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2010 | Jan 02 04 06 16
What a privilege!
“This afternoon I had the express privilege and honour this afternoon of baptising Kelly, a …”
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The Church and the Unemployed — are we missing something?
“Regular readers here will know I have written previously about how I feel about being …”
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Sarcoid update
“Well at last some good news about the whole Sarcoidosis issue that I have been …”
Think Different: Jesus
“This is one of my favourite ads.
While I am a Mac user, this ad speaks …”
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Emergent Buddhism!
“Just saw this on Alltop!
In an effort to reach a younger demographic, several Buddhist monks …”
| Feb 01
Inspired by those I was asked to Inspire
“This past Sunday I had the pleasure of speaking at Chelsea Church of Christ, sharing …”
02
Lest We Forget — Excellent Short Film
“I love this short film and the song by the Wright Brothers at the end …”
Credocricket
“This a short clip about Credocricket — a ministry of some of my mates at …”
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Shalom — exploring this beautiful word.
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Holy Fools website
“The Holy Fools website is slowly taking shape.
I know there is a lack of content …”
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Review :: Live Sent:You Are A Letter by Jason Dukes
“I must admit that when I received Live Sent: You Are A Letter by Jason …”
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Backpack Beds for the Homeless
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Our Housing Crisis Day 6
“Well it’s Wednesday, Day 6 of our housing crisis and there is not too much …”
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Our Housing Crisis Day 15
“Today, just over two weeks since we first received the notice to evict, we had …”
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Our Housing Crisis Day 31
“If you have been following my series of posts about our housing crisis, it has …”
2 comments | Apr 07
Car Update — Some Good and Bad News
“In a previous post I mentioned that our car, a Commodore VX II Acclaim Wagon, …”
| May 19
Sunday’s Coming — Look Familiar?
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Currently planting a church — more on this soon — but rest assured, this is …”
| Jun 08
The Empathetic Civilisation
“Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of …”
| Jul 07
From Chelsea C of C…
“Here’s what Chelsea Church of Christ recently said about my speaking recently;
Thanks for coming to …”
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Lilydale Corps Plant: Lilydale Mission Centre
“Firstly let me apologise. It has been several weeks since I posted anything. So much …”
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National Church Prayer
“The following is a prayer penned by Pastor Ray Minniecon after the ground-breaking gathering that …”
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2009 “Begins with a new career and who knows?” | Jan 11
2009 What the year ahead holds.
“Well here we are in ’09!
My mystery illness has disappeared (although I still have to …”
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My first thoughts and prayers for the year ahead…
“(Soundtrack for this post are the wonderful The Audrey’s — Between Last Night and Us) Been …”
| Feb 04
Christ the Centre
“A blogging mate of mine from the USA, David D. Flowers has a fantastic post …”
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Suburban New Monasticism — what does it mean or look like?
“Recently I spent time at a conference with my tribe of Anabaptists — it was …”
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I’m Neal and I’m an addict.
“A mate of mine who I admire, Simon Moyle, a local bloke who is a …”
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Peter Rollins denies the Resurrection of Christ, as do I
“I have not been a regular reader of Peter Rollins, much to my detriment, but …”
Forge offering a Church Planting stream
“Many of you will be aware that I have done the Forge training and in …”
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Micro-enterprise loans — would they work here in Australia?
“I have been thinking about how to fund my own work as a Community Developer …”
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I am asking myself what can I do to help?
“I am sure you have seen the news and heard that over the weekend we …”
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Seeking ACA Accreditation
“I am going to seek ACA (Australian Counsellors Association) membership/ accreditation. This is one of …”
Despite the fires and the amazing response…
“… tonight, there are over 105,000 people sleeping homeless in Australia. That doesn’t include the …”
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I’m not standing with Danny Nilliah
“Stephen Said has written the best response to the disgusting media release from Catch the …”
Starting a Webzine
“I have decided to start a webzine called Dangerous Stories, in homage to Forge and …”
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Changes around here..
