Monthly Archives: August 2011
Peter Trott and Open Doors
I’m travelling through towns and cities in South Queensland at the moment, holding Open Doors meetings. This time I’m featuring a powerful documentary film, Believers in Muslim Africa among the churches. My purpose is to explain to Australian Christians that … Continue reading
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Nigel Rogers’ fitness challenge – week 3
So this week is all about meeting Bethwyn McIldowie who is one of the trainers at New Life along with Dave Vaealiki. Nigel Rogers New Life Fitness Challenge week 3 from Pittwater Uniting Church on Vimeo.
Filed under New Life, Nigel Rogers
You are not an island
Jesus loves the church. She is his bride, his passion, his people. The church is special. We are not a club; a bunch of individuals getting together to simply share ideas and news but a community of believers unified by … Continue reading
Filed under Christian life, Emma Watson
God wrote the exam
I recently applied for a job with the Sydney Morning Herald. The position was for an editorial traineeship … or in the more traditional sense, a cadetship. Needless to say, I didn’t get the job, which required me to do … Continue reading
Filed under Christian life, Matt Whiteley
Nigel Rogers’ fitness challenge – week 2
If you aren’t aware I am embarking on a little fitness challenge in order to get myself back into shape. I am getting fit by going to some sessions with the team at New Life PGT. New Life Personalised Group … Continue reading
Filed under New Life, Nigel Rogers, PUC
Creativity and its gravitational pull
If one were to ask an unbiased observer to name that institution in our society, which clearly espouses creativity, we can be pretty sure that he would not name our twentieth-century church. This is an indictment of how many Christians … Continue reading
Filed under Christian life, Matt Whiteley
Nigel Roger’s fitness challenge – week 1
Ok so the simple fact is that I am unfit, overworked, stressed out, drinking too much coffee and need to get my blood pressure under control. Perhaps this is normal for lots of people but given that my Dad and … Continue reading
Filed under New Life, Nigel Rogers, PUC
This is our God
Imagine you are a six-year-old child with endless energy and wide eyes. You have an unquenchable thirst for information and experiences. The littlest thing can make you burst with joy, or sink to your knees. You sit there cross-legged and … Continue reading
Filed under Christian life, Emma Watson
The Builder, the Lawyer and the Minister
The Builder, the Lawyer and the Minister … sounds like the beginning of a joke doesn’t it! In fact it describes the three people sitting around a fire at a camp site near the base of Barrington Tops. Myself (yep … Continue reading
Filed under Christian life, Nigel Rogers
Financial doom
As some of you know I work two days a week at the ABC (the broadcaster not childcare) in the Learning Team. Each month we put on a seminar for staff on how to better report on a certain topic. … Continue reading →
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