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I recently compiled a short list of Bible reading resources and so I thought I’d share them here with a few comments 1. This first link is just another collection of links to online Bible reading plans. One thing that … Continue reading →

So what does make church compelling? I actually don’t think there is one single answer to this question. Clearly different people find different things compelling. The other important thing to keep in mind is that, ‘compellingness’ is not the only … Continue reading →

According to the Sydney Anglican Research Project, the first reason why generally sympathetic people do not become regular attenders at church is because our gatherings are not sufficiently compelling. If this is the case, what should we do about it? … Continue reading →

Great question for our church, and for churches in general. Some business analysts down in Sydney have been doing a big study looking at the state of the Anglican church down there, and there is a write up/analysis of some … Continue reading →

According to the book ‘Made to Stick’ by Chip and Dan Heath, (find a full summary on my favourite blog, What’s Best Next)  one of the six key features of ideas that stick in people’s mind is the ‘Unexpected’. I’m convinced this … Continue reading →

Ok, I know it’s been a while since I posted, so long in fact that the only reason you are reading this is because you forgot to delete this feed from your blog reader. Anyway, been doing a bit of … Continue reading →

‘…is the family into which we have been adopted, the ethnic, physical family of Abraham? Or are we related to him in some other way? This introduces the theme of the whole chapter, which is not about Abraham as an … Continue reading →

Couldn’t resist helping with this. I used the free Gimp program, which is actually pretty powerful. I’m considering switching to it from my old version of Corel Photopaint, which has served me well, but is starting to show it’s age … Continue reading →

From my extremely limited experience of tweeting and facebook updating, I think that the difference is one of quantity versus quality. You can tweet anything any time in any situation. There is not really any sense of etiquette being breached … Continue reading →

For various reasons we have done a lot of travelling this year, and as part of that have hired cars in Rockhampton, Melbourne, and Auckland. I’ve used the http://www.drivenow.com.au website and found their comparison of all the rental companies very … Continue reading →