Tomorrow is the first Sunday in Advent, which means I’ll be preaching Christmassy sermons for a while. I don’t mind that. I love Christmas. I really like thinking about the Christmas story. The Christmas story is principally found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. They tell very different stories, and I don’t think theContinue reading “Some Christmas reading”
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Twitter of Faith
Adam Cleaveland at pomomusings is soon to be ordained. Part of the ordination process involves submitting a page long ‘statement of faith’ summarising Adam’s take on what he believes. While he was thinking about this, he asked Twitter for advice. If you don’t know what Twitter is, you can get a good description here. InContinue reading “Twitter of Faith”
Sin managment versus Love management
John Smulo had an interesting post up today asking why abortion and homosexuality seem to be such hot political topics amongst Christians, almost to the exclusion of all else. It’s a great post, and I suggest you have a read. The thing that caught my attention, though, was one of the comments. Kay writes: I’mContinue reading “Sin managment versus Love management”
A new theme
It occurred to me the other day that I didn’t actually like my blog theme. It hadn’t grown old, and I certainly wasn’t bored with it. I just thought, ‘I don’t like that.’ So I changed it. If you’re reading Spirit Cry through a feed reader you might not notice. Either way, why not clickContinue reading “A new theme”
All you can eat music downloads from Magnatune
I like to listen to a bit of music. I don’t always like to listen to the music played on the radio. I don’t like the prices charged for many CDs. And I don’t like being treated like a criminal every time I do buy a CD—I shouldn’t have to go to insane lengths justContinue reading “All you can eat music downloads from Magnatune”
Blog Comment Day 2008
Blog Action Day I think everyone like to get comments on their blog. John Smulo does too, so he’s launched Blog Comment Day, which will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 3. The rules are simple: On December 3, 2008 you will leave one comment on at least 5 different blogs. Out of the 5 blogsContinue reading “Blog Comment Day 2008”
Which translation do you use?
Scot McKnight has posted the first part of a blog-series addressing the question, ‘Which Bible translation is the best?’ The answer, as you’ll find out if you go and have a look, is ‘depends on what you’re using it for.’ There’s some good advice in there, and I’m looking forward to reading the rest ofContinue reading “Which translation do you use?”
Surprise!
The story goes that Karl Barth (a famous theologian who worked about a century ago) was accused of being a Universalist—that is, he believed that everyone would eventually end up in heaven, irrespective of their faith, behaviour of religion. He didn’t answer the accusation, but simply replied, ‘Well, let’s just say I think there willContinue reading “Surprise!”
Pale Blue Dot
Today’s meeting at Colac was a little different from the norm. I invited the Colac City Band to come and provide music. I might talk about that another time—suffice it to say, we had a great time. I didn’t intentionally pick a theme, but most of the music I chose seemed to refer to God’sContinue reading “Pale Blue Dot”
Better late than never
Today I had the honour of officiating at the wedding of Ray Hawkes and Rhonda Cooper. The wedding was in a little spot called Stoneyford, about twenty minutes out of Colac. Whilst blowy and a few degrees below comfortable, the weather held off the worst. I’ve made the mistake of turning up to a weddingContinue reading “Better late than never”
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