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For this, I have Jesus

2011-05-19T19:50:00.002+10:00

For this, I have Jesus Geoff and Michelle, when Charles was here recently, he told us this story too. It really touched our hearts. I think it is a story worth the retelling as often as we can!

Hello Gary, Michelle and Geoff ~ and others!

2011-05-19T19:48:00.001+10:00

I think of you all from time to time and just wanted to visit. Michelle, that 2008 post was not easy for you ~ what a tough year you had. How are you now? I would love to hear more from you Geoff, and Gary and anyone else! Personally, I, and my family are doing fine. We have had the mountain and valley experiences... in the past few years and I have no doubt they will still come for the rest of

New Year

2008-01-31T23:46:00.000+11:00

Michele,It's good to hear from you, albeit not happy news. Dreadfully sorry to hear about your Mother's passing.We missed you at Belgrave this year. Charles Price told of an old man he knew, in poor health who had a favourite saying that he printed and handed out on little yellow bookmarks. It is "For this, I have Jesus". That has undoubtedly been your strength & comfort in the past year!

2007

2008-01-30T08:20:00.000+11:00

It's been a long, long time since I last wrote on this Blog. If fact I thought it had died and only had a quick look the other day to see that it is still alive, although somewhat poorly.2007 was not a particularly good year for our family especially the last half of the year.I personally was going through a difficult time from the beginning of the year, and then at the end of July my mother was

Christmas Blessings!

2007-12-10T17:00:00.000+11:00

Carol, what a surprise. And thrill! Indeed this blog has spent a year in hibernation, on sabbatical, whatever. But it's still here (not sure how many former members still are?). And Gary is on our minds, now he's finished his BSF duties we hardly see him. Which needs rectifying.So Carol, co-founder of this little enterprise, special love and greetings your way, to your family, and to all who

Christ-mas

2007-11-29T14:36:00.000+11:00

Wow a whole year almost passed since the last post! I pray you are all well and flourishing in the Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ. All the best for the Christ-mas season:)

Exclusive Brethren (again!)

2007-01-08T17:05:00.000+11:00

This odd sect has been in our newspapers quite a lot recently, both nationally (secret donations to political parties, cover-ups of immorality) and locally (they tend to congregate in clusters and we've got a couple of big clusters of them nearby - buying up all the houses in certain small areas, building unmarked "church gospel chapels" for their meetings). To the consternation of other

ROLL CALL

2006-12-04T17:42:00.000+11:00

Recently I had the experience of working at a polling booth on election day. A very busy area and on my table alone I had over 600 people come up to me. Several of the people who came up to have their name marked on the electoral roll were quite upset when their name could not be found. I was able to direct them to the appropriate people to attend to them.It was a long day and challenging and I

Exclusive Brethren in the News

2006-09-23T10:21:00.000+10:00

There's heaps on them in today's Age exposé.This on their financial accountability:THE leaders of secretive Christian sect the Exclusive Brethren enrich themselves to the tune of millions of dollars a year, tax free, by drawing systematic donations from their flock.Former Australian Brethren leader Ron Fawkes told The Age that a previous world leader, American James Symington, boasted of buying

Exclusive Brethren & Politics

2006-09-20T17:38:00.000+10:00

They're getting involved in politics down here, and quite a powerful lobby group it seems on account of their wealth and zealous views.From today's news (The Age), there are some typical cultish responses by the Brethren:Sydney businessman Warwick John, styled as a "church spokesman", said he knew nothing about the meetings when contacted yesterday by The Age.He also declined to identify any of

Changing jobs at my (great) age

2006-09-19T15:48:00.000+10:00

Well I think I have finished my 6th week of training in the Hostel for old people. Its a very good place and from the 'chat' in the class at night school I gather that I picked one of the best. Class mate L says of the place that she is at, 'I'll never work there, wouldn't want to!' I am doing 2 days a week in the hostel and 3 driving a cab, suits fine but we are stuggling financially for a patch

Steve Irwin again.

2006-09-18T21:49:00.000+10:00

It's Monday night and an old Bible College friend from 30 years ago rang me up. During our conversation we talked about Steve Irwin and the e-mail that was forwarded on to me. Bruce then told me that their church in Queensland has looked into this report (that Steve Irwin gave his life to Christ) and says that it is apparantly a hoax. Terry does attend different churches at times, so I guess

Pope - Infallible But Still Sorry

2006-09-18T20:14:00.000+10:00

For Protestants like myself, the notion of an infallible Pope is rather weird. On account of being deeply aware of human inadequacies, even in the strongest of faith (like Abraham and Jacob, for starters...) Still, they really believe it. Just today my RC mate informed me (with a smug grin) that as far as the Pope goes, "whatsoever he binds on earth is bound in heaven, and whatever he looses

Irwin

2006-09-18T20:05:00.000+10:00

Michele, here's a pic to go with your post on Steve Irwin. Gary can't post here, something mucked up. I've restarted him but he needs some encouragement to get his enthusiasm back. He's at church tonight (and we're on hol's from BSF - ha!) BTW do you still want to work on the election, as a polling official on Nov 25th? Gary is planning to, me also (have done for many years now and enjoy it)

Steve Irwin

2006-09-17T18:58:00.000+10:00

This past couple of weeks has seen two famous Australians die. One was Steve Irwin, a unique man, full of vitality and enthusiasm for wildlife and nature. The other was Peter Brock, a racing car driver.This really stunned me - especially the death of Steve Irwin and I said to my mother that sometimes I don't understand God. Why should Steve die at such a young age, with a loving family, when

Who controls your money? You, or some person you don't know?