“I have been giving some thought about keeping this going and have decided to keep …”
| Mar 05
Pete Rollins’ Bedtime Stories
“Ok, they’re more parables than bedtime stories.… enjoy.
Peter Rollins’ Parable: “No Conviction”
Peter Rollins’ Parable: …”
08
A diagnosis… finally
“Went back to the specialist last week to have the gamut of blood tests and …”
Hand to the Plough — Sons of Korah
“This song has really influenced my thinking in the past few months — along with …”
09
Changing my theme here — any suggestions?
“I want to change my Wordpress theme to a simpler one — kinda like Todd’s …”
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Discussion with an atheist
“I am a twitter user — nealtaylor — if interested, and one of the guys …”
4 comments
40 Readers in the past 24 hours!
“Thanks to those 40 who visited my site and had a browse! That is the …”
2 comments
Naming a church plant
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Unashamed attempt to win camera
“An Aussie photographer - Cameron Laird — from Townsville, is giving away a Nikon camera that …”
Jesus — Not Cut Out for Religion
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Jesus gets the consumer once over and is found lacking. Written and performed by Jude …”
I’m Qualified!
“Just received my accrediation from the ACA — Australian Counsellors Association. I am now an …”
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Upgrading Site
“Going to be some changes around here with the site — stay tuned! I have …”
Some stats about the state of the Church in Melbourne
“Transforming Melbourne have been collating some data about the state of the Church in Melbourne. …”
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Domain Change
“The domain for here has changed from nialltaylor.com to handtotheplough.com.au — I have a redirect …”
Forge Church Planting Weekend Workshop
“Going to the Forge Victorian Church Planting workshop that starts in less than an hour. …”
Church Planters Workshop — First Night
“We started by sharing a light meal — and those guys at Revive certianly know …”
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Shift Happens… how does that affect Church Planting?
“How does the following video change the way we reach the next generation or the …”
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Suggest any plugins?
“Just updating the site and clearing a few things out and adding some new features …”
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Transforming Melbourne Consultation
“Going to the Transforming Melbourne consultation tomorrow. Should be interesting. Will post some more about …”
| Apr 02
Reading: The Secret Message of Jesus
“Finally getting around to reading Brian McLaren’s “The Secret Message of Jesus” and thoroughly enjoying …”
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Awaken the Spirit — The Sacred Texts of Jesus
“A good friend of mine has been working on a book over the past few …”
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Reflection:: Forge Church Planting Weekend
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Raising Support for the ministry
“In an attempt to stay off Government support and work full-time as a servant amoung …”
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The Dining Room — Evolving into a Charity
“Circumstances have lead to the opportunity for The Dining Room to become a registered charity …”
Sanga’s — a church around sandwiches
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A few of prayer points from the community
“There are so many people and stories that I want to share from The Dining …”
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Sunday’s Coming
“I love this video that has been produced by Ignitermedia in the USAmerica.
RT Christine …”
The Myth of the Sacred and Secular Divide
“Jason Salamun has a fantastic post on his blog about the Sacred and Secular Divide …”
Keys to Church Planting Movements
“Roger Thoman has a great post about Church Planting Movements. Go have a read, although …”
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Brewing a post or two
“I have a couple of posts brewing that I hope to release soon — but …”
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God is not a white man
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Love it!
(HT Eliacin)”
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Colourblind not colorless
“Wow. This is powerful and worth watching more than once. It made me shed tears …”
There is a war going on for your mind
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(HT Peter Rolins)”
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Invisible People
“I recently came across the site — Invisible People — and the effort by a …”
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Naming a Church Plant — Part 2
“One aspect of church planting that was touched on at the Forge Church Planting Workshop …”
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Reading:: Hudson Taylor
“When I was collecting books for the future Theological second-hand bookstore I would like to …”
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On the notepad
“I have been busy with my work with the community meals and homeless these past …”
| May 02
Humanising the de-humanised
“Cheryl Lawrie, project worker for the Uniting Church, has a fantastic excerpt from an article …”
Spare a room, Christian Family?
