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In a time of information…

"Staying ignorant is a choice in a time of information."  That explosion of wisdom was dropped on me by a grade eleven learner on a Zoom call on Friday. i was in a conversation with a number of young people talking about leadership when Katie threw that one into the mix. After a bit of a morning Google it looks like the original author might be someone who i used to enjoy reading in [...]

let’s talk about sex. [to our children]

no, i don't have children. and neither does Anne Marie Miller actually. but when i read this piece she wrote the other day [that went completely viral and totally shut down her website, i need that it needed to be shared as clearly did everyone else... but reading her next three pieces [which are linked at the end of this] i would just recommend adding Anne's blog to your blog reader list as she clearly [...]

Throwing stones at Joel Osteen after checking it’s okay with Uncle Google.

i have called Google 'Uncle Google' for a long time now - i'm not sure why i do that cos it's very silly but it's become my thing [which is probly why i do that]. i guess one reason is that when someone asks me something i don't know i will either tell them to ask Uncle Google or i say that i will and it feels like bringing another person into the conversation. i [...]

let me recklessly love you, even if i bleed

i don't know who matthew hammitt is, but the other day i was in the car listening to the radio and this song came on with these lyrics which struck me: "let me recklessly love You, even if i bleed, cos You're worth all of me" it happened to be a christian radio station [and i just asked uncle google to find out that matthew hammitt is the lead singer of sanctus real, a band [...]

By |2012-01-04T04:07:10+02:00January 4th, 2012|inspire-ations, poems and other creativity, worship|2 Comments

my new year's evolutions

no, no, it's not a typo, it's a rethink. the word 'resolution' should be good enuff because it comes from the base word "resolve" and if people truly resolved to do the resolutions they make [altho i don't actually know of many people that make them - they seem to be this mythical beast that people avoid because they know they will lose the battle] then the world would probably be a better place, depending [...]

By |2011-12-30T16:58:59+02:00December 30th, 2011|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|19 Comments

I….AM…..CYN-THI-A!!!

[to the tune of 'I am Spartacus' and yes it's okay that most of you don't know who that is but let google be your friend - ignorance away!] so this last week tbV and mself had been invited to speak at the national Scripture Union staff conference held at Rocklands campsite in Simonstown. as we interacted with them on the first night and during the next day this one lady stood far out from [...]

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