Christmas and the heart…

“If Christmas time cannot ignite within us again something like a love for holy theology, so that we—captured and compelled by the wonder of the manger of the Son of God—must reverently reflect on the mysteries of God, then it must be that the glow of the divine mysteries has also been extinguished in our heart and has died out.”
Bonhoeffer

h/t Justin Moffatt

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do your daily devotions online, free


I have just found this great, free website that lets you do your daily bible reading and SOAP journalling online.

The website is: http://www.lifejournal.me (see the link at the right of the page)

(I’ve just added it to the links on this website)

Very very simple to use.

Daily SOAP readings come up automoatically. Click on the verse/s you want to journal on, and it imports them into a SOAP template for you to fill in. Add your heading, and when you are finished, your journalling is archived and searchable!

What’s more, at the end, you have the option of sharing your journalling via email, Facebook or Twitter.

And its all free!

Good stuff. Get on to it, people!

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Captain Tryhard


This is a pic of Razza’s ‘created hero’, Captain Tryhard, descending from the ceiling in last Sunday’s UNITE service. Good fun.

h/t Vestro

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2 Timothy series link

The new St Paul’s website is slowly expanding its sermon library. The plan is to upload all of our back catalogue, searchable by date, preacher and text (awesome! Tim Hawkins classics!)

In the meantime, the recent 2 Timothy series from 7pm is now all up online here.

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John Dickson on ‘The Christian Vote’ in the upcoming election


Much has been said about the ”Christian vote”, an expression often associated with those nasty-right-wing-religious-nuts imposing their morals on a secular society.

Given that 64 per cent of Australians call themselves Christian, according to the census, it is important to clarify what the Christian vote means.

Christians should be willing to change voting patterns after Christian reflection on particular policies. A believer who cannot imagine voting for the ”other side” has either determined that only one party aligns with the will of God or, more likely, is more attached to their cultural context than to the wisdom of scripture.

Read the rest of the article from the SMH here

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Titles…

h/t Josh Harris

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Children’s Worker Wanted

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darth vader on tom tom

h/t Bren…

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facebook is a giant

The number of people using Facebook hit the 500 million mark on Wednesday, meaning one in every 14 people on the planet has now signed up to online social-networking service.

“As of this morning, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post.

Read the full article from the SMH here

Are we using it to its fullest? 1 in 14 is unbelievable take up…

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new jazz: transit jazz

Looking forward to the debut album from these guys.

I have heard Con Campbell play live a number of times, and it always fills my heart with joy, as well as blowing my mind.

Check out their website here: http://www.transitjazz.com

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