Category Archives: Church

Hillsong, don’t sue Channel 7, please

What’s one indication that a church has become more of a worldly business than a church? When it starts getting involved in litigation. After Today Tonight showed three “exclusive” stories last week claiming that 5 of 9 Australian Idol finalists were members of Hillsong Church and that Hillsong “encouraged” it’s members to vote for these [...]

God’s general will

This post stems from a talk at church a couple of months ago by Leslie Ranck – a Californian born missionary who now ministers with her husband Steve in Norway. Leslie spoke of God’s will, and how it certainly differs for each and every one of us. Most of us also never carry out his [...]

Apparently it takes 21 days to make a habit

… and if that’s right, then I’ve still got awhile to go before this photo-a-day thing becomes habitual. This morning Korske and I went to Vision Christian Fellowship because I left my stuff there last night, and in the afternoon we ended up just hanging out at our church. Korske decided to do some climbing, [...]

Paint, shaving cream, nutella, baked beans..

Want an idea for a good, wholesome, messy youth activity? Ok, here we go. This is what we did on Saturday night . It started with a game of paint tag. We covered the kids’ (and our) backs with butcher’s paper to keep the clothes a bit cleaner, then ran around tagging people on their [...]

Still here.. just busy

I wanted to try to post here more often, but this being the second post since I’ve been back in Australia means I’ve either been lazy..or busy. I’ll choose the latter, because it sounds somewhat better . In the last two weeks I’ve been out at the office 9-5 most days, which is something I’m [...]