A group of us are starting the 101 Goals in 1001 project next Wednesday. You can follow our progress here once we get started. In the spirit of everyone involved finishing off their goals lists, I thought I would post a ‘How To’ article on goal setting. Just a little disclaimer before we start. Most [...]

The other day I had a friend who needed a new keyboard. He had spilt water on his old one and it had ceased to work. He had opened it up and tried to dry it out, but to no avail. It was useless and he was unable to use his computer properly. It got [...]

Yesterday I went into Federation square to see the Melbourne Victory team and these two trophies: The one on the left is the Pre-Season Cup and the one on the right is the Premiership Plate. Incidentally, if Victory win the Grand Final on Saturday we will be the first team in the history of the [...]

I have been asked to comment on the incident reported in The Age and the Herald Sun. A group of five 18 & 19 year old boys drove to the house of a man suffering from schizophrenia, threw petrol over him and his house and then set it all alight. As I reflect on the [...]

I have been thinking recently about Christian social justice in the post-Christendom world. Here is a definition of Christendom. In short Post-Christendom is where we find ourselves in Australia. The church can no longer dictate its morals and standards and expect society to live up to them. If Christians define their morality and by extension [...]

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 [...]

Today I got shafted by the system. Well, to be honest I don’t know if I have been shafted yet, but the potential is definitely there. The issue of when to fight an unjustice system is as old as time immemorial. We can think of many instances in history (usually recounted in big budget motion [...]

Today I attended a networking meeting. Some people don’t like networking. Their experience is that it is boring or a waste of time. Why get together and talk when we don’t achieve anything? While this is a valid experience for those people I think they have missed out on the power of effective networking. Effective [...]

Today I got to play some chess with a mate of mine. When we first started playing together I could not beat him. Every time we would play he would out smart me. We both stopped playing as regularly, chess in those days were a good distraction from our lives. Recently we have both had [...]

This post is part of a series of posts on the topic of Salvation. Here is the introduction to the series. Today I want to reflect on the picture of salvation that is given to us in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13). The Lord’s Prayer is a great example not only of how to pray [...]