Archive for August, 2003

Information Overload

Monday, August 25th, 2003

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth… well, actually what I would like is a good program to organise me. I don’t want a pim (personal information manager) necessarily, but I do want something that will keep track of the different projects I work on. You know keep all those bits of […]

the word of God

Monday, August 25th, 2003

An email found its way into my inbox this morning and included this press release, and a link to this apology from Alvin Jackson, the moderator of the Disciples of Christ in the US:

The first step is to admit that I failed, I have fallen short, I have broken trust with you, with God and […]

Man of steel laments

Friday, August 22nd, 2003

Our man of steel offers this on Pauline Hanson:

“I don’t think Pauline Hanson’s political abilities were high, I think her policies were ill-developed and she did from time to time touch prejudicial elements in the community but not not perhaps to the extent that many of her critics suggested.”
Now, if he was honest John, […]

vote now

Friday, August 22nd, 2003

I just got a fax at work which reads:

Do you think Pauline Hanson’s 3 year jail term is too harsh?
Vote now
Results will be sent to media outlets Australia wide Tuesday the 26th of August
To vote call 1902 266 646
Call cost is $1.60 + GST Higher from payphone and mobiles.
See, and I thought we had courts […]

Choruses and Hymns

Friday, August 22nd, 2003

I preached at a Baptist Church last Sunday. It was a first for me. I have never preached in a Baptist Church before. Say Darren and Hamo you are not that different to us
The interim Minister at the Church stood up and used this story to poke fun at the differences between hymns and […]

The warehouse

Thursday, August 21st, 2003

Well we have done it! This week, I sent the letter to the builder giving them the go ahead to commence the renovations for our new ministry and worship centre. I know for some in the emerging Church - buildings leave a bit of a bad taste and in some ways, I share those doubts […]

gender bender

Thursday, August 21st, 2003

I couldn’t resist doing the Gender Genie test to show whether I was male or female from my writing style. Four out of four male.
I submitted some of Phil’s writing and he came up female once out of four. I guess that gives us some balance on the site.
Thanks to Bene Diction for […]

I don’t like it

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

And now with the news that Pauline Hanson is off to the big house for 3 years for electoral fraud, a chance to remember some of her best work, the stuff that made her famous:

I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians. They have their own culture and religion, form ghettos and […]

book of the month

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

Okay, new initiative at signposts, to draw you into our private weird little world. For the last 12 months or so we have been running a book club at our church for the purpose of creating some community space, a connection point for different people to slot into our community etc etc etc. […]

adventures in missing the point

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

Okay, I told you that you would get a lot of posts all at once. Last night we had a dinner/meeting as a part of this consultancy process. As a part of it, some others gave their reflections on how they responded to what had been going on. After being involved in […]