tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316357322011-04-22T06:27:09.361+08:00Homebaked cookies are always the best (along with community, relationships, creating, outdoors and faith)Kirbsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04872215491761494159noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31635732.post-17171603176695722652007-02-19T20:00:00.000+09:002007-02-19T20:08:16.109+09:00

You may remember my efforts in Mo-vember last year and the school's $1000 for cancer research. Well my mo (pointy beard included) kept on going. I now look like a cross between Jesus and a terroist... NiceAt work, I'm known as Jesus, however the time has come to remove this hidious growth...So as another fundraising effort, its going to go - one more month. Again the target is $1000, this time

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From the FORGE WA website.... " This day long seminar will explore key shifts in missional paradigms as the western world has increasingly moved away from its Judea -christian base and again become a missionary environment"It looks good, if your into wrestling with missional thoughts, church/gathering development and good fellowship, then see you there.

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Seeds of Hope is an annual breakfast by TEAR WA. It aims to encourage biblical thinking on the issues of poverty, injustice, advocacy and development. This mornings speaker was Brian Harris, the Principal of the Baptist Theological College. He spoke of our blessings and our responsibilty towards others ... pretty thoughful comments. After this local fieldworkers Toni (Nepal) and Julie (

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Well holidays are over, reality has settled in and life turns back into the cycle of work and more work...I finished off my time in Sri-Lanka with a week in Bangkok and surrounding areas - highlight of that was definately riding a tiger...Yes a tiger, this one infact - just after that monk finished patting him.Hmm so work has begun, with its usual insanely busy start - Each year this creeps up on

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Phil and Julie are family friends, both currently living in Perth after living in Afghanistan (on and off) since 1999. He has worked primarily with the UN, focusing on community development, governance and reconstruction.Much has been written about the situation in Afghan over the years, the violence, bloodshed, injustice and treatment of the Hazara people. Much has also been written and

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Tim Conder’s recent book – The Church in Transition – The Journey of Existing Churches into the Emerging Culture, has been a helpful book in my reading.Currently considering my role/or lack of role in an established church, my frustrations with this and my growing’s towards missional churches.Tim’s book has aided some questions in possibly making that transition. It’s a well written book, that

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It’s not easy to find net access in Sri-Lanka… some days its hard to find computers, some days its hard to find power and other days finding a toilet is a struggle...I have discovered a little more about this country now, there is more to it than the seemingly endless humidity, stray dogs and guns…There is also good food, amazing forests, friendly people and fireworks!!!Spending time in a

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For those that dont know, my amazing Sister and her equally amazing husband, work in Sri-Lanka. E works for Northwest Medical Teams, and J works for World Vision.I'm spending 3 weeks there with them, semi travel/holiday and some work with World Vision.I haven't been here long, but it is an amazing country.If you like seeing millions of stray dogs, rich (bad) smells, severe humidity, and lots of

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Hmm a nice way to start the holiday...Phuket - Sri Lanka Bangkok - 5 weeks of fun.....NO I dont want a suit tailored for me, nor a thai massage, nor a leather jacket....But I happy with amazing coastline, good weather and super cheap drinks...

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Finally, I am getting close to having time to read again...Since starting Church Next, I have battled the constant strains of time... it's still unfinished.However, things may be about to change with holidays looming, so the list has grown to include1. The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.2. The Church in Transition.3. Who Stands Fast - Discipleship in Difficult Places.4. Wild Ones.5. The

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Well work has almost ended for the year...fantastic!2 rather exciting things... 1. We managed to raise over $1000 for Mo-vember...2. We managed to raise enough $10,000 for a Trust Bank with Opp International.Very muchily happy with those efforts.

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HE READS MY EMAILS....I think I love him... I have lost count of how many times I have emailed my pal Ben, encourgaing him to come back to Australia. Obviously he cares about our friendship and takes note of my comments. Keep March 31/April 1 free - its going to be amazing... Sure the rest of the line-up looks pretty good to. Check out West Coast Blues and Roots Festival 2007.

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Instead, this was a late Sun night activity with my bro-in law...Full spearfishing gear, head torches, swan river @ 10pm and welding gloves.... those crabs had no chance.Note - welding gloves to dive and grab the crabsOther weapons for fish only..... (just incase anyone from the depart of fisheries is reading this..)He also informs me that in Sri-Lanka we can buy large fresh crayfish for $3.

