A reading list: Where to go to start learning about the early church fathers
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Greek chapter ten – complex sentences
Greek chapter ten – complex sentences Chapter ten – halfway through the textbook! This week, we learn how to put two small sentences together to make bigger sentences using relative pronouns (who, which, to whom). As with everything else, there are 24 different ways of writing the relative pronoun, but this time, they mostly look …
Omni Blue, Wynyard
Omni blue, wynyard Vittoria coffee. A sit-down café in a shopping centre, where the staff have a lot of personality: friendly with newcomers and regulars alike. Coffee unreviewed, though their decaf long black is easy enough to drink.
Barefoot coffee traders, Manly
Barefoot coffee traders, manly Toby’s estate coffee. Wood floor, green tiled walls, this place has a hole-in-the-wall feel, seating only nine on some converted tree stumps. A lone barista keeps the place running, stern-faced but friendly in temperament. Coffees are all $2.50, even for an affogato, which is quite a find in an area like …
Movie: Spider-Man 3
Movie: Spider-Man 3 On the IMAX at Darling Harbour, which was itself a little too big to watch the film: there are occasions where things happen just out of shot, and you find yourself turning your head to see what’s happening. Though filled with visual effects, and a worthy sequel, don’t expect anything beyond the …
Birthday macchiato at mecca
Birthday macchiato at mecca What better start to a birthday than a café breakfast? Why, a café breakfast with a free coffee! Thanks to the guys at mecca who – on hearing it was my birthday – gave me the second coffee free! Their macchiati, though, are really worthwhile: so smooth, so well-rounded. Oh, and …
Lunchtime greek – forehead slapping moment
Lunchtime greek – forehead slapping moment Doing some translating exercises at lunch: getting used to the new vocab, while trying not to forget the old stuff. New word – genitive singular masculine “this” is toutou in greek. In this sentence, the next word is “tou”. I’m staring at the word, trying to work out what …
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ministry formations week eight
Another week of biblical theology: my illusions of being completely across all the course content are shattered when we are called upon to apply the principles of biblical theology to this passage from Genesis 9. Ouch. We’re coming back to it again next week, having covered the (much easier) story of Naaman for the groups …
Bar biscotti, North Strathfield
Bar biscotti, north strathfield Caffe molinari coffee – miscela di caffe oro blend. White tiled floor, chocolate and red colour scheme inside with indoor and outdoor seating. Staff are quiet and a little reserved, and the radio makes up the difference in drowning out the sound of the traffic outside. Coffee is slow in coming …
Greek chapter nine – pronouns and conjunctions
Greek chapter nine – 3×5 inch cards This week’s class started with another "fun activity", where three sentences crammed with revision from the previous week’s class were on the board. I arrived in time to copy down the answers, but despite spending more time than usual on the content, chapter eight is still a little …
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