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I’ve been really thinking a lot lately about whether the whole social networking space defined by tools like Twitter and Facebook are really worth engaging in.
Recently, just due to a very full-on schedule and lots of late meetings, etc., I found I went a few days without really engaging much with either Facebook or Twitter, [...]
Filed by ob1 at February 16th, 2010 under life, tech
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It’s always amazing to me how fast news travels, and so this is my attempt to get ahead of the jungle drums and let you know about an important change happening for me and our family.
WHAT’S THE BIG NEWS? The big scoop is that, as of 28 March 2010, I will no longer be [...]
Filed by ob1 at February 1st, 2010 under church, leadership, life
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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.” –Ancient Greek Proverb
Our world is being consumed by consumers. They’re everywhere. And the Church is not immune to the effects of consumerism. Tragically, in many respects, one of key approaches to growing a local church is [...]
Filed by ob1 at January 28th, 2010 under church, leadership, life
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This video is very scary, but I guess it’s scary to me how poorly informed many folks are about basic political issues anyways. As Australians, we could laugh at some of the feeble responses to questions about what Sarah Palin actually believes in and stands for, but the truth is that most of us [...]
Filed by ob1 at December 8th, 2009 under leadership, life, politics
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If you’re looking for a highly intelligent and sensible discussion about the existence and implications of God in the world from an elite mathematician, then you MUST listen to this.
John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. I would LOVE to see him in debate and dialogue with Richard Dawkins, whose writings to [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 11th, 2009 under church, life, science
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It’s amazing what a difference confidence makes.
As the Dow tips into the highest territory it’s been in well over a year, there’s a general feeling of confidence slipping back into economies all around the world, including the Australian one. Anyone who has traded shares knows all too well that there is very little that [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 10th, 2009 under life
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I’m about to start getting some calls from Telstra/Bigpond.
I’ve been a Bigpond customer for almost 8 or 9 years now. I’ve been pretty loyal as a customer and have stuck with them in spite of issues and poor service at times. But, I won’t be getting a customer service call because I’ve been [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 9th, 2009 under life
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“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.” -E.B. White.
I love this quote. A simple line like this makes me wish I could have met Elwyn Brooks White for coffee (or maybe a beer?!)…
Filed by ob1 at October 21st, 2009 under humour, life
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There’s always a smart alec somewhere who will tell you in the midst of your valleys that “it could always be worse…”
And you usually just feel like smacking them in the snoz.
Last year, we had a very tough year financially as a church, and we really had to dig deep in the faith well to [...]
Filed by ob1 at October 16th, 2009 under church, leadership, life
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As often as any important business has to be done in the monastery, let the abbot call together the whole community and himself set forth the matter. And, having heard the counsel of the brethren, let him think it over by himself and then do what he shall judge to be most expedient….
Now the reason [...]
Filed by ob1 at October 9th, 2009 under leadership, life
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