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Hmm I haven't posted for ages. beyond ages....Life has just been too busy, work is busy, social life is busy, work is busy, work is busy and work is even more busy... Fairly sick of it all now. It's stopped me reading much, thinking much, playing much, growing much, blogging much and just having much fun at all....Here is a brief rundown of some of life during the last few weeks in random order..

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I’m confident that Richard Linklater's latest film ‘Fast Food Nation’ will be described in all sorts of ways. It is difficult, eye-opening, challenging yet still obvious, loose, sluggish and lacks character development. It is based on the novel by Eric Schlosser, ‘Fast Food Nation’ and even with it’s flaws is does an excellent job at exploring the social, nutritional and environmental realities

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Recently a good friend lent me a book, encouraging me that it was a worthy read. I had never heard of it, however had heard of the author - Rob Bell - and was keen to read his thoughts. Rob Bell is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan, plus well known for his work with NOOMA.Velvet Elvis is his first book (the second – Sex God is due for release in 2007) The

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Definitely worthy of all the praise it’s received.You should most definitely see it, and then head to Carbon NeutralMy most recent trip cost me 6 tree's - a bargain really - $30 added on to the total cost is perhaps the best $30 spent...

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Finally it’s finished, it’s been a slow and painful read!!!The book paints a clear picture of emerging generation’s worldviews. It claims the postmodern culture has little or no regard for Christ and that established church has failed to connect in meaningful and relevant ways.Some of this I can readily agree with, however my opinions are rather location/cultural/socio-economic specific. I do see

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I had hoped for funny stories to share, however 39 year 9’s on a bus in Sydney/Canberra for 6 days just isn’t that funny. Infact the only things that are funny are too incriminating if I want to keep my job – which I do.We did see and go to some cool places, but we also wasted at least 8 hours of our lives on useless boring stuff. The highlight was definitely the Australian War Museum, fantastic!

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I've just got back from another SU vacation camp, this time Canoemup.Twas brillant, 20 campers - year 8,9 and 10's - 6 days white water kayaking on the Murray River with Geoff Westlake sharing an excellent devo session each day.Sure the river was WAY low, but you can't have everything you want.Geoff’s message considered life – birth, living, suffering and death and how ultimately all these find

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I'm currently reading Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture - Bridging Teen Worldviews and Christian Truth (W. Mueller) It started slow - almost painfully slow, but the goodness is slowly coming…I’m interested in this book, as my most natural/honest mission is amongst young people – every day has the possibility of engaging and working with young people on issues that are important to them and build

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This was the perfect weekend in footy!Bring on Sydney...I don't need to say much about the result, however what was interesting was my trip to the domestic airport Sat night to pick up ma and pa... What I didn't realise was their plane arrived at the same time the Eagles flew in... CRAZY!I have never seen such a large or such a loud crowd at an airport! - Everywhere was blue and yellow, balloons,

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Latest project, fairly self-explanatory...Not too original, however it's a very rare TV - Philips Magnalux "the picture that lives!" - sometime 1950's ?Found out afterwards that in good condition it is/was worth a fair bit of $$$... whoops!

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How funtastic is this!Readers would know that old splitty kombi's are so my favourite car ever.So recently I had a fairly average birthday...However two of the most bestest people to ever cross my life gave me the most bestest present ever.Last month I was soooo close to buying the exact same thing on Ebay, but decided some restraint was in order as it was just a childish lust… And here it is –

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Prodigal World: How we abandoned God and suffered the consequences.Phillip Jensen is well known for his faithful Christian teaching, this book highlights his insightful social commentary as a series of short essay's gathered from the journal Kategoria. (Kategoria is a quarterly journal of Christian scholarship, review and comment, edited by author and historian of science, Dr Kirsten Birkett.)

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So recently I have heard yet another sermon on Christians and $$$ …Now I’m not saying it’s not an important topic to consider in our material/consumption driven culture, however I am getting sick of the basic sermon outline….Step 1 - Talk about role of $ in culture – how we don’t just adopt this worldly viewStep 2 - Talk about God’s provisions for his children – include $Step 3 - Explain that $

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Reflections of today’s discussion with Don Carson, Andrew Hamilton and Geoff Westlake…Don is a famous evangelical Christian scholar, a Doctor of Philosophy in the New Testament. He has recently written his book ‘Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church’. Andrew is the WA director of FORGE mission training and Geoff is the Director of ReFrame – a network of missional leaders in WA. They are

