my next evolution suggestion to help you transform yourself into a better, more effective you in 2012 is this: SEEK COMMUNITY whether it is belonging to a local church or youth group or small group, or if it's the people in your street or your apartment complex, to be an active part of an intentional community is a healthy and thrive-full way to live the beautiful val and myself have been living and working with [...]
continuing with this series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: DEAL WITH THE PAST, BUT LIVE IN THE PRESENT, WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND wo, that seems a little complicated, but really [...]
two nights ago val got a call from a guy from a local church who told her that some homeless people [who had been evicted along with the 'Occupy Philly' people this week] had moved under a nearby bridge and would we the Simple Way be wanting to do anything about it – i chatted to him and got the details and told him i would try go that evening… something more prioritised came up [...]
my brother-in-law keith just introduced me to this new cartoon strip called Prickly City by a guy called Scott Stantis and i took a look at a bunch of them and there's some good stuff - great series on the Occupy phenomenon and some other good ones - here are a quick pick:
i am sitting at the computer with three news articles in front of me: one is the exciting story of the Chilean miners who have been trapped underground since August 5 who are about to be rescued and are 'fighting' over who can go last so that their friends can get to freedom first - inspirational story of courage and survival and just so enthralling to see the whole world focused on the kind of [...]
or marrying the dreaded? i am leaving in an hour or so for the airport to head for durban where on sat i will be marrying dreadlocked mike and nancy the twin (just in case there is any confusion about the nicknames i have given these two, mike has dreads and nancy is a twin... smooth.) and i am so super amped - i have written my marriage licence test but i have yet to [...]
so i write a weekly email called thort for the week aimed at challenging people to live out what they say they believe and for this week i really felt like John Eliastam's comments on the Anne Rice note i wrote on Facebook really express well what a lot of Christ followers (and others) could well do with reading: In fact for this week’s thort let me use my former boss John Eliastam’s response to [...]
Excerpt from Erwin McManus ‘an unstoppable force’ (available from Loot - http://www.loot.co.za/refer.html?referrer=85894849355 – for R170) [continued] HOW MANY TIMES DOES HE HAVE TO CALL? Why are there so many levels of Christian calling in our contemporary Christian community? Where are they found in the Biblical text? I have a strange suspicion that the nuances of these “callings” have less to do with theology and more to do with the condition of the church. Paul seemed [...]
so last year sometime the beautiful Valerie and myself decided to take a day out of the week and make it meat-free - and so we chose a Thursday for reasons i can't remember [no that doesn't mean on Thursdays we run down the streets giving away packs of bacon to people altho i can't see how they wouldn't appreciate it - the people i mean, not the bacons] and we encouraged people in our [...]