Man camps in Brazilian airport
Friday, October 30, 2009
Church Growth
Sandy makes a gutsy comment regarding church growth -
The first principle [from Zac's book] urges pastors to focus on conversion, rather than transfer growth... I felt the challenge of this critical pointer, given that the 'success' I've had since arriving at St Michael's has largely been via transfer growth.
We need more honesty like that...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wuthering Heights
Watched the first part this evening and enjoyed it a lot. Rather creepy. That grave-digging scene - was that *really* in the book..??
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Calvin for Armchair Theologians
I've been listening to this recently, and it is excellent. Very good writing, and a surprisingly thorough analysis.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Capitalism: A Love Story
Watched Michael Moore's latest film tonight with a mate. It was a reasonably entertaining flick, though the subject matter was pretty dry. He did not convince me that capitalism really is a very terrible thing, and I don't know that Moore really believes that himself given his love affair with the American working middle class of the 50s. What he does show is that the real enemy is greed, a human constant which cuts across political parties and economic theories.
Star Wars Uncut
http://www.starwarsuncut.com/These guys have split Star Wars up into 15 second segments, and are asking fans to submit home made versions of each segment. Pretty funny
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Moore College
Just been reminded a few times in the last week or so of what an incredible resource we have in Moore College. We really need to do everything possible to help it continue to thrive...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Climate Change - It's too late
This paper confirms a long held belief of mine - that if rapid climate change is anthropogenic, then there is absolutely nothing we can do about it -
We moderns have become accustomed to the idea that we can modify our environment to suit our needs, and have acted accordingly for some three hundred years. We are now discovering that our intoxicating belief that we can conquer all has come up against a greater force, the Earth itself. We are discovering that humans cannot regulate the climate; the climate regulates us. The prospect of runaway climate change challenges our technological hubris and our Enlightenment faith in reason. The Earth may soon demonstrate that, ultimately, it cannot be tamed and that the human urge to master nature has only roused a slumbering beast.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The Community Gospel
Well, I can see where Lionel is going with this, and I find it a bit depressing. Ah well...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Better Gatherings
Our churches new liturgical web site - http://bettergatherings.com/. Check it out, it's actually pretty cool...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Hey Hey...
Watched the "Hey Hey It's Saturday" encore on Saturday night with the girl and the boys. A bit embarrassed to admit that I was completely entertained by it, and watched the whole 2.5 hours...
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Compass
Compass did a special on Sydney Anglicans tonight. I thought it handled the material pretty fairly. What did you think?
Eternity Newspaper
I got a print copy of the new Eternity newspaper this morning. I think it's excellent - well done to John and the team. I'm looking forward to reading this every month - I hope and pray it goes really, really well...
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Trueman on Packer
Carl Trueman speaks about the successes and failures of JI Packer. A very interesting assessment...
Google to launch online bookstore
More here. Everything they touch seems to turn to gold, so this could be big...
Friday, October 16, 2009
More study
I'm seriously thinking about doing a masters degree, to progress my career and also for my own stimulation. It wouldn't be next year, as I'm determined to finish my book, but possibly in 2011. The course I'm looking at is only 8 subjects, and I could possibly get exempted from 1 or 2 of those. The cost is significant, but I believe the fees are tax deductible? Anyway, it would be spread out over a number of years...
The shine is rubbing off Chrome
Hmm...didn't take long. Not quite as quick as it seemed at first. Seems to pause for no reason sometimes when loading a page. bleah
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Women & Boards & Committees
Karin calls for more women on the SA boards & committees. I support this, and hope more can done. I will make this comment though - I've noticed that women are sometimes less interested in committees than the blokes are. At the parish level, it has been very difficult to find women who want to serve on parish council, and I don't think any woman has ever wanted to serve on our finance/property committees. Individual preference plays a part here...
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Gone Chrome
After I upgraded to Firefox 3.5.2, it started going slow. Real slow. The reason I dumped IE for FF in the first place was because IE had become a bloated, slow-moving software monster. Now FF seems to be going down that path as well. Well, it was going slow on my computer at least. So I've installed Google Chrome. Nice, very nice. Slick and fast. Goodbye FF. You forgot what made you a success in the first place...
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Sydney's Fresh Food Bin
SYDNEY households throw out more than $600 million worth of fresh produce every year - and that does not include leftovers, which account for another $182 million in the bin, university research has found. More here
I *hate* seeing food wasted, it's criminal...
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Book on Hold
Work has been pretty intense recently, so my Johnson book is currently pretty much on hold. Current state of play is this - I've written 9 chapters (out of a planned 21), totaling 24,839 words.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
E=MC2
Another superbly crafted documentary, currently screening on free-to-air. I know it's sounds snobbish, but it's a bit tragic that millions watch mindless trash like "2 and a half men" while only a few will watch this doco...
Stand to Reason
A popular apologetics website. I haven't looked into it too much, but I've heard pretty good things about it.
Monday, October 05, 2009
The Boy is away
It's school holidays, and J is spending a week at his mother's place. I'll be up here on my lonesome. I miss him quite a bit when he's not around, even though we sometimes feel like ships passing through the night when he *is* here...
Life on Mars
Just started watching this, 2 years after everyone else got excited about it. It's very good...
The White Horse Inn
Just about my favourite radio prog is The White Horse Inn. I wish there was an oz equivalent! They are currently beginning a series on Koukl's "Tactics". Also, don't miss Horton's interview with Carl Trueman, called "The Wages of Spin". Terrific stuff...
Live Out Loud
Connect09 are hoping 8000 teens will attend the EntCent in December. Steve Chong will be preaching, which is the right choice!
Friday, October 02, 2009
lols
A five-year-old Texan boy has reportedly killed a 3.7-metre, 365-kilogram alligator that was 20 times his size.
Simon Hughes shouted "holy moly" when he saw the beast, but killed it with a single shot from his "junior-sized .410-gauge shotgun", the Houston Chronicle said.
"I wasn't even afraid," he told a local TV network. "Next year I'm going to kill me a bigger alligator."
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Official Building Opening
Our new church building is finished - here is the video from the official opening.
Networks - men and women
Narelle discusses the different ways in which men and women network. Really fascinating stuff -
I have observed that there is a vast difference between men and women in the way in which men are able to use their networks to pursue appointments, uncover possibilities and even to be able to persuade leaders to rethink what they might need in the light of what they as applicants can offer.
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