I was reading the news the other day, and was surprised to see that a former policeman who I happen to know is on his way to jail. I conducted his wedding service several years ago, and I always figured he was a naughty boy. Feel sorry for poor wife and kids, but I have [...]
Weird day. Got a few home things done, spent waaaaay too much time trying to figure out how to free a DVD from the stupid region restriction (that drives me nuts! I OWN this thing, but just because it was bought in the US I got problems playing it?! Give me a break!! Damn evil [...]
i’ve always been a firm believer in communicating directly with people, and being straight with them. in some ways, it’s probably not won me friends in some circles which thrive on politics and playing games, but i just believe that true community and christian relationships are about speaking the truth in love. that means that [...]
A lot of prayer and planning has been going into 2008, and I am very excited at what God is doing in us. I really like we are going to enter a great season as a church, with some real clarity developing for us about what we need to do to accomplish our mission. There’s [...]
i currently have my wife stumped with a small sheet of paper i have pinned to my wall… it contains a code… 2:15 / -6 / 83 she can’t figure it out, and isn’t happy that i won’t tell her what it means. what about you? anyone? :-)
wow! it’s been a very flat-out few weeks, so pardon the lack of traffic here. here’s a quick download of a few things… we ran our annual aquacarols event yesterday at the aqua jetty facility next door to us. it was a different format to what we’ve done in the past (primarily due to some [...]
some of you may have heard by now along the grapevine, but warnbro church is looking for a new children’s pastor to lead our kids ministry team, which is definitely one of the coolest spaces in our ministry line-up. unfortunately, julie newcombe felt the need to step down from her role as our team leader [...]
i love reading, and i’m so thankful that all of my kids love reading too. it’s such an amazing thing when you think about it, the ability to take symbols and squiggles on a page and translate them into ideas and images and meanings, all in the briefest instant. it’s probably one of biggest things [...]
Unbelievable! December already! Hard to believe. Wall to wall week just gone, but a good one. Really feel like things are setting up nicely for a big year in 08. In the process of working through some important decisions for the next couple of years – good to have some God-given sense of direction.