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So Don Carson is in town this week…I saw him last night and he did a pretty ripper job regarding Revelation 12. Its one of those books in which I read the chapters, can sometimes work out who is who and what imagery is what, and then if I’m lucky can take a wild guess at its meaning and an even wilder guess concerning it’s application…He challenged us to consider how we align ourselves with a

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Hmmm, it seams like once a year, the BIG water God smiles upon us and fill the Murray River catchment with rain. The weekend gone was that yearly epic trip. The Friday night was the crazy night paddle and the Saturday was the Lower Murray trip. This is the only grade 4 water we ever get a chance to play in. It's amazing.The photo's dont do it justice - as they are only grade 3, however the pain

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OK, so we know it's stupid...However paddling the middle murray @ 2meters between the hours of 11pm and 2am does create an entire new level of adrenalin rushing fun... Snapping a paddle is a small cost to pay - Definatly put it on your list of things to do.Me caught in a stopper - can't see the boat or my body - nice BIG water! Notice the headtorches and glow-sticks - risk management best

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Finally, some winter rains have hit Perth!That allowed a few evenings after work to have a little playFound ourselves rather rusty after a lack of white water paddling....However the Black Stallion did learn to roll nicely!Hello Mr Cartwheel !! Bring on some Lower Murray Paddling!

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Hilarious mockumentary – so the best movie I have seen in ages. (Has been ages since I saw any movie)Go and see it...

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I once had the privelge of listening to Michael Frost speak at a PD session from a previous employer. He spoke as a man with much insight and understandings of the culture that we live in. He encouraged us to relevantly engage people in the community and share life as a journey with them - not to try to make them become like us, nor to try to point out personal wrong-doings, but rather to build

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In the 1960's Marshall McLuhan, once referred to as the "Oracle of the Electronic Age", wrote some pretty swithced on discussions concerning technology, media, peoples lifestyles and patterns of behaviour. He coined the phrase - 'the medium is the message'.This I find interesting if you apply his theories to church practice in our culture - something discussed in 'The shaping of Things to Come' (

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So, I came across this word for the first time recently. I quite liked its meaning however you might know more about the meaning of the word than I do - if so enlighten me!From my limited understandings - it's a old-school Jewish mysticism word used to describe the Glory of God. Rather than try and describe 'what' the glory is, the focus is shifted towards where it can be found - logically

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So today was a pretty special day - I got to go to the annual Perth Wood Show! Sure, I know for many of you that wouldn't be all that interesting - but for me its well wicked sticks! Not only did I get to see some outstanding works, look at new tools/machinery and learn some new techniques - I was also lucky enough to buy two nice figured red-gum slabs pretty cheap. I have come home all

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Last night I began a 6 week course entitled - The Framework, Seeing Christian Truth as a Whole. It's a night course ran by Trinity Theo College with Marty Ford lecturing.The aim of the course is to construct a spiritual 'map' and the best navigation techniques - following bibilical principles to help shape our life activites and decisions. We begun by looking at some basics, the concept of

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I guess all those rain dances just didn't work... A record dry winter, the lowest Avon Descent in 34 years caused pain and misery to many competitors. Not wanting to smash our better boat we had decided to only race our kevlar K2 if its was 0.5 or higher. Once we knew the river level was closer to 0.35 we entered the race individually in plastic kayaks. The positive of this was that we didn't

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I'm interested in Church progression and do feel an uneasiness with many aspects of modern Church. Although this book didn't answer all my questions or take away all my unease, I did find many aspects helpful and compelling reading. I don't belong to an emerging church, however have been challenged by many aspects and do consider that in many ways, some of these churches are demonstrating a real

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I like TEAR, I think it's an organisation that places the great commission – (to make disciples of all people) alongside the great commandment – (to love ones neighbour as oneself)…it’s the merging of these together I value. TEAR seem's to by driven by love, service and sacrifice, values that reflect the Love of God and share it with those who communities/we often seem to reject. The sharing is

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The Avon Descent is approaching fast, and with the driest winter on record - We need rain!Not to mention the farmers!I don't like the idea of destroying our K2 on exposed rocks, or paddling for hours in shallow water generating pressure waves...grrr..Can anyone do a rain-dance???

