Ministry formations - before start of class
Sure, there was some interesting content in the biblical theology section of the class: the history of the way that people have understood the bible, and the way it fits together, make for some interesting reading. Having a better understanding of how far we [...]
Greek chapter 5
Adjectives: so easy it’s barely worth teaching, according to the lecturer. Doesn’t quite match up with my experience, but at least some of the word endings must be starting to stick. It seems I’ll have to spend some more time each day revising.
Indeed, later in the [...]
Sound, but difficult to heed advice: Today’s Coffee Is Tomorrow’s Debt
Café zink, cronulla
Grinders (giancarlo) coffee. Opposite rydges, closer to the beach.lots of natural light, tiles floor, casual furniture with blue and white the dominant colours, with a broad mix of ages from 5-50. Licenced: not sure what the mood would be here at night, but in the morning, there’s [...]
Our mkc 2007 house
Not as close to the convention site as we would have liked, but a good spot to stay. After a quick game of khet, I reverted to practicing writing out greek while others continued to play settlers of catan. Retired to bed at a not-quite-crazy 1:40am [...]
Book: Creative Ministry
Another week, another Henri Nouwen book. This one is less personal, but still has the mark of a learned author trying to challenge the way that ministry is put into practice. Nouwen contrasts the current way of ministering - being a professional in the way that you blend psychology with management [...]
Tonight I’m leaving for MKC 2007 for the weekend (well, overnight). Looking forward to a revisit to the Coffee Box Cafe, oh, and hearing some good talks, and hanging out with a bunch of guys.
One of the habits I have with movie watching is to check my phone as soon as the movie is over. This is the kind of habit that has been - in the past - ridiculed by stand-up comedians: the thought that it’s fairly self-important to think that during the past two hours, something so [...]
Stranger Than Fiction
Easily the biggest surprise of the film is that Will Ferrell can actually act. This film won’t be to everyone’s tastes; if you enjoyed I Heart Huckabees, then you’ll like it. Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal are both excellent, and well cast, and Dustin Hoffman was probably my favourite character in the film. [...]
The other subject we had this week was ministry formations. There are two parts to it: one on biblical theology - this week, we looked at the history of biblical theology. The second half is more about the individual student; its framing idea is what you do flows out of who you are. This will [...]
Greek Lecture
This week was the first time that the in-class tests have been collected for feedback from the lecturer. I’m starting to understand how learning the 24 forms of the will be useful, and have new motivation to keep going with the rote learning of vocab and parts of speech.
This [...]
[kevin, markb] 2 minute video: helpdesk call: dealing with a new interface. Update: no longer available.
Book: Stirrings of the Soul.
I first heard Michael Raiter speak at a Katoomba convention years ago; a missionary at the time, he’s gone to to be an academic, and now a theological college principal. Here, he’s written a book in response to the wave of spirituality literature (and general interest) that has arisen in recent [...]
Movie: The Good Shepherd
When De Niro directs a film, it’s usually worth a viewing, and this one is certainly no exception to that. Sure, the film lacks something in plot. Mostly a story about self-sacrifice for the greater good, this is largely a study of Matt Damon’s acting abilities, and they’re certainly on the rise.
Not [...]
Church road closed
An unusual sight on the way to church today: the road had been closed off for a block around the church! Gas leak? Terrorist activity? No: unannounced political launch. Thanks to the upcoming state election, people who had parked at church needed to ask permission to move [...]
Spent an hour or two today revising my Greek vocab lists; wrote out the Greek words, tried to learn the English. Not too hard. Then, reversed it. Still getting caught up on spelling (is that a long e - eta, or a short e - epsilon sound??), so the words that I couldn’t remember or [...]
Property vultures put under legal microscope - can’t help but think that this is the philosophy of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book in practice.
With the grinder finally back from the repair shop (after two weeks!) I can finally enjoy the Campos signature blend. It’s very smooth, and works equally well with or without milk.
Chrysler café, pitt st mall, sydney
Chrysler coffee. The logo here caught my attention: very 1950’s american, and the interior, apart from the overwhelming scents of modern australian cooking, holds onto this.
Two baristas, two coffee machines, lots of seating outside in the lane-way. Staff are a bit indifferent to newcomers, [...]