Today I want to try something different. I want to get to know you my readers better. So I would like you to tell me a little bit about yourself. You can participate if you are a regular or if you are a first time visitor. I would love to know your name (or nickname) [...]

Yesterday our church ‘team’ got together and went through a process called “Team Management Systems”. Basically we all filled out an online questionnaire that asked us about how we prefer to work and interact with people. We were then given a pretty detailed report on our ‘work preference style’. The importance, for our team, came [...]

Today the Rudd government announced they were going to fund research into Carbon capture technology. Money is going to be spent on research on a technology that IF, and it’s a big if, works will allow polluting industries to continue polluting. That money will, in the scheme of the Federal budget, now not be spent [...]

I have just finished reading Graeme Hodge’s post ‘grow your own’ over on the Rubicon and thought that I would like to add some thoughts to what he has to say. Hodge talks about the need for individuals to take action to work against climate change. He highlights the problem of individual action being drowned [...]

Today’s challenge for the 31 days to build a better blog challenge is to write a list post, so here it is: As you have no doubt picked up, I am keen on building community. I think one of the best ways to build community is to eat together, so here is my list of [...]

Yesterday I had a bit to say on keeping your opinions to yourself. Today I want to come at the same idea but from the opposite direction. We all have opinions, some more than others. Some of our opinions are based on very limited information, the personality of our brand new next door neighbour, whilst [...]

Today is one of those days that will change the face of the planet forever, but most people won’t even notice. Tata, an Indian car company today released the Nano, the world’s cheapest car at a shade under $AU3,000. India is the world’s second most populated nation. It has over a billion people living in [...]

Over the last 2 days we have seen the best and worse aspects of the Australian Senate. But before we delve into that, it is time for a quick catch up on the history, politics and civics classes that I think a few of my readers might have slept through in their schooling. Australia is [...]

So you have a big decision to make, how do you do it? No doubt you rely on some sort of information. Today I got asked a question about my understanding of and involvement in social justice. (The interview went well, thanks for asking!) I talked about my interest in Fairtrade. I spoke about how [...]

Recently I did a series of posts on Salvation, you can read the introduction to the series here. This post is a follow on to that series. Many Christians see Salvation as a line in the sand. It is the tool by which WE decided who is in and who is out. I remember the [...]