Archive for October, 2005

Blog on

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Bene Diction has decided to stop blogging. Seems like it is the end of an era.

mDNA - Closed systems can’t adapt

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Closed systems can’t adapt
Hirsch uses the metaphor of fish in a bowl to illustrate how controlled environments weaken the fish. The fish begin to rely on the input of […]

kingdom of God or….?

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Stephen at neurotribe has a kingdom competition going, where he is asking for suggestions of how to articulate the meaning behind the phrase ‘kingdom of God’ in today’s language.
I guess Collingwood Football Club wont get me the prize?
Head on over and check out the post and the comments here
 

A faith offering

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

I was a visitor at the church; a representative of a mission team that was working in the area. I went to visit the local church, say a few words about what we were doing and thank the congregation members for their support. It was an ordinary local church of a mainstream denomination. […]

life cycles of congregations?

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Steve Addison comments on the life cycles of movements:
“The Church is like a garden. New plants are sprouting. Others are growing and reproducing. Others are dying and […]

Forge post card event

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Let me recommend anyone that is in the Melbourne, Australia area to book this in their diary. This is a post-card that will be worth getting to (not that the other ones aren’t!). 

geeky stuff

Monday, October 17th, 2005

If you are interested in the up and coming new operating system by Microsoft called Vista then check out my new blog – vista.geekyinfo.com
If you are interested in general techy or geeky stuff then this blog has me posting about my addiction  www.geekyinfo.com
Happy reading!

The Rev’s art show

Friday, October 14th, 2005

The Rev, one of our esteemed commenters on signposts, has an art show coming up.
You can get all the information from the red community web site
If you have not seen the Rev’s artwork let me highly recommend him as one of those most talented artist that I know.
The Rev did some art work for Northern […]

Bible not all gospel, Catholics warned

Friday, October 14th, 2005

The Australian newspaper had this article in it last week. A reader of signposts emailed it to me.

“THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true.
The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their 5 million worshippers, […]

open comments thread - the rewards

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Okay, I am going to announce the prizes for commenters on the open comments thread. According to my own rules, I shouldn’t do that yet, but I am a contrary sort. And plus I just got all the prizes and love them so much that I have to share.
Lance excluded himself from contention, […]