Archive for November, 2009

Online Sermons Pros and Cons

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Now that we’re back in the groove of church life I have been pondering whether we should record our Sunday gigs and make them available online.
I think this practice has pros and cons and I am still undecided, but leaning towards ‘no’.
I guess this is bucking the trend where you can access just about everyone’s [...]

The Rhythm of Life

Friday, November 27th, 2009

We’ve been back from holidays 5 weeks now and its been good to settle into a steady rhythm of life. The first two weeks were quite weird as we adjusted to normal living, but we seem to have found our way again and are travelling well.
In getting back into church leadership one of the challenges [...]

CS Wisdom

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

“How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshiping an imaginary God.”

And Suddenly Death

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I don’t know about you but I tend to assume I have 80 good years and if I don’t get that many then I’ve been cheated.
This week we had a tragedy in our church when one of our friends and church leaders died suddenly in the early hours of Monday morning at the age of [...]

The Power of a Good Story

Monday, November 16th, 2009

From Phil Cooke who has a lot of great stuff to say.

My Kinda Christmas Decs

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Knowing More and Knowing Less

Friday, November 13th, 2009

These days I regularly have unsettling experiences as I read the Bible, where I find myself wondering ‘what is all that about?!’
I just had one this morning as I was using sacred space where a passage that I once would have ‘understood clearly’ no longer made as much sense.
It is a bit disorienting to have [...]

Its Been a While…

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Its been a while since I’ve written anything of substance on here – a reflection of a life that has some re-ordered priorities these days.
Its at times like these that I consider giving blogging away – as if there is nothing left to say and truth is maybe there is nothing ‘new’ to say. But [...]

Geek Laughs

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Justin Baeder posted this on his google feed. Chuckle chuckle…

Implications?…

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

We all know things are changing but this gives us a clue as to just how much.

Some points of agreement:
- I find myself using the net for entertainment much more than TV these days
- I use my phone for probably half of my time online
An funnily enough although I use facebook a lot I [...]