I’ve been finding it tricky to locate decent books lately but this was an absolute gem.
As a kid who took up surfing at 10 years old the name Michael Petersen was one that I knew well. The King of Kirra as he was known, was an amazingly gifted and yet strangely enigmatic surf hero of [...]
Thus far in our trip we have been blessed with great weather. There have been a couple of rainy days and a bit of wind here and there but we have generally been able to dodge it pretty well.
But it’s getting trickier…
On Thursday we left Mt Gambier after a couple of great days with old [...]
If you are a regular reader of this blog then you’d know that back in October 2008 we were asked by a local Baptist church (Quinns Community Baptist) just km from our home if we would like to go and work with them offering leadership and direction to the group. We discussed this, presented our [...]
Just a trip update for those who are interested…
After leaving Melbourne we headed south to McCrae – Phil McCredden’s place, where we spent 5 nights. The camper fitted perfectly under Phil’s carport so the occasional bit of rain didn’t bother us and we were able to use the house during the day. We didn’t get [...]
I have much to say on this, but for now I will refer you to a more academic piece of writing that Mark Edwards pointed me towards entitled Toward an Evangelical Theology of Cussing.
More from me later, but if you want to think it thru then here’s a place to start…
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No.
I realize that’s a short abrupt answer, but I don’t think we would struggle to hear it as much if it were framed the other way.
Try it.
Can a pastor survive as a pioneer?
No. Of course not. That’d be a silly thing to expect of a pastor!
Ok, maybe ‘survive’ is a little strong… but only a [...]
I haven’t come across this bloke before but he echoes some of the tension I and those of us born with any kind of a pioneering / entrepreneurial gene tend to feel in church leadership roles.
Here’s an excerpt:
In the business world it seems accepted that entrepreneurs are always entrepreneurs, they specialise in “blue sky thinking” [...]
I stole this from Seth Godin because I think he makes some good observations. We all want to do something useful with our lives and this framework gives insight into why some do and some don’t.
I think it looks like this:
1. Attitude
2. Approach
3. Goals
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In the last two weeks we have stayed in a range of campsites
The first was at Warilla, the Lake Windemere caravan park – for $25.00 four of us stayed on a powered site. We had a tip from a couple who have been travelling very cheaply so we figured this might be the go and [...]
Most of us know that good customer service can be hard to find so when you see it you want to cheer.
Well this post is an advertisement for Tracy and the crew at Top Trim Motor Trimmer in Bairnsdale who today did a fix up job on the camper.
A few days ago while in Pambula [...]