Serious Hunger March 28, 2012

We’ve reached the end of semester and I have just handed in an essay, to celebrate, I escaped and went to the cinema on my own. I like doing this, I am not ashamed to say that I totally escape for three hours and my overactive imagination goes into, well, overdrive. Film du jour was [...]

Inside mob August 18, 2011

I’m a bit sad to see the riots happening in my home city, so I thought I’d share a… erm… a thought. When I look at the rioting I find my self hunting for an explanation of what is going on. When a society reaches a place of such disregard for it’s overall wellbeing that [...]

College related sabbatical February 20, 2011

As you may or may not know, I have just begun my studies for a Masters of Divinity at Morling College in Sydney, and because of this, and a part time job in a Bike shop, I have not had a great deal of spare writing time. So I have decided to put Paronymous Christos [...]

McFlooded January 21, 2011

The floods in Australia have been a truly horrible reality for many, but I always find it interesting how any large scale event is comprised of a myriad of personal experiences of those involved. This article from Good, highlights just such a phenomena, all be it a fairly bizarre component experience of one man. The [...]

May your day be merry and bright… December 25, 2010

and may all your Christmases be white.   Happy Christmas fair folk. I hope it’s a very fantasmagorical day. Born in barn, slept  in a pig trough, visited by Kings which unsurprisingly the family didn’t even know. Pretty epic start to the story. Today I will be percussing in the name of praise for the [...]

Circles December 16, 2010

What is ministry? Ministry, for me… It’s all about circles. Pushing the boundaries on our circle of fear to live more in the circle that is God’s story for our lives.

The thought of Worship December 5, 2010

This is a considered and thoughtful article on the role of worship in our churches. I think it’s probably important to remind ourselves of the things described here from time to time. It perhaps links well with this recent entry from Donald Miller’s blog which I am enjoying a lot at the mo too. (Perhaps [...]

Loggerheads November 29, 2010

I can’t help but want to sit with the authors of articles like this and share a few stories of Jesus and the way he dealt with conflict or how he has worked in the lives of many around me. These issues are important, divisive and they are very real for our churches today and [...]

Doctor in November 25, 2010

I have been looking into theological study recently, you know, testing the waters, and one place requested I write down my doctrinal beliefs. I’ve never formalised my thoughts on this before, it’s quite an interesting exercise. Here are mine in my own language, they may need future revision though: I believe that God formed and [...]

My friend says November 17, 2010

Last night a friend told me this: It is better to be born twice and die once, than to be born once and die twice. I like it.

Ageing November 4, 2010

The older I get the more I realise that I cannot live without the outrageous grace of God. It’s not a choice anymore, I may have made a choice for Jesus about sixteen years ago, but the older I get the more I realise that I’m totally dependant on Him, Life does not work without [...]

Some stuff November 4, 2010

I have just got back from a surf with the boys, followed by a spot of breakfast on the beach front. It really is horrible here. I have now been to Milperra to the inordinately large glass jar outlet with my friend Jules, it’s wild, she’s making Jam. This number plate can be read two [...]

Exactly!!! November 3, 2010

Someone else agrees with my standpoint on Exclamation marks.  

I don’t think you ever feel ready for ministry October 27, 2010

In-font-ile October 21, 2010

I loathe Comic Sans. It is awfully cutesy (in a bad way, not a typically English, luvvy way), it has become a contrived way of making something look ‘friendly’, it is almost always inappropriately used (if it is ever appropriate), I could go on… Turns out there are many others who do too. I came [...]