Belgium. i would say that Belgium is probably TOO FAR. Unless you're in Holland, cos then it's just like down the road or something... But in our recent history or being asked to speak or lead workshops on relationships, THE ONE QUESTION that the beautiful val and i GET ASKED WITHOUT FAIL is this one: HOW FAR IS TOO FAR? And the answer is very simple. ASK A BETTER QUESTION! Because with 'How far is [...]
Continuing the series on Christ-following dating, trying to look at PRINCIPLES THAT WILL HELP MAKE IT EASIER for us to date more successfully and healthy'ly... I want to look at THE BREAK-UP which we see as a NEGATIVE THING, right? "Francesca and Orville broke up? Aw shame, sorry guys" is the general response we have to that [especially if the dating couple was Francesca and Orville, otherwise we may have used other names]. But I [...]
this will be a quick one but it is an important principle... those of you who are still in high school who are reading this will - more than likely - not be thinking about marriage at this stage of your lives and why should you? well here is one reason... the PURPOSE OF DATING, as i see it, is for the most part to determine whether the person you are dating is a SUITABLE [...]
i didn't watch a lot of the South Africa/India match because i was busy helping my friend make a short film and then mc'ing a charity event, and so was following mostly on radio and cricinfo, but i did get to see the start of the India innings where Sehwag glanced a ball behind him between the keep and first slip and the keeper didn't even move - it was crazy bizarre cos it seemed [...]
Bloomberg Businessweek is one of the publications that carries the story of comedian Gilbert Gottfriend [probly don't recognise the name but if you're old you would probly recognise him from the 'The Problem Child' movies with John Ritter as well as being the voice of Iago from the Aladdin movies] who was fired this week after Tweeting inappropriate jokes about the Japanese crisis... 'March 14 (Bloomberg) -- Aflac Inc., the biggest seller of supplemental insurance, [...]
continuing with a look at the whole dating thing and how JESUS-FOLLOWERS NEED TO BE UPPING THEIR GAME, transforming their lives thru A RENEWING OF THEIR MINDS and being part of creating a BETTER, HEALTHIER SYSTEM OF DATING... this one is closely linked to the previous one which was about dating someone who has JESUS AS THEIR NUMBER ONE, which is ESSENTIAL, and it deals with a sense of compatability looking specifically at VISION AND [...]
working thru anonymous email - continuing with part 2... Then you look at the girls who are dating. Just have a look around in churches and think about it. I’ve actually heard a sermon being preached on dating, where the pastor said that we should make ourselves attractive for the opposite sex. At one point he basically said ” so you girls who are slightly overweight, don’t be too upset if you’re not dating” . [...]
hey anonymous friend thankx for the email and the sharing and the questions - some hectic and hardcore and challenging questions indeed and i don't want to patronise you in the slightest by assuming i have the answers to all of them, if any of them, but i do have some thorts and i hope you will find them helpful and instructive. One of my main issues that I have with dating in the church [...]
i got this email from a friend of mine and because it covers a bunch of relevant issues with regards to christians dating i asked her if she minded if i shared it and answered - or tried to - some of them publically - i will include just the email here and the reply in the following linked blog... Hi Brett, How are you doing? Just warning you in advance, this is quite a [...]
this was probably the most bizarre story of the week - an Israeli model, Orit Fox, was holding a massive boa for a photo shoot and she was licking it in the face which i am guessing annoyed it some little bit and it bit her on the boob and then later died of silicon poisoning... just a reflection of the times we live in a guess... check out the rest of the story here