About Me:
I am a Christian, husband and father.
I am senior pastor of Berwick Anglican Church, in the south eastern growth corridor of Melbourne. I am ordained in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.
I studied theology at Ridley Melbourne.
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Recent sermons: Hell
2008 – 03 – 30-03-08 PM – Jesus on Hell – Wayne Schuller – Matthew 5 v21-30.mp3 2008 – 04 – 06-04-08 PM – Jesus in Hell – Wayne Schuller – Matthew 26 v26-46; 27 v45-50.mp3 2008 – 04 – … Continue reading
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Filing Cabinet Productivity: Straight down the line
For some people they know stuff like this, but I’m a truck drivers son! I have to learn this from scratch. This was a revelation to me: Straight-line filing. Implemented it this week. My files look much nicer on the … Continue reading
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Overheard #2
We have just started reading the book of Revelation over our family devotions. One chapter a night from NIV with a running commentary from dad. Tonight was chapter 2. Verse 10 says: “10 Do not be afraid of what you … Continue reading
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Zondervan – A Reader’s Hebrew Bible
This looks good. Though I’m not sure why they added numbers to every word they parse, the complicates the Hebrew text a little. Surely they could have just used the verse numbers and you would have been able to match … Continue reading
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Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life: David Allen: Books
The new David Allen book… This title will be released on December 30, 2008. Amazon.com: Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life: David Allen: Books
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)
I love linux. I’ve been using it exclusively as my desktop for 10 years. Ubuntu is a great distribution of Linux. Every 6 months I get a whole new version of my operating system and applications, for zero charge. The … Continue reading
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Quake gives 3-D control – BizTech – Technology – theage.com.au
This idea really excites me. Not only because they chose my favourite game, Quake (Q3, though for me Quake 1 is best), it is actually a genuinely exciting idea to visualise what is happening on your operating system and networks. … Continue reading
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Overheard
Helen to Jemima: “We need to drive Jono and Harry home now” Jemima, excitedly: “To Mexico?” Bye Jono, Harry, Catherine and Charlie – we will miss you guys.
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Always connected – Technology – theage.com.au
Go Tony Caruana! Love your work! Still connected to his mobile phone by a Bluetooth wireless headset hung on his ear, Caruana drives to the railway station and the commuter train on which he can work as he rides, using … Continue reading
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Classes dumbed down for students to pass | NEWS.com.au
Education quote of the week: “It isn’t dumbing down the curriculum, it is allowing students to be successful,” he said. Mr Uphill said the memo followed a meeting with an officer from the Senior Secondary Assessment Board during Term 1 … Continue reading
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ESV Study Bible
ESV Study Bible Website It’s coming soon. I must admit I’ve never really liked any study Bible – I’d prefer to have a separate book of notes and just a plain bible to read. It sometimes sends an implicit message … Continue reading
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Jemima’s age
I forgot to add in the previous post, Jemima is only 5 years old! She got her age + 2 in strikes!
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Joys of Parenting #143
I was totally blown away by Jemima not only beating me in Wii bowling but getting 209! She got 7 strikes! And there was much shouting for every one of those. Believe me, Wii bowling is pretty realistic, this is … Continue reading
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Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone | The New York Sun
Ask my wife, I told her this idea about 12 months ago. She didn’t like it, at all. Anyway, for weeks my boy had been begging for me to please leave him somewhere, anywhere, and let him try to figure … Continue reading
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Indigenous Education in the Northern Territory
Last night I read Helen Hughes full monograph (see link below). I can’t pretend to come close to knowing all the solutions to such complex indigenous, cultural and educational issues. But I do know that the Lord Jesus Christ is … Continue reading
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TLAs [rant]
Dear Acronym ministries, The glossy A3 poster for the conference you sent me looks fascinating. But I’ve never heard of your organisation. The acronym appears 6 times on the flyer. I went to your acronym.org website, and couldn’t find out … Continue reading
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The Power of Cranking Widgets | GTD Times
I am a big fan of productivity and personal organisation books. And I think the whole David Allen GTD is very impressive, insightful and exciting. In a few years I imagine the processes will be common place and stock standard. … Continue reading
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Melbourne Anglican Study Group
Not much content yet, but a good start. Melbourne Anglican Study Group Aims •To grow a more proper understanding of Anglicanism in Melbourne through the the study of its history and official documents. •To promote healthy Anglicanism both within and … Continue reading
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Bring on the reading revolution | The Australian
I too share some pessimism toward the “whole language” approach to teaching reading. But Janet Albrechtson is wrong to say that phonics is not a politically driven agenda. In fact she herself makes it political by tying it to indigenous … Continue reading
Christ and the Nations – Trinity Lectures 2008
These were excellent. I commend these talks to you: Tuesday 18th March, Ministry Amongst the Urban Poor, Rev. David Williams (Development and Training Secretary, CMS Australia) 2008 – 03 – 18-03-08 PM – TRINITY LECTURE 1 – Bible Study – … Continue reading
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