About time

Motivational posters for the emerging church

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:07:48 -0700

Lots more here

a few wedding pics

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:46:19 -0700

I do have the most beautiful niece in the world - she nearly upstaged the bride!

Had a lot of fun and am now in recovery mode from being 'the wedding planner'.

suggest a song - please!

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:04:00 -0700

My sister gets married in 3 weeks time. We're looking for 1 or 2 worship songs to sing. The difficulty is that more than 50% of the congregation are not christians and therefore we need 'first night of alpha' sort of songs. That is, non threatening, easy to sing and learn, about God rather than to God.

Thirteenth Station

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:59:00 -0700

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Isaiah 1:30

For one split second everything
holds its breath. The heavens
darken, clouds are torn asunder,

no-body smiles.
It is the end, as they say,
of a very unfortunate episode.

Then the world resumes its busyness.

His friends arrive. They weep,

push comes to shove

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:39:33 -0800

The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life coming flowing in.

C.S. Lewis

We take our homeland with us, however we change our sky

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:25:44 -0800

This one is for you, Kat and all those other ex-pat Kiwis out there.

Our cities face the sea
David McKee Wright

sigh... I wish I didn't understand this

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:11:49 -0800

creativity - a thought

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:23:25 -0800

Our God is a CREATIVE God. He likes things that are fresh, new and exciting. Perhaps Paul reflected a facet of God's character when he stated that he didn't wish to 'build on anyone else's foundations'. When I stop striving for difference and settle for the present, then I get dull. Uninteresting, and definitely not a great reflection of the most unique being in the universe.

There is a necessity for some things to be repeated ad infinitum, but not often. And if they must be repeated - can they not be improved on?

Planning a wedding?

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:32:48 -0800

Who else out there is getting married or planning a wedding at the moment?

I'm in the throes of organising my sister's wedding. She got engaged 4 weeks ago and will be married in a few months time. I love doing it, really. So far Debs has a wedding dress, so she won't be getting married naked! But not much else is arranged.

two degrees of separation

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:05:27 -0800

Today I went to a baby dedication. I was bridesmaid for the babies mother 6 years ago. Whilst at the service I saw a guy who looked familiar. We talked, and figured out that he'd been best man and I'd been bridesmaid at another, completely unrelated, wedding.

Random.

Restoring perspective

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:19:49 -0800

Given that I'm now on the bottom of the world, and jet lag is still active, my perspective on life is a bit screwed up at the moment. One day at a time!

So today I'm enjoying absolutely gorgeous weather - green green hills, grass and bush, deep blue sky and golden sunshine. Will tear myself away from the great outdoors to try a new church tonight. I'm going to be church hopping for the next wee while.

What a treat!

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:28:23 -0800

It's my last day in London, and I'm SO excited about the snow. What a treat!

Thanks God!

Never can say goodbye...

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:14:19 -0800

Please come and have a drink with me! I'd love to see you before I return to NZ on the 25th of Jan.

On Friday 12th Jan I'm going to be at the The Beauchamp from 6pm (ish) and on Sunday 14th I'm going iceskating (a comedy moment) at the Natural History Museum - probably followed by drinks after the 5pm service at HTB.

New York - where can I find a bed?

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:23:12 -0800

A general request for information!

My sister and I are staying 4 nights in NY at the end of January. Where's a good (cheap) place to stay, and what should we do while we're there?

xxx

2006 - 10 things I'm grateful for

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:40:37 -0800

1. Meeting my niece for the first time.
2. My friends.
3. My pastorate (put HTB, Malshanger and Alpha into that category as well).
4. Screwing up totally and completely but learning from it.
5. Getting to see bits of the world I hadn't before - Rome, Germany, Singapore, Chester, Liverpool, Butterfly Creek(!)
6. Introducing my twin to London
7. Helping with the Younger Youth at Focus.