“I have been meaning to post this for a while. There is a group that …”
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Commentary :: Article in Herald Sun,“Explicit teen sex text messages sent on student mobiles“
“There is an article in today’s Herald Sun that I find quite disturbing. The article, …”
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Plug :: Hush for Homelessness ’09
“I took part in the ’08 Hush for Homelessness and have registered for the ’09 …”
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At the Edge — Les Henson is blogging!
“A wonderful and very wise man, Les Henson, a teacher at Tabor, is now blogging! …”
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Connecting with Urban Seed
“Had a wonderful day today visiting with the crew at Urban Seed in Melbourne City. I arrived …”
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The Shift needed in the Church today!
“There is a fantastic post over at Simple Church Journal that ties in with my …”
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Watch this Space
“I spent the morning with Andre Van Emyeren of Big House Communities on Friday for …”
10 Survival Tips for Faith Communities
“The Naked Pastor has a list that he has compiled over time of the top …”
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Chasing the Brand and Not Jesus
“I try hard to not “church bash” in my own writings — that is, I …”
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Church giving back 100% of Donations to Struggling Families
“Hardly Normal (aka Mark Horvath) has an excellent video that he has posted from MSNBC …”
Seth Godin :: Tribes from TED
“Just watched Seth Godin speak at TED about Tribes. I am still in the process …”
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Reading :: Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire
“I have had this book on my “to read” pile for some time. Each time …”
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Adding Link :: The M Blog
“I recently discovered the blog called The M Blog, written by Guy Muse, a Southern Baptist Missionary …”
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Thinking Theologian, Where are You?
“I am getting some heavy hits for people searching for the Thinking Theologian — the …”
9 comments 30
Behind every great Woman…
“Ok, so the title is different to the normal expression, but I have deliberately changed …”
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Q&A with Frank Viola :: “From Here to Eternity” Blog Circuit
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2nd July — LOL — Just realised that this post has the wrong title and …”
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No time to say anything relevant lately
“Haven’t posted much recently. Been quite busy with life etc.
Have some ideas that I want …”
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Update :: Church giving back 100% of Donations to Struggling Families
“I recently had the pleasure of emailing one of the pastors from Waterfront Community Church, …”
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Shift
“Shift: An Animated Essay from Heather Arment on Vimeo.
What do you think of this?
(HT Bob Carlton)”
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The side effects of taking the red pill — mental health issues of leaving the institutional church as we know it — a survey.
“I was having a coffee recently with a good friend of mine, talk ing about …”
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How to change traditional churches into New Testament churches
“*Victor Choudhrie’s 15 essential steps for changing traditional churches into New Testament churches.
1. Replace professional …”
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The Holy Spirit, What is Church, an Engagement, and a Wedding — what a weekend!
“Just a brief note — had a very busy weekend this last weekend. Amongst the …”
28 | Jul 03
The Thinking Theologian is back.
“After a post asking about the whereabouts of this controversial blogger, The Thinking Theologian dropped …”
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Street Swags
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Adding Link :: Soul Thoughts
“Just added a link that I thought I already added but when I checked I …”
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Call this a home?
“There is a new campaign being run by many of the major agencies that deal …”
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Call this a Home — Campaign Postcards Arrived
“Thanks to the guys at Homeground and Callthisahome.net — I received a huge handful of …”
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Testing out Blogo
“Just a short post as I test out using Blogo to write to here from …”
1 comments
First Street Swag given out
“I gave out my first Street Swag this last week to a bloke who has …”
Frank Viola’s Plea to Learn Our History on Discipleship, Mission and Church
“Great article by Frank Viola on his observations of Discipleship and Missional — go have …”
| Aug 13
Housing Crisis in Australia — A Homeless man’s perspective
“Bernie is homeless, and he comes to The Dining Room and Vive Cafe. Over the …”
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Review :: So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church
“This was first published, albeit for a few updates on ViralBoggers.
