A Taste of Aussie Humour

Have you ever wondered why Australia is so far away from the rest of the world.  Maybe this gives you an idea.

New Meaning For Black Friday.

Well Black Friday has claimed its victims.  The first occurred in Long Island New York at a Walmart store but I have heard of other deaths as well since then.  As my friend Peter Geel commented Strange, isn’t it, how in Saudi Arabia, people get stampeded during the Hajj. In India, during the pilgrimage to [...]

The to-and-fro of love

My rapid reading course has been slowed down by delving into Jean Vanier’s writing which I have not done since I read Community and Growth some years ago but am planning to make his writings part of my Advent discipline. I am currently reading Jean Vanier: Essential Writings, and am being profoundly impacted by it [...]

Join the Advent Conspiracy

Advent is approaching rapidly and the organization Advent Conspiracy is coming out with some great videos to help us focus on the real meaning of the season.  Check out this great promo video

The Generosity of God – Fish and Loaves for all

The Middle Zone Musing topic for this month is What I”ve Learned from the Generosity of Others.  But I couldn’t get beyond the generosity of God and remembering the many times that God has overwhelmed me with overflowing abundance.  It seems to be a very pertinent reminder at this season when so many are grappling [...]

Make Something Day Coming Friday

Make Something Day is almost upon us and has stirred quite a bit of discussion.  I love Julie Clawson’s post on the pros and cons of a day like this.  It really made me sit up and think about why I am participating in this.  I agree with her that people often make things that [...]

Changing the World Is Too Much Fun

Here is some interesting news just out from Christianity Today.  Evidently Rick Warren and Reader’s Digest are going into partnership to create the Purpose Driven Connection I am not sure at this stage how to react to this.  Is it buying into the empire or is it a good way to spread the gospel?  What [...]

How to Change People’s Attitudes.

I found this article How To Change People’s Attitudes by Guy Kawaski and its links very intriguing.  Guy also posted an interesting post recently Looking For MR Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter. I wasn’t sure whether I should get excited or scared at the implications of how easily we can manipulate what [...]

Reading About Community

Some of you are aware that this last week I started a self imposed reading discipline to undergird my desire to understand more fully why, from a faith perspective, community is important.  I have a stack of books a mile high in front of me and recommendations coming in every day.  Some of them are [...]

Change the World in 5 Minutes

Here is a cool vidoe on ways that school kids can change the world, Thanks to Green Inventions Central that first made me aware of this.