Let nothing upset you,
let nothing startle you.
All things pass;
God does not change.
Patience wins all it seeks.
Whoever has God lacks nothing:
God alone is enough.
Teresa of Avila
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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Nada Te Turbe
31 December, 2006 – 12:26 PM
How they did it
30 December, 2006 – 10:34 PM
In the first century, if you had a church in your neighbourhood chances are:
You lived in a port city.
You lived in a port city that was Greek in language and culture.
You lived in a port city that was Greek in language and culture and had a Jewish community.
Q. Why a port city?
A. Easy access.
Q. Why [...]
Greatness is no accident
29 December, 2006 – 9:59 PM
Planned to be at the fourth day of the Boxing Day Ashes Test today. Never got there. The Poms didn’t last beyond day three.
Apologies to any Americans since you’ll never understand cricket. Apologies to the English because 5-0 looks likely. Apologies to other cricketing nations who are tired of being beaten by Australia. Apologies for [...]
Bob Roberts turns church planting on it head
29 December, 2006 – 7:23 AM
Listen to Bob Roberts of glocalnet turn church planting and church planting movements on their head as he’s interviewed by Todd Wilson: download interview.
Check out other podcasts preparing the way for the 2007 National New Church Conference here.
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Reaching the world’s great cities
27 December, 2006 – 3:43 AM
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This report from the Melbourne Age. . .
TOKYO remains the world’s biggest city. But the city that will expand by more than any other in the next 10 years, adding 5 million to its population, is not in Asia, Europe, or the Americas.
Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, in west Africa, will be the world’s fastest-growing [...]
The birth of a child
24 December, 2006 – 11:34 AM
We are talking about the birth of a child,
Not the revolutionary act of a strong man,
Not the breathtaking discovery of a sage,
Not the pious act of a saint.
It really passes all understanding.
The birth of a child is to bring the great turning around of all things, is to bring salvation and redemption of the whole [...]
My Christmas pressie
23 December, 2006 – 5:59 AM
Michelle just ordered my Christmas pressie.*
“Wodehouse Playhouse – The Complete Collection” (Acorn Media)
We stumbled on this series back in the early 80s. Before we had kids. We were studying for theology exams day and night.
There was an ABC journalist strike and the national news was not going to air. So every night they played a [...]
The starfish and the spider
22 December, 2006 – 10:44 AM
Another book I haven’t ready yet but it comes highly recommended by Neil Cole, and he should know because Alan Hirsch told him it was great book. Alan didn’t tell me because he says I read too much. That’s not true. I buy too much but I don’t read too much! There is a difference.
Neil [...]
Australia closes 1,000 churches
21 December, 2006 – 3:21 AM
A friend of mine received a flyer in his letterbox last year from the church across the road.
It was an invitation to church. No, it was a plea for help. The letter came from concerned members of the congregation pleading the community to “please attend their church” or they would face closure.
Twelve months [...]
Planting churches naturally
19 December, 2006 – 2:53 PM
Caught up with Liam Glover last week via Skype to talk more about Natural Church Development and church planting.
This time I hit the record button so you could listen in. . .
Click here to download this audio file (20Mb MP3).
Liam will be training church planting coaches in the use of NCD at the next1000 [...]