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My reading of Voting For Jesus - Christianity and Politics in Australia, came about very unintentionally. As I have been thinking about a Kingdom focus on life and its workings/applications in my life, I have realised it should shape my thoughts on politics. I always knew this, but was and still am VERY ignorant of politics in Australia.After a party in Leederville, I saw this issue of Quarterly

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I've just got back from a lazy 4 day holiday in Darwin - went up for a mates wedding. I was expecting a small backwards country town, but I must say it was an excellent place to spend a few days in the middle of winter. Hello warm and sunny days!!! The city was much bigger than I expected, very multicultural and very friendly. We checked out Litchfield National Park - swum in pools known for croc

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Hmmm, the title should give a few hints....Ryan Heath is a 26yr old Australian writer, born in Sydney, but for reasons made abundantly clear in this book, now chooses to live in London, working as a public servant."The 1960's ended 35 years ago. It's time to get over it"First read and one would easily be mistaken for assuming this book is nothing but a harsh attack at baby boomers. It seems to

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As if these pre -67 Kombi's aren't the sexiest cars ever...My 1986 Liteace dreams of this day.

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Brian Rosner's recent book, Beyond Greed has been a thought provoking read. Brian writes,"The most disturbing thing about the fact that greed is idolatry is that hardly anybody owns up to being a worshipper. Imagine the response of disbelief in the local church if it were revealed that the vast majority of its members were secretly worshipping other gods. Yet if our analysis of the religion of

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So its approx 2 months till the Avon Descent - The Worlds Greatest White Water Event! Paddling has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. The Descent is an annual 134km race from Northam to Bayswater. My paddling partner and I are building up our training regime. We train 3 or 4 times per week, paddling between 1.5 - 3 hours per session. I sit behind him in the double kayak, he is

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I'm lucky enough to be working for an organisation that cares for the growth and development of its staff in both a professional development level, plus a personal nuturing level. So much so, that each year the council allows our entire staff (approx 300) to take two days off and participate in a staff retreat.This year the theme was focusing upon 'faith development'We had the usual array of

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When is Enough? How to be a discerning Christian in a time of affluenza.Recently I went to a public workshop/lecture concerning the growing problems of a consumption based society and the awareness and responsibility of Christians towards this.The workshop was presented by William T. Cavanaugh, Professor of Theology, St Thomoas University, St Paul's Minnesota. The topic was obviously of current

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13 May - Supreme Court Gardens... MY HERO in the music world.I have been lucky enough to see Ben three times. This most recent concert, was without a doubt an amazing musical experience. His energy, passion and sheer talent always leaves a lasting impression. I think if he was a girl, I would definately marry him...

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So, I like to make stuff...All types of stuff but mainly using timber. Sometimes I use other materials, but natural wood is the sweetest. I love the idea of creating something of beauty from what is often regarded as scrap or waste. The winerack is made from 80% recycled Jarrah from patios/pergolas. The only 'new' timber is the natural edge section - which came from a salvaged tree left on the

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If you can’t tell from the pictures, WILD camp is amazing. It’s a 9-day Wilderness Hiking Program ran by Scripture Union WA. Each year, approx 12 campers (15-17yr olds) and 5/6 leaders spend 9 days together in a life-changing experience. Although I have been involved in countless other camping ministries, WILD camp is always the most intense, rewarding and amazing of them all. This year was no

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Currently these are three of the things I am exploring and working/stumbling through. I believe they are all closely linked and are at the core of who I am, and who I want to be. I have always believed that strong relationships form growing communities that with a headship of Christ lead to and develop faith. Sadly I’m not convinced many churches develop and foster the depth of relationships that

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Mid 20's Perth Boy - Still not comfortable with the label 'Man'Christian - Frustrated, challenged & very glad - a strange mixCreative Streak - Furniture, photography, percussionOutdoor Pursuits - Paddling, hiking, camping, climbingEmployment - Education, more 'facilitator' than 'teacher'

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You know when you finally do something you had dreamed of for years - and it didn't quite live up to expectations - well that was last Sunday for me. My first time deep sea game fishing on a charter boat with a bunch of mates - the fun was there, the sun was there, the water was there, the big boat was there, infact it was all there - except the big fishies!I had dreamed for nights on end of

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So why homemade? (Firstly, I can't cook, my mother is the gifted one!)It’s less to do with fewer preservatives, the home oven flavour or even the warmth of a new biscuit. It’s more to do with the sacrificed time, and a simplistic, loving view of life. If only more things were actually produced by those who consume them. If only more people were aware of the inputs, processes and consequences of

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