The Empathetic Civilisation

June 8, 2010

Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society. Original at http://bit.ly/9iwiPB (HT Alan Hirsch)

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Sunday’s Coming — Look Familiar?

May 19, 2010

Currently planting a church — more on this soon — but rest assured, this is not what we are planning! “Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

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Car Update — Some Good and Bad News

April 7, 2010

In a previous post I mentioned that our car, a Commodore VX II Acclaim Wagon, was badly damaged by the hail storm while in the car park of Belgrave Heights Leisure Centre for the Surrender Conference. So, this is an update to share where we are at with the car. Well, today I dropped the car […]

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Surrender Weekend Part 1 — The Hail

March 13, 2010

It has been a week since Surrender, and while so much has happened since then, I have wanted to really sit and process some of what I listened to over the weekend. If anything, there are two main things that I have come away with. The first is the Church and indigenous Australians. This would […]

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Backpack Beds for the Homeless

March 3, 2010

You may recall that I have previously posted about Street Swags and that I have handed them out to some of the rough sleeping homeless guys that I have encountered in the recent past. It was through that last post that I was introduced to Backpack Beds by Swags for Homeless by a very passionate […]

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Review :: Live Sent:You Are A Letter by Jason Dukes

March 1, 2010
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I must admit that when I received Live Sent: You Are A Letter by Jason Dukes (Wheatmark, 2009) I opened to the table of contents and groaned at the seemingly overuse of the mail/letter metaphor that Dukes has based Live Sent around. That lead to a reluctance to start reading spawned by the groan. However, […]

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Our Housing Crisis Day 1

February 26, 2010

Today we received a letter (supposed to be registered mail, but sent regular mail) from the real estate agency that is the agent for the landlord of the property we have rented for the past 3 years. We have been given 60 days to evict the property so the landlord can sell the property vacant. […]

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Review :: Take Your Best Shot

February 17, 2010

I recently signed up to review books for Thomas Nelson and selected “Take Your Best Shot — Do Something Bigger Than Yourself” by Austin Gutwein with Todd Hillard as my first book — I guess based on the slick cover and the small description which captured my imagination. When the book arrived, I placed it […]

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