I have been an avid …”
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FareShare for all
“FareShare is a Melbourne based organisation that provides meals, fruit and veges to many that …”
N.T. Wright on Controversial Issues
“Dr. Tod Bolsinger interviews Bishop Tom (N.T.) Wright on a variety of topics. Held at …”
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Belly laughs to feed hungry Melbourne
“From my friend, Dave Crossthwaite, the Editor of Maroondah Leader newspaper;
We’re trying to raise $1 …”
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Think Social Media is a Fad? Think again…
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(HT Guy Muse)”
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Live in the moment…
“For a while now I have been trying to live in the moment as a …”
| Sep 01
Street Swags win 2009 Index People’s Choice Award in Denmark
“I have blogged about how I have been handing out these great Aussie swags for …”
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Vive Cafe turns 1!
6 comments
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Dad — I’m Watching You
“For myself and all you other Dad’s out there for this coming Father’s Day downunder.
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Why Jesus was a threat
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(HT Jarrod McKenna)”
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Formalising a Ministry to the homeless and marginalised
“After much prayer and thought, I feel that the Lord has lead me to organise …”
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Does God Exist?
“Love this TV Commercial.…
(HT — Danielle Strickland)”
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Article :: Reasons for Violence
“There is a great article on Eureka Street by Andrew Hamilton about the Reasons for …”
Surrender 10 Promo Video
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I plan on being there and hope to take along a bunch of folk. Hope …”
The Last Chance Motel — Four Corners Report
2 comments
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When compassion bites.
“I may have mentioned previously, the homeless guy that I have known for about two …”
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Jim on James, Book Launch
“Just got back from the launch of Jim Reiher’s latest book, “James; Peace Activist and …”
Closing off Red Pill: Life after Legacy Church Survey
“I have kept the Red Pill: Life After Legacy Church Survey open for longer than …”
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Call this a Home? :: Campaign Update
“Coroner calls for rooming house reform
The Victorian Coroner, Peter White, has recommended sweeping changes to …”
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Sam and Esther
“This is a scene from the film “The Fragrant Spirit of Life,” a San Damiano …”
Formalising a Ministry :: Part 2
“The process to formalising a ministry for the homeless etc involves writing a statement of …”
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Spaghetti in the carpark
“It was a big night at The Dining Room — very emotionally draining.
I spent the …”
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Start Freedom
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Take Part in START FREEDOM A campaign for young people
A global campaign for schools and young …”
27 | Nov 08
Away from here…
“Sorry I haven’t posted much.It has been quite busy offline and away from the Mac. Will …”
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Alan Roxburgh Speaking at Tabor College
“Canadian Theologian Alan Roxburgh recently spoke at Tabor College. He had an interesting take on …”
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A night for bad news…
“Had quite a night…
At The Dining Room, I found out that one of the guys …”
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How to Worship
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(HT Alan Hirsch & Andrew Jones)”
LOVE
“Just saw this on Tall Skinny Kiwi and wanted to share it with you! The …”
The Pollution of The Prosperity Gospel
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The Prosperity Gospel from The Global Conversation on Vimeo.
In November the Global Conversation focuses on …”
By the end of the 21st century, Christians will…
“1. Be peacemakers.
2. Be expected to be the first ones to show up when disaster …”
The Coming Of the Lord is Near – Christine Sine’s Advent Meditation Video 2009
“A woman I love as a Sister and admire, Christine Sine, has just released her …”
1 comments
Did You Know 4.0
“
I have previous posted the earlier versions of this video here.
(HT — Backyard Missionary)”
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Frustrated, down, and a little angry.
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Planetshaker’s, The Banquet — A community meal, or something more?
“Last Friday I took my family to a community meal, called The Banquet, that was …”
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2008 “A Year spent learning some new skills and identifying with the neighbourhood” | Jan 19
Enough…
“Ok this is is it. I toyed around with a blog earlier here and then …”
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Biting the younger generation
“I wasn’t totally surprised to see an article in Sunday’s Herald Sun here in Melbourne about Planetshakers …”
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What are too many toys for kids?
