so after weeks and months it is finally official - the beautiful val and myself received an invite letter from the simple way to join them by 15 june to start a 19 month job slash ministry... for those of you who don't know anything about the simple way i suggest you get hold of a book called 'the irresistible revolution' by a guy called shane claiborne - one of my top three books ever [...]
i love the cartoon 'Pearls before Swine' by Stephan Pastis. this is just one of the reasons why? [reminds me of an obscure joke from an obscure comedy murder mystery whose title i cannot remember but which starred richard lewis] [For another great but deep Pearls Before Swine cartoon this time involving a discovery in an attic, click here]
my good friend and distant tag team buddy sean du toit sent me a link to this article titled 'As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God.' Very cool article and worth reading the whole thing but here is an excerpt: It inspired me, renewing my flagging faith in development charities. But travelling in Malawi refreshed another belief, too: one I've been trying to banish all my life, but an observation I've been unable [...]
so by now i assume you know the drill - working on jack handeyesque brett andy one liners and needing some feedback as to which ones work and which don't - after starting round 3 feeling like i was going backwards i managed to hit two really popular ones and so i may be getting my groove back on - which ones of these made you smile, laugh or feel the need to forward on? [...]
yes, flip we're so over Rob Bell 'Love Whinge' controversy, this is not that post - what it is though is the best article - that starts off with a link to the Rob Bell whinge but goes much broader - that i've read on or near the matter [don 'Blue Like Jazz' miller 'Love Wins' parody notwithstanding] and well worth a read... so click here to read it or be less lazy and go [...]
interesting article on short sleepers, those rare people who can go without sleep without it affecting them - late to bed, early to rise and still on full power... i've always suspected but the article does say there are more who think they are than actually are... hm... http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112502/why-people-can-run-on-little-sleep-wsj
getting a bunch of politicians from both sides of the Republican/Democratic side secretly inserting Rick Astley lyrics into their house speeches so they can splice together a whole song of his... niice... http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110408/ts_yblog_theticket/how-one-oregon-lawmaker-convinced-his-colleagues-to-rick-roll-the-state-legislature
so one of my favourite funny people in life is a guy called Jack Handey who used to write one liners that were used on SNL such as: "Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books." [Jack Handey] and: "Laurie got offended that I used the word "puke." But to me, that's what her [...]
i've mentioned this site before but i'm still really enjoying the simple daily prayer thorts they put up there so if you looking for a place to help you meditate and reflect and prepare for prayer and for the day check out this daily prayer site commonprayer.net just some of the thorts on there today: When we love and learn to share : when we love, Christ is there. Elizabeth of the Trinity, a nineteenth-century [...]
so one of my favourite funny people in life is a guy called Jack Handey who used to write one liners that were used on SNL such as: 'I remember how, in college, I got that part-time job as a circus clown, and how the children would laugh and laugh at me. I vowed, then and there, that I would get revenge.' [Jack Handey] or: 'Any man, in the right situation, is capable of murder. [...]