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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: July 2008
Slavery + CRE
From todays Christian Religious Education material, “Quest”, Unit 5, session 1: “Clarify: Egypt – where the Israelites were Pharoah’s unpaid workers for many years” Do grade 5 + 6 not understand the concept of slavery? Is it offensive? The Exodus … Continue reading
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Kids and Email
Josiah asked me today for his own gmail account. I told him not for a few years yet. He has been watching me process my email. He has a fair idea of how to use it. And he will have … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Technology
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Productivity and Thankfulness
I have a break from preaching for a few weeks, so I’m hoping to get lots of other work done and clear my huge (to me) backlog of tasks. It is not that when I am preaching I do nothing … Continue reading
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Recent Sermons: Jonah
Latest sermon series at HTD. 2008 – 07 – 06-07-08 AM – Something Fishy in the State of Nineveh – Wayne Schuller – Jonah 1 v1-17.mp3 2008 – 07 – 13-07-08 AM – Underbelly – Wayne Schuller – Jonah 2 … Continue reading
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Pornography and Sex in Church
We’ve been having a ball with our evening church series on love, sex and marriage. We’ve had some brilliant sketches that I’ve really enjoyed – so good when stuff is done well. 2008 – 07 – 13-07-08 PM – Pornography … Continue reading
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Internet speed and productivity
The wireless internet at HTD is incredibly flaky. I have tried four different wireless routers from the best position I can place them. Currently we are using a Linksys WAG325N. My productivity takes a nosedive, frustration multiplies. Unreliable wireless is … Continue reading
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Guilt by Association
Enjoyed a great school holidays, the wireless network at church behaved itself, I moved my ugly black behemoth PC on top of the edge of my desk to get better reception. But now that Chris B has returned and the … Continue reading
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Impact of divorce lasts for decades – National – smh.com.au
Foreboding comments, but I think it’s much worse than they report. The divorced baby boomers of the 70s/80s are going to have very lonely and sad elderly years. Their divorced children are themselves too busy and have too many of … Continue reading
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Chip may speed up internet 100 times – Technology – theage.com.au
Finally, an unlimited ISP plan… This would make almost instantaneous, error-free and unlimited access to the internet possible anywhere in the world, Professor Eggleton said. Chip may speed up internet 100 times – Technology – theage.com.au
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Who not to marry | theage.com.au
Some uncommon common sense in this article. “Take a good, unsentimental look at his family — you’ll learn a lot about him and his attitude towards women. Kay made a monstrous mistake marrying Michael Corleone! Is there a history of … Continue reading
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Why use less energy?
I’m personally much more motivated to dramatically drop my carbon footprint and energy/food wastage because of increasing global food shortages. Why should someone starve so I can have central heating? My second motivation to drop energy usage is because of … Continue reading
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Connect For: One Stage At A Time
My friend Will Briggs blogs a report on youth ministry from Tim Hawkins to the Tasmanian Anglicans. I haven’t read the report, but Will’s summaries are fascinating. Hawkins suggests to build a good youth ministry takes twenty years! What it … Continue reading
Translational qualms: NRSV on Psalm 8
I generally don’t find the NRSV too bad. But the NRSV Psalm 8 is a basket case of a translation. Poetic majesty AND Christology are lost by the gender inclusive language. No respect is made for the LXX or the … Continue reading
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Samba Team Releases Samba 3.2
I remember compiling my own samba server, whilst working in IT back in 1998. It ran as a backup system for an NT 4.0 server. Even then it was more reliable than Microsoft servers. It is a great project that … Continue reading
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