“This question has come up several times in our household recently. I recall not having that …”
| Feb 05
Migration Issues
“I have just migrated my iWeb blog posts over here — so there may be …”
| May 18
Slow Start
“As you may have guessed if you have come to this blog in teh past …”
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Grassroots Resources
“My mates, Warwick and Dave run idearipple and Lampstand Productions, working with organisations such as …”
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Thanks for the linkage!
“Well I must say that I was pretty chuffed today when I opened NetNewsWire to …”
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Compassion Bloggers
“I have just signed up with Compassion Bloggers, to be part of the effort to …”
Me & the Future of the Planet
“I am sure that you can’t tell from reading anything I have written so far …”
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Amazing Animation from South America!
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This is something I came across on another site but thought it was absolutely amazing …”
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Which Way Home? — Rudd Gov’t releases Green Paper on Homelessness
“Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched the Federal Government’s national homelessness Green Paper on 22 May …”
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failure=life
“This is an interesting video that explores some of the most influential people of the …”
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God is a DJ
“I imagine this may have already been discussed by the likes of Johnny Baker and …”
| Jun 02
Feast of the Refuse
“I have been involved with some work with the homeless and poor as I have …”
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We Can Be The Change
“A man whom I respect, love and admire, Dave Andrews, has a website called wecan.be …”
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Food Matters
“A very good mate of mine recently sent me to a new website he had …”
Not Watching the Beijing Olympics
4 comments
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Wake Up Woolworths!
“I was going to the local shopping centre the other day and there were these …”
Reggie McNeal — It’s AD30 All Over Again!
“One the men I love and respect as a teacher and mentor, Alan Hirsch, recently …”
3 comments
Twitter?
“Anyone who reads this use Twitter?
I do, but was curious if it had any following. …”
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Imagine…
1 comments
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Needed… Can you help?
“More tomorrow when I am not so tired.…
There is an urgent need for a center …”
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So, early Christians did meet in a Church Building!?
“I was reading my RSS reader this morning over a coffee and almost spilt my …”
Just what the middle-east needed…
“… and many of the right-wing USAmerican “Christians” — George Bush telling the Israeli’s that …”
Decisive Victory!
“I am not a huge follower of Rugby but I do keep an eye on …”
2 comments
Great Article about The Dining Room
“The local paper, The Leader ran an article about The Dining Room, where I volunteer …”
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What is going on?
“I wrote the following one evening recently but have been unsure whether to publish it… …”
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I would appreciate your prayers and thoughts…
“When I started the year and began to study the course I am doing, it …”
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Updated my about me page…
“Go take a look.…”
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Emergent Jewish Leaders meet Emergent Chirstian Leaders
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Anyone care to comment after watching that?”
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What do to with the domain iChurch.com.au?
“I own the domain name ichurch.com.au — bought a couple of years ago as an …”
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Reasons Muslims Convert to Christianity
“A recent survey of 750 Christians who had converted from Islam revealed five common reasons …”
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Victims of Fashion: Worker Abuse in USAmerican Sweatshops
“The film, “Victims of Fashion” is about local sweatshops and the effects they have on …”
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Why Mark is angry!
“Mark Broadbent has two articles in the excellent Neoleader site about why he is angry …”
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Old Books?
“if you have any old books, of any nature, but particularly church based, I would …”
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Come On!
“Hey all, please take the time to click on the lips to the right of …”
| Jul 02 04
Becoming Anabaptist…
“I have found myself lately considering my own faith and where is it is leading …”
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What the Gospel is Not
“This a video by John Piper I caught on a blog I read by JR. …”
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Prayers for baby Tuscan
“A couple, Tim and Jay, have a new baby boy that is about to undergo …”
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Update on Tuscan
“I recieved a text message late yesterday afternoon from Tim and Jay with the great …”
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Wow — even an atheist gets it right!
“New film coming out called Religulous –here’s the trailer from youtube!
