A quote from Alan Roxburgh
“We need a movement of God’s people into neighborhoods, to live out and be the new future of Christ. It must be a movement that demonstrates how the people of God have a vision and the power to transform our world. This is not the same as current attempts to grow […]

These are some of the comments I have heard this week as we commenced in our new ministry centre. You may laugh, cry or grimace but you can certainly hear the pain of change.
“why are we calling it a auditorium? It should be called a temple.”
“I don’t like how I can see the feet of […]

Yesterday I went to the funeral of my Great Aunt Stella. She left the world on the same day that she was born, 87 years later. She swore that she would only move out of the farm she lived on when they carried her our feet first, and in essence that was true […]

This last week has been a busy one. Over the past two years we have been working on refurbishing a former clothing factory/warehouse for our new ministry centre. Two weeks ago we moved our offices in, and last week some of our congregations started meeting at our new place.
This were some of my reflections […]

This is via JMS from the mod group. Richard Biggs played Dr Benjamin Franklin in Bablyon 5. It is very sad!

Subject: Today We Lost Richard Biggs
I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug to
pass along the terrible news that this morning, Richard Biggs passed away.
We’re still gathering information, so […]

The democrats have a natty new slogan and image showing all of the senators in a very Soprano-esque pose complete with black suits and serious expressions, well mostly.
Lyn Allison has a little superior smirk which still works, but check out the goofy grin on Aden Ridgeway. Did someone forget to tell him what look […]

“If you were shown a video of a United States marine or an American citizen in the control of a foreign power, in a cellblock, naked, with a bag over their head, squatting with their arms uplifted for 45 minutes, would you describe that as a good interrogation technique or a violation of the Geneva […]

We haven’t commented on the furore about the latest MT3.0 licensing, but now users have been invited to respond. We here at signposts have one blog (plus a test blog for format changes, but I won’t count that). We are non-commercial, don’t want support, don’t want any of those other things, but we […]

Was inspired by this post from the bemusement park, answering the questions apparently asked by people who put weird things into search engines:
where can i buy olive garden coffee blend
It’s just a hunch, but have you tried the Olive Garden?
guess papers for medical exams 2004
A. 13.6 grams. The xyphoid process. Rule out osteoarthritis. Four hours, […]

Yesterday I went looking at paint swatches for our new house which is due to settle in a couple of weeks. Somehow, even though we are moving in a whole bunch of furniture, changing something about the house (even if it is just the colour of the walls) makes it more ours.
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Two of our […]