of Crownies (for him) against a bottle of red (for me), with the winner to recieve the prize at the end of [...]

After 4 years of blogging I have learnt never to blog on a controversial topic after more than 2 glasses of red wine.
I have some thoughts percolating…… and I have just finished my second glass of red…
Its a recipe for fireworks.
Don’t do it…
(Drink the third glass and then really let rip!)
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