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faith, hope and silly attempts at funny one liners

so i haven't been blogging here much lately - largely it's because tbV and i have been doing transcription work for the HSRC which takes up a lot of our time and involves a bigger lot of typing - listening to interviews on audio and typing them out and some of them are not very clear so it's a lot of focus and listening and scribing and so i guess i get a bit overtyped [...]

By |2011-04-28T07:32:44+02:00April 28th, 2011|activities, and other animals., humour'ish, life|1 Comment

Rob Bell 'Love Wins' – a seemingly more balanced review by mark keown

yes, like you, i am over it. and yes, i still have not read the book, altho mostly because i have not had the opportunity to yet. however, because my friend sean du toit posted the link i had to at least check it out [i trust sean] and this really does seem to be the most balanced view of the new rob bell book that i have read as it highlights stuff rob gets [...]

By |2011-04-25T07:04:10+02:00April 25th, 2011|challenging thorts, thorts of other people|2 Comments

sometimes doing nothing is something [Happy Eastering!]

this morning i walked up the mountain [slash glorified hill] above the stellenbosch sports fields with my friends megs and gnomus and a cup of BP coffee at a few minutes past 6 in the morning... we walked to the rough wooden cross and found a place to sit and stared across the valley at the luminated cross in the distance [til they switched it off]... there was more cloud cover than actual sun but [...]

By |2011-04-24T08:47:00+02:00April 24th, 2011|Uncategorized|3 Comments

why church is a verb

a lot of people don't like the church - some people outright hate it [cos of things they've seen, experienced, heard about or feel the church has done to them], others are not fans [disillusioned, frustrated, confused, bored] while others just don't really care either way... i, on the other hand, love the church [as do many others and as does God which is always a good indicator] and i'm not talking about a specific [...]

By |2011-04-23T07:56:32+02:00April 23rd, 2011|church, God stuff, people|5 Comments

easter for dummies – part 2 – the save

so a quick recap then: # everyone has sinned and as the bible says "fallen short of the glory (or high standard) of God" # the wages/punishment/outcome of sin is death (both now in various areas, but also spiritually and eternally at the end) # on Easter Friday, the man many believed had come to save the world is lying stretched out on a cross, dying an agonising death. # one of the statements Jesus [...]

By |2011-04-22T09:11:22+02:00April 22nd, 2011|challenging thorts, God stuff, inspire-ations, life|3 Comments

easter for dummies – part 1 – the problem

so for anyone out there not familiar with the Christian faith, this is what this holiday is all about in the shell of a nut: # mankind is sinful - this is a pretty easy one to verify - read a newspaper, watch the news, hang out with yourself for a 24 hour period or anyone else that you like or specifically some people you don't - you don't need test tubes in a lab [...]

By |2011-04-22T09:09:52+02:00April 22nd, 2011|challenging thorts, God stuff, inspire-ations, life|0 Comments

brett andy blogsite up and running

So somebody suggested i create a separate site just for brett andy's and it is probly still under construction in terms of getting the right look and feel, but here is a look at brett andy mock I - only one brett andy on it thus far but will add regularly as and when i have them... feel free to bookmark and spread around... Check it out here http://brettandy.wordpress.com or here... But definitely not here.

By |2011-04-21T08:32:19+02:00April 21st, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

brett andy IV

more brett andy's - i think of these the weaker ones are weaker and the stronger ones are stronger but if you could leave a comment as to which are your favourites or just your top one, that will be very helpful, thank-you: "I imagine it must be fairly awkward when the slow dance music starts playing at a Smurf club." [brett andy] "I think if aliens ever invaded our planet and spoke a kind [...]

By |2011-04-20T09:33:11+02:00April 20th, 2011|Uncategorized|6 Comments

you can please all of the people

none of the time. i had this quick thort when we went shopping yesterday afternoon - as we were in the line about to pay we realised we were six eggs short of a full basket, or that we might need more than the six we were going to get, so tbV waited in line and i ran across Pick 'n Pay to the egg section to grab some eggs - looked for the cheapest [...]

By |2011-04-20T08:39:46+02:00April 20th, 2011|challenging thorts, change the world|3 Comments

not quite as simple, it seems

so yesterday's "this is what the andersons are going to be up to" bloggage received a lot more attention than i suspected it would, and pretty firmly divided into two groups of responses: those who knew us, who said nice things about us and wished us good times and most importantly got excited with us for this adventure that we are about to embark on those who don't know us who by and large said [...]

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