Monday, October 31, 2011

Surfing the Jesus Way- A close Encounter with Jesus Walking On The Water (Mark 6:45-56... Close Encounters of The Jesus Kind Part 9)

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As I was preparing this message I found the above picture with the caption new age surfing. It gives the illusion that this man is surfi...
Friday, October 28, 2011

A confession: I have veneer-ial dis-ease, I think I caught it at Church

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I have a confession to make I have a Veneer-ial dis-ease. No this does not have anything to do with the sexual mores of the Western Chur...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanisation and the Christian Faith ( a refelction on a bit of a diversion)

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I spent the day at the Laidlaw library in West Auckland.  They have several of the books I am wanting to read for study leave. I had read ...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Thomas Merton: Twentieth Century Wisdom For Twenty First Century Living by Paul R Dekar ( A study leave reflettion)

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I have spent an interrupted week reading  Paul R Dekar's great book on Thomas Merton. It is part of my reading on New Monasticism ...
Friday, October 21, 2011

City of War: The John Rabe Story (2009) A Recomendation

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I Had the chance the other evening to watch a DVD of the German film 'The City Of War: The John Rabe Story" It was made in 2009 a...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

I'm Not Alone or Abandoned in My Makeshift Suburban Retreat: A poem (of sorts)

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I am on study leave at the moment and am spending a lot of my time sitting on my porch reading books on kindle for PC. My kids are home an...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Initial reading on New Monasticism: Or Sitting On My Front Porch Listening To Traffic And Reading About Twenty-first Century Friars and Monks (No really)

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I am on what us Presbyterian Ministers in New Zealand call study leave. We accrue it at the rate of one day per month of service and as I ...