This week the Australasian Association of Professional Organsiers are running “National Organising Week”.
I hope they can get organised enough to update their website to tell us what is happening. Peter Walsh is involved and I’m genuinely interested.
635 Games as Coach – 4 Premierships.
I don’t like Essendon (go Pies), but I like Sheedy.
This is so Geelong Grammar. Why would you ever send your kids to Geelong Grammar? Geelong Grammar really has something to answer for here.
Unfortunately for the 21-year-old, former Geelong Grammar schoolboy, his dream spun off the road.
A few years ago, in ye-good-old student ministry days, Helen and I led a strand group at the AFES National Training Event. I think it was the year 2000.
We were doing a study of Romans 3:21-26 and we wrote this awesome (IMHO) song about it, to the tune of Jingle Bell Rock:
Propitiate propitiate propitiate wrath
God turns his anger away upon the cross
Because we are dodgy, in Jesus we trust,
And see that God is just!
We even had actions that went along with it.
Now I reckon it is still a pretty good summary of:
21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
So sing it to yourself a few times, and as you hear the pagan version you can sing along the gospel.
Sure it doesn’t really work as a kids song, nor a youth group or even adults carol – only University students can handle both the silliness and theological precision required here. And that is what I miss most about Uni ministry.
As seen on an Amazon review of an audio bible:
The best and most real to life reading of the Bible I’ve ever heard.
It is easy to listen even the most tedious sections of the Bible such as Leviticus for example because of talented readers and sound effects which bring the Word to life without a religious tone.
The credits of Sydney Anglican online TV show “The Chat Room”
and the credits of Ryan Shelton’s “Investigationing”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Treat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_27#Births (list of people who share my birthday – Emperor Constantine, John Steinbeck!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adages_named_after_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_run
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteboard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_planning
See also:
Well we have some new idols at Holy Trinity Doncaster. We all got ESV Study bibles delivered yesterday.
Let the bibliolatry begin.
I can’t believe Jono opened his already. I thought we all agreed lay baskets of fruit before it for 40 days before opening…
Thanks to the fact that my boss is a contributor to the ESV Study Bible (he wrote the Deuteronomy notes) I have, what must be one of the first, ESVSB’s in Australia.
Class!
Abrahamian took the medal from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the mat before storming off.
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian throws away medal in Olympic hissy fit – Telegraph
Not since the satanic video game “Quake 1” have I felt so righteously angry.
For a long time I have been watching, from a distance, the musical genre of “metal”, if you can call it music.
I’ve recently had my attention drawn to the newer genres of “death metal” and “black metal“. This time these anti family crusaders have gone too far with their death-growls and double bass drum pedals. I’m particularly worried that fusions between death and black metal, sometimes known as “deathcore“, crosses a line beyond reasonable evil-levels in popular entertainment.
Please write to your local music stores and demand the banning of these cd’s.
I’m getting this game!
‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’
I have only ever downloaded one Keller sermon and I confess I very promptly reused the introduction in one of my own Bible talks…
At the center of the suit are the sermons and writings of Rev. Timothy J. Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. After an intensive three year investigation the justice department uncovered an extensive network of pastors, seminary students and other church workers who downloaded hundreds of sermons by Rev. Keller, distributed them and preached them regularly in churches across America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_%28haircut%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_%28plumbing%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Special_Person
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_misquotations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103 (funny international standard)
Some of our friends might find this silly… We don’t watch much TV, but Helen and I are BIG fans of the TV show Survivor.
Helen and I enjoyed a great evening meeting Ethan Zohn (winner of Survivor Africa) and Jenna Morasca (winner of Survivor Amazon) recently at a fundraising event at Luna Park (go savethekoala.com)
The event itself was poorly attended, I only found out by reading tvaus.com.au forums accidentally. It was great of the organisers to still hold the event – well done Australia Koala Foundation.
It was great to be able to ask questions about different people from survivor, Hatch’s tax evasion, Rob Cesternino and such. We also enjoyed some rides, and got our survivor DVD’s signed which is nice.
Ethan and Jenna both were very friendly – obviously still love survivor and love talking about it. Good value.
Yes we will be watching Survivor Palau – it is great to see an Australian network getting the rights to air a show less than a week behind the USA.
