AboutLife - Travel

Tenerife

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:28:06 -0700

Last week we went to Tenerife. A couple of surprising things. According to the airlines, the Canary Islands are not part of the EU; but most Tenerifians regard themselves as being part of it. The only taxis I saw were Mercedes Benz - and not necesssarily all that old!!

Monks and Pilgrims

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:24:21 -0700

Last week, I spent four days of private retreat with the Northumbria Community. Before I arrived I did not really know what to expect but it turned out to be the perfect place for me at that time. It felt like being on a pilgrimage that started when I visited St. Cuthbert's tomb at Durham Cathedral on my way up.

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Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:14:47 -0700

Quit Complaining!

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:42:30 -0800

Aliens in london

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:36:57 -0800

Yesterday i was on the train going through london and i happened to look over the shoulder of an alien who was sitting infront of me. He was writing a report of his first impressions of london. This is what it said...

This ancient land lies barren and stipped of life. The inhabitants have long ago been turned to stone by their Gods and now sit motionless among the charred and thirsty plant life. Birds fly between the huge and dirty stone creatures. (i think he was talking about the buildings...)

Back from Holidays

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:51:37 -0800

Well we're back from the good ole US of A. And what a time we had! I have been to the states quite a bit, but never to the south and never to rural America.

So this was an experience.

How can anyone doubt Him???

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:29:33 -0800

Last week I was in switzerland thinking myself the luckiest person alive to be so lucky as to be staying in a hotel 7000ft in the air (well not in the air ..) I was in awe when i got off the Gondolla... God had blown me away! Words cannot describe the love I felt standing there, tears streaming down my face, wondering how anything in the world could be better than what i was looking out at. How could anything beat that! Yet it did... because as I sat there quietly freezing myself into a small coma, I realised that for me this was God Romancing me, loving me, showing me His glory!

Rachael Hughes! Struck a chord

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:13:33 -0800

Rachel Hughes in today’s, 28th Jan 07, 'Passion Of The Early Church - Evening Service', gave her personal experience in a test of faith during her holiday in Australia. This struck a chord with me.

Shoooooooooeep

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:45:06 -0800

Not much longer... only 3 days to go till we are snowboarding down the beautifull white slopes in Les Arcs... And especially special for me as not only will this be my first time boarding but my first time seeing snow (Proper snow... not the sad little flakes that come own in feb) YAY!!!! Ps anyone have any extra skiing Goggles...

Off again - Calcutta here we come!

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:04:18 -0800

It's now been at least three weeks since my passport got an outing, so it will be happily open to be stamped on Thursday when I arrive in Kolkata (Calcutta). I'm going out with a few great guys from one of the HTB pastorate's to help run two Alpha Conferences in Kolkata, as part of the My Hope India project.

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Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:23:47 -0800

Hanging With The Monks

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:17:11 -0800

Just got back from a short retreat at a monastery near here. I went with some friends for what you could call accountability.

A few lessons...

Where have I been?

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:56:50 -0700

It was about time the 'visited countries' map got updated. Here it is, as of October 2006. I'll be adding a few more next year. My travel still only comes out at 10% of the world though... Sigh. A long way to go.

500 Year Steps

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:12:08 -0700

History is not cyclical, it is linear. I know that many times we may have a problem with the fact that God steps into our time/space world and affects the outcome. With this in mind, God is moving, and if He is moving I want to go with Him. Where is He going to? To the ends of the earth.

When we step back and look at significant events in history, the past that really matters to the purposes of God, we can see that God takes some fairly large steps of time. These “moments” when God stepped into our time in a deliberate way, were events that changed the way believers viewed the Kingdom of God:

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Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:56:48 -0700