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Prayer for the Christian at work
Father God,In all that I do today, strengthen me to conduct myself in a manner worthy of you. May I be thankful for all of your blessings, diligent and focussed in my work, respectful of those over me...
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shopkeeping vs shepherding
Anyone got any thoughts on this? From here. “American pastors are abandoning their posts, left and right, and at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs....
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The problem with celebrity preachers....
... is that they are prone to the same problems as any other celebrities:1. Grandiosity of imagining that they are experts in things way outside their fields. Watch this clip of Tom Cruise speaking...
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12 signs that you might be a narcissistic pastor
1. You name drop. A lot. Everyone knows that your real friends are other celebrities. And maybe you have the president or mayor on speed dial too.2. You know you are more important than other pastors....
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Flying home this afternoon.
We've had an excellent 12 days back in the South East Corner. We've spent most of our time at my parents house, which I find lovely and relaxing. We've seen old friends. The kids have had sleep overs....
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Profile of a narcissistic Christian leader
Thoughts on this?"A narcissistic leader is a leader that perceive him or herself as central to a group or organization and directs or shapes the organization, often unconsciously, using its people and...
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Do people listen to online sermons because their pastor's preaching sucks?
Stuart thinks so (see comment on Al's blog)So I think it's right to make the effort each week to listen humbly (and to yearn/pray/work for a day when it's not such an effort) [to their pastor's...
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I'm writing a talk - help?
Talks to women need to conclude with a touching story about someone who has lived out the application point. Don't ask me why. It's just the genre.I'm writing a talk about Mary and Martha (Luke 10) for...
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Saving Eutychus - Review
I’ve just finished reading Phil Campbell and Gary Millar’s book Saving Eutychus. It’s an excellent book. Easy to read, engaging, and more useful than any book on preaching I’ve encountered before. I...
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my shoulders hurt
Andrew and I did swimming squad training this morning. 1.5 hours. 3km. I want to play piano, but holding my arms up is awfully hard...
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rock choir
I've got the go ahead to run a boys rock choir for year 7s. I talked it up at school yesterday and have heaps of boys keen. Now I just have to make it work... I want to start with an achievable song...
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sign #13 that you might be a narcissistic pastor
13. You brag about your smokin' hot wife.You do this to:a.) show other men that you are better than them because you scored a more attractive woman.b.) indicate to other men that you are having...
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Two prayers about gay marriage
Dear FatherMany of us are troubled by the so called ‘marriage equality’ debate. We're confused about what we should think. It seems right that people should be able to marry whoever they like. Do you...
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Praying doubt
I spent a couple of hours today thinking about the issue of gay marriage and how we should pray about it. >95% of the time I'm absolutely convinced that God is against homosexuality. It's not what...
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kids talks on love
I'm helping out with kids talks in church this term.The grown ups are looking at 1 Corinthians (up to the 2nd half) so we thought the kids could learn about love, which will kind of work in pretty...
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Four myths about extroverts.
Introverts often feel misunderstood. Every few weeks there's a new blog post or something up explaining introversion both to introverts who struggle to understand themselves, and to the extroverted...
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high school entry
Big day today. Joel (currently year 7) had his high school interview and audition day. We don't live in the (very small) catchment area for the high school we want him to go to. It's in town, right...
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Super Catralia
Joel's done lots of drawing of 'Catralia'. Here are a few. Can you find Joel in each pic? Can you work out what he's getting at?
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