Entries from August 2008 ↓

• Wow! Nearly took out a kid in our parking lot who just shot out of some bushes… :-( #
• Our youth guys have the shikineh glory of the Lord in their office… Oh,
  no… Wait… Its just their cool heater… #
• Nothing like watching sheer joy! Jord just opened her big birthday prezzie and squealed and started crying with happiness… Wow! #
• You could give a thousand gifts and not find such unashamed joy! Best gift-giving experience of my life. Had to wipe a tear… #

Happy Birthday, Jord! :-)

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These nuts I do not like, no I do not like them at all…

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• Full but good day – managed to stay pretty much focused around the big pic stuff I set for myself at 7am, so that’s a win! #
• Didn’t feel like running this morning but just got started anyway. Goethe was right… #

look, i fully accept that we’re all sinful and stupid, and we do dumb things because of our fallen condition, but some folks seem to take this to all-time lows…

i discovered this a few days ago, and i just couldn’t really believe anyone would do it, especially anyone with any kind of profile… check out this crazy situation… it’s just beyond belief.

i have mixed reaction to this sort of thing. as i said, a big part of me goes, “well, that’s people… we’re sinners…”, but another part of me gets a little aggro because as a pastor this guy just made my job tougher as a leader in God’s church. jeepers! faking cancer!?!? you gotta be kidding me…

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;  the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw

I’m looking forward to my new Amazon delivery, which includes a book on narcissistic leadership and how that isn’t always a bad thing… should be interesting reading!

• Awesome afternoon picnicking out at Jarrahdale. Kids cooked damper and marshmallows, and it was just very relaxing. #
• Unhappily, morning has broken…. Already… #

Damper, Deano style…

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Damper anyone?

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Aaaah… A picnic out in the woods… Nice!

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