Byrnesys Blabberings

Jim Martin shared some excellent insights on waiting as a spiritual discipline from Richard Foster. Halden lists texts to read before you go to seminary, interesting, and vast selection, No time for a summer job with this reading list! Some Commentators weighed in with some others too, firstly Wess Daniels, then in response [...]

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Here’s a post I found interesting from Trevin Wax who worked/s as a missionary in Romania about his journey of learning romanian."So, one day, I decided not to speak in English anymore to anyone. The only time I would use English was when I did not know how to say what I needed to say in Romanian. In [...]

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I have to be honest, recently I have been pointing and shooting with digital cameras, I have been choosing quantity over quality, when it comes to photography less has definatly not meant more.I really enjoy photography but with the age of cheap digital memory I have discovered the ability to take cheap shots (thanks, I [...]

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"…between 1980 and 1988 the US government pumped $83 billion dollars of foreign aid into Sub-Saharan Africa. $83 billion dollars! During that same period of time living standards dropped and infant mortality rose. Once again, we learn that foregin aid does not disciple the hearts and minds of people. God uses people to disciple people. After forty years of traveling all [...]

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A Sunday Off This sunday a friend of mine from church Thys Lourens who is from South Africa and working in Aberdeen as a mechanical engineer decided to skip Church and go snowboarding in Glenshee.I had already had the adverse end of the late snow we’ve had here, it almost blocked the road to work last [...]

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The Desire for an iPhoneAs I have mentioned before, Ive had a fair amout of experience negotiating mobile/cell phone contracts and have tried to share some tips on the blog before, but recently I have more or less stopped following the market due to my unsaitable interest in the iPhone.I set my current phone contract [...]

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UPDATE/APOLOGY: To those reading the RSS feed (who likely wouldnt read this update anyway) I published this before some re-formats and spell checks and so it may look a horrendous mess in the feedreader. …and plenty of it! I have been busy this week, but not to busy to pick up some interesting news, links [...]

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IMG00065 Originally uploaded by Byrnesyliam I paid the very definition of a flying visit to Bergen, in from Oslo in the moring an out to Stavanger in the evening, had one very good meeting and one OK meeting. Above is a picture of Bryggen an older part [...]

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Arrived in Bergen Originally uploaded by Byrnesyliam Arrived in bergen, oslo airport was excellent again minus the lack of wifi - blogged from blackberry wireless device whilst boarding.

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Fact: trains in norway are much cooler than trains in the UK Originally uploaded by Byrnesyliam I arrived in oslo last night, with great first impressions, oslo airport is brilliant, apart from the long walk in between passport control and baggage reclaim. After the airport I encountered anot [...]

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