Entries from February 2008
iPhone or not?
February 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
My contract is coming up for renewal, its a contract I took just to bide my time until the iPhone was released.Then it was released and I was thoroughly dissapointed with O2’s outrageously poor allowances with extortionate line rental.But now O2 has seriously improved their contracts to make it much more competitive, so the only [...]
Tags: Apple · Music · My Life · Technology
Out of the Office
February 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
I tried to write this post before I went away for the week but ended up being too busy. Ive featured some posts that are well worth a look though: As you may have noticed in my miniblog Im heading off to London this afternoon for meetings and have been ridiculously busy this week hence the [...]
Barth on Liberal theology – inefficient?
February 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Barth on Liberal theology – inefficient?
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I’ve taken the oppurtunity to get some background uni reading done on the flight to london. I’m reading the very accessible "Barth for armchair theologians" by John Franke, its a concise introduction which even includes illustrations (that [...]
Tags: Theology Thoughts
How addicted to Apple are you?
February 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A Fun Monday afternoon quiz, I defaulted a couple because I have only owned 1 apple computer, don’t own an iPhone and was taking the quiz on a PC.
58%How Addicted to Apple Are You?
Tags: Apple · Miscellaneous
This is the kind of fast day I’m after
February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
This scripture hit me from the message noted on Vicky Beechings Blog Isaiah 58.6-8 6“This is the kind of fast day I’m after:to break the chains of injustice,get rid of exploitation in the workplace,free the oppressed,cancel debts.7What I’m interested in seeing you do is:sharing your food with the hungry,inviting the homeless poor into your homes,putting clothes [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Hat Tips · Justice
The Shack
February 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off
I have not read this book, but Susan Fyvie has, and it certainly sparked some interesting conversation on the way to church one sunday. There are a few points of view on the book, many praising and a few retractors from a theological standpoint. I would be interested to see if anyone knows of place [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Miscellaneous · Theology Thoughts
The issues in Christian Political Alignment Part 2
February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Out of Ur have featured The God Strategy a new book which speaks about the use of religious imagery and rhetoric for political capital. The subject has crossed my mind over the last few weeks as the US party nominations have dominated the news headlines so I am glad for Out of Ur to articulate [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Justice · Theology Thoughts · politics
Ever need to change the format of a file
February 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Instead of buying expensive conversion software try this first. Featured on lifehacker.iPhone@pdfonline.com—Converts any attached
Microsoft Visio or Word file (including the 2007/.docx kind) to PDF
files, and supports multiple file attachments. Ignore the "iphone" in
the address, as it works from any device or computer, but only supports
files up to 1 MB in size.pdf@koolwire.com—Converts
Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · Technology
Its not meant to look like this
February 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments
or Conflict from unspoken expectation… Ive been thinking over the last few days about how we arrive at settings in ministry, be it as a member in a church, an attendee at a house group or bible study, being on the rota for worship, or involved in resourcing a ‘new start’ ministry we arrive with many [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church
Google stuff and battling with PHP
February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off
Written a week or so ago…
I have been getting fustrated with my non-existent understanding of PHP/CSS codes which result in me trying to get stuff done in a trial and error method. For the last couple of days I have been fighting away, reading forums, sending emails to try and get an amazon wishlist [...]
Tags: Blogging · Miscellaneous · Web 2.0
