Entries from July 2008
21st Century Missions – Jamie Arpin Ricci – Further Questions
July 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
After some very insightful words regarding missions and finance from Jamie earlier this week, I thought Id try and pick up on some topics he mentioned and hear what he has to say. Thanks again to Jamie for contributing to this, if you don’t already subscribe to his blog at http://missional.blog.com I certainly recommend it. [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts
New iTunes App Store: Guitar Toolkit
July 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Ive started to browse the newly released Apps Store, just out of interest really, not because I have an iPhone. I stumbled across a few interesting apps, particularly for the guitarists out there – Guitar Toolkit, it includes a chromatic tuner Chord Maps Open Tunings Library Metronome Audible Tones for tuning by ear At £5.99 [...]
Tags: Apple · Music · Technology
Firefox 3 Problems?
July 10th, 2008 · Comments Off
Whilst Firefox 2 used to use up RAM like no ones business (who even knows what that saying means!) Firefox 3 has been increasingly killing my Processor and over the last few days has thrown me a ‘Firefox has unexpectedly had to close’ type window. Granted I did have around 20 tabs opened at the [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · Technology
Reflections on how to live Life
July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off
Thanks to Zach Neilsen for pointing to this: The body of my friend Tim Eimer is weakened by what may be a fatal cancer. His spirit is finding strength in the gospel. Recently he wrote this practical exhortation: "In recent years, God has taught me not to hold on to my life so dearly. For [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips
21st Century Missions – Jamie Arpin Ricci
July 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Today we get into the first responses to the questions I asked last week and begin with Jamie Arpin Ricci who in his own words is "a missionary/church planter and writer, serving with Youth With A Mission for nearly 15 years. He lives and serve in the inner city of Winnipeg, share life alongside his [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts · Worship
Start of Week Round up
July 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I had a particularly hectic week last week with graduating at the start of the week (see pictures here) , then working in London for a few days yet not getting to see any action at Wimbledon!..now I am back on terra firma and able to give a tour of my rss reading catch up. [...]
Tags: Blogging · Hat Tips · Miscellaneous · My Life · Theology Thoughts
Praying with Hauerwas
July 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
In London with no wifi at the moment but I mentioned a little while ago that Scott Prather had given me some of Stanley Hauerwas’ ethics lectures, I’ve been working through some of the lectures and found that I very much enjoyed his opening prayers, so I will share one for you below, I enjoy [...]
Tags: Theology Thoughts · Uncategorized
Surprised by Hope
July 1st, 2008 · Comments Off
"Hope, for the Christian, is not wishful thinking or mere blind optimism. It is a mode of knowing, a mode within which new things are possible, options are not shut down, new creation can happen." – Surprised by Hope, Tom Wright
Tags: Theology Thoughts · Uncategorized