I was following the trail …”
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Tuscan is home!
“Well, some good news! Tuscan came through the surgery and the recovery and is back …”
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Sorry there have been no new posts and more!
“But, I have been busy with college and went to UNOH’s Surrender over the weekend!
More …”
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St. Vinnies — This Time it’s Personal — really?
“You may know I have previously had a rant about the quality of the food …”
GetUp!- Mandatory Detention Campaign
“While there have been some fantastic bits of news about the Federal Government changing Mandatory …”
Hilarious jibe at the US Political Race
“I have tried to stay out the various commentaries and talks about US Politics for …”
How many members of a committee does it take…?
“Sorry for so many posts today — I am having a quiet day and have …”
| Aug 03
From little things big things grow…
“I am reading a great book at the moment about the Church and getting back …”
Empty Opulance
“Wondered what to call this small piece. Settled for Empty Opulance as that were two …”
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Test post from iPhone
“Just a simple post from my iPhone, using the free Wordpress app. It took a …”
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Channel 7 sucks… ok, maybe crass, but they stuffed up bad! (Again and again!)
“I am supporter of GetUp, the social action group that rallies Australians to get together …”
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Reflections from a new Victorian drivers licence
“Well, a couple of days ago my wife and I renewed our Victorian drivers licences. …”
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Sharing the heart and soul of The Dining Room
“Myself, David K, and three other volunteers from The Dining Room spoke tonight at a …”
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Suddenly my site is popular!
“Seems the older post on Planetshakers, where I commented on an article in the Herald …”
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Getting over our “little kingdoms!“
“I visited the VicRelief Foodbank yesterday to get inducted for the Dining Room. It was …”
2 comments | Sep 01
Little Kingdom’s Part Two
“I hope you had a chance to read my rant about the different welfare agencies …”
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Loosing my Religion, or I believe in a Better Way
“To help set the mood for this post and the title, here are a couple …”
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Intellectualising the Gospel
“Over the course of my academic career and church life — ok — let me …”
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Everything is Borrowed
“From The Streets — Everything is Borrowed.
“I came into the World with nothing, and leave …”
| Oct 09
Go in Peace John!
“Sad to announce that one of the guests from The Dining Room, John Murdoch, passed …”
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Wipeout — Channel 9’s Enviromental Disaster
“Is it just me or is the Network 9 show “Wipeout” based on the Japanese …”
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Apologies for the site down!
“The site was down for a day — forgot to pay for the domain name …”
With these small arms
“Unfortunately one of our semi-regular guests at The Dining Room felt the need to take …”
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The Dining Room and Vive cafe on Facebook!
“Recently, I started a cause of Facebook for both community meals — The Dining Room …”
Review of my Placement with The Dining Room
“I know this a few months late but here they are anyway! DK asked me …”
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Some (not quite real) Hollywood Director’s help McCain
“Ok, while I am not going to comment on the election, apart from saying pray …”
“Hollywood” — Angus & Julia Stone
“Just found and enjoying these Aussie siblings. This is “Hollywood” — quite a deep song …”
| Nov 06
Where is Dr House when you need him?
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Health Update
“Well, it is now three weeks since the first sign of whatever it is I …”
| Dec 01
Sorry for absence…
“For the handful of folk who read this.… sorry I have not updated much lately. …”
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2007 “Some have said it was a year that honed my edges” | Oct 11
Eight Dollar Hot Dog
“This video is from The Work of The People… very thought –provoking and kinda my …”
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What Shoots Adrenalin into your Soul?
“Christine Sine over at her blog GodSpace recently posted this clip and asked what made …”
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The Other Election Campaign
“I want to commend this blog to you — Probably not interesting — by Jessie …”
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Cashing in on the misfortunes of others
“A sign of the times… seems that you can buy houses in the USA at …”
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Extraordinary Footage of Port Hedlund “Riots”
“ Courtesy of Crikey.comThis video has just surfaced.—The video includes footage of the Port Hedland detention …”
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