One of my favourite quotes from the old series of NRMA radio ads involved the premise that one character had stopped his car at a set of traffic lights and was talking to the driver of another car, even though the light had turned green. The angry motorists behind start to heckle, and one yells …
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Proverbs roast
Proverbs roast Leave the beans roasting for the time that it takes to read 4-5 chapters of Proverbs… Somewhere between first and second crack. One exam down, one to go: I can’t say more, as there are still a few people who have to sit the same exam next week, and it would be a …
josiah, amos, and I
photo with a friend’s kids During Saturday’s trip to Sculpture by the sea, I took (a friend’s kids) Josiah and Amos up to sit in front of a sculpture, while kel took a photo of the three of us. Helpful passer-by: “Do you want me to take a photo of the four of you?”. Kel: …
Anniversary coffee.
Anniversary coffee. Five years today since kel and I dressed up and made promises. Strangely, I find myself wearing the same suit today – it’s a bit baggier now – I didn’t expect that!
picked the wrong day
There’s a series of movie quotes that run around the theme of a character picking the wrong day to give up a series of vices. These were quotes that stayed with me for much of today. Today was my day to try and start thinking positively – being thankful for the many, many good things …
shameless promotion
Check out this T-Shirt design on (famous internet t-shirt site) Threadless. Very clever, I thought. If it gets enough votes, it may be made into a shirt!
The final stretch – psalms on a table
The final stretch – psalms on a table Finished the last 40 psalms (21-60) in my lunch break. Next time, I think i’ll read more slowly, and look at the detail a little more, but I think having read them will help me understand tonight’s overview lecture.
a taste of childhood
As I took my first bite of lunch today, I was suddenly swept back to primary school. Two to three days a week (depending on when Sunday’s lamb roast ran out), I would have a roast-lamb, lettuce and tomato sauce sandwich on brown bread. I’d take the sandwich out of my Decor Duo lunchbox – …
sunday afternoon latte
sunday afternoon latte When leading evening service, there are a few important steps. Some bible reading, some prayer, thinking about what you’re going to say. This week, I’ve added a bowl-latte to those steps.Next sunday I’m preaching: there will probably be even more coffees in preparation there. I’m glad I picked up plenty of (Toby’s …
tiny window
Let’s say you do something wrong in a relationship. You know it’s wrong, and the other person knows it’s wrong, but they let you get away with it. It’s wrong, but it benefits you somehow, at the cost of the other person. There’s now a tiny window where this wrong thing is just a wrong …