2006-08-10T09:41:00.000+10:00

Click here to learn who really controls YOUR money

satire.......maybe

2006-08-06T00:37:00.000+10:00

Bush grants self more power to grant power to selfThe Onionby staff"In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant thepresident the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.... The Presidential Empowerment Act, which the president hand-draftedon his own Oval Office stationery and promptly signed into law,provides Bush with full authority to permit himself to

Bush Regime running scared

2006-08-06T00:35:00.000+10:00

Running scaredMoscow Timesby Chris Floyd"Like a gang of twitchy hit men afraid they've botched the job, theBush regime is creeping back to the scene of the crime: theCongressional backrooms where they thought they'd put the kibosh onthe American Republic once and for all. But it seems there is still aflicker of life in the victim, and thus a threat that the gangstersmight have to pay the piper

Antarctica under siege

2006-08-06T00:33:00.000+10:00

Antarctica under siegeChristian Science Monitor"At the bottom of the world, more than two miles beneath thewind-blasted surface of Antarctica, sits a wonder of the lastuntouched continent. Locked deep in the Antarctic ice is Lake Vostok,the seventh-largest body of fresh water in the world, yet one that hasnever been glimpsed by human eyes. To scientists, it is nothing lessthan an alien world,

Armageddon - Coming Soon to a Screen Near You??

2006-07-17T12:14:00.000+10:00

I'm wondering how folks here are viewing the latest Israeli/Arab conflict? Some Christians I've raised it with over the past few days have the attitude "so what, just another uprising in a long list of similar events" and "what else should we expect?"Well, yes. Except, in my understanding, one day something like this will happen and it won't be just another kerfuffle between the descendants of

Quite right

2006-07-02T07:44:00.000+10:00

Well, I did send off two things with nothing in them. That would be right, I'm a boring old bloke with nothing to say, doing nothing interesting, but trying to get by, to earn a dollar and pay the bills. And perpetually tired too! Gary

friday night 2

2006-06-30T20:40:00.001+10:00

friday night

2006-06-30T20:40:00.000+10:00

The right attitude

2006-06-28T20:28:00.000+10:00

Australia has become a nation of complaining people, the last great incident being the penalty a the end of the World Cup match with Italy. One: sport always has some dubious decisions by umpires, live with it. Two: all through the game the referee was penalising sliding tackles, he wanted the players on their feet and by the end of the game the Australians should have had that clear.

the world game

2006-06-10T20:00:00.000+10:00

'We support the Socceroos They're from the land of the kangaroosWell the World Cup has started and already there has been some great play, some marvellous goals, lots of color in the crowd. I started as a junior with Warragul United Soccer Club and was a founding member of the soccer league in Warrnambool. Sport sometimes shows that people have marvellous abilities.Yet why do some get so

Behind Closed Doors (and Quakers)

2006-05-28T13:25:00.000+10:00

Hi Keith Thankyou very much for your post about Quakers. I have saved your post to look at some of the sites very soon. Recently my attention was directed to a new book out called "Behind Closed Doors" by Ngaire Thomas. She was born and raised in New Zealand, in a church called "Exclusive Brethren" and left it later in life. She is now a Quaker in Australia somewhere. I would think the book is

Quakers

2006-05-27T01:22:00.000+10:00

Carol,The simple (and honest answer) to your query is no. To illustrate may I tell you that the only possible answer to the question I am often asked, 'What do Quakers believe?' is: Which Quaker?The diversity of Quaker belief is almost impossible to grasp.Quakers started off as christians - with some rather odd ideas, as most breakaway groups tend to have.Now, 350 years later there are

Accountability

2006-05-26T20:06:00.000+10:00

In Aust we are getting ready for the Sensis which is done every few years. Many people get upset about filling out the forms as they don't want 'Big brother' to know what they do with their money etc etc. I personally do not have a problem filling out the forms. I've actually applied to be one of the people to drop off the forms, but doubt if I'll get it. There are 28 applicants for 9

Quakers

2006-05-26T14:17:00.000+10:00

Hi KeithIs there a site you can recommend which gives a factual view of the Quakers, their beliefs etc? Like most churches, there are a huge number of sites, but not many which tell the unvarnished truth about it! Just out of curiousity! Hope you are well? Yes, having group decisions resolved in a church is often left to a few people only, when it is good if more can be involved.

Buildings/numbers

2006-05-24T21:26:00.000+10:00

Folks, Hi!Thanks to those of you who have responded to my dilemmas. I enjoyed Gary's quirky solution - but sadly the alternative to keeping the meeting house was not sitting under an english oak in January, but the much more prosaic hiring a room!BTW Gary,You may be interested to know that I once met someone who constructed a huge and elaborate doctrine out of the number of fish in John 22:11 !We

Buildings / June 6th

2006-05-24T06:05:00.000+10:00

Good afternoon everyone.As for the building thing, I think it would be well worth the money spent to get it to work right since the Meeting Hall is used by so many people. Twelve grand is alot of money, but as long as it doesn't put the group in any debt, and they can pay all cash, I'd say go for the wall!June 6th is definately an interesting date this year more than any others. The illuminati

Is anything new?

2006-05-21T07:22:00.000+10:00

The solutions are obvious:first the Americans put up a concrete fence to keep the mexicans out like the Israelis do with the arabs, these people south of the river are obviously sub-humans to be hated but to work in American factories and farms for very low wages;the Quakers hold meting in the middle of January (winter) under an oak tree in the park;and Geoff Williams has a few nice time sitting

060606

2006-05-17T16:59:00.000+10:00

Thanks for reminding us of this Geoff!I did a quick Google search of the date but couldn't find anything really interesting, apart from some way out Vegas weddings (of course)!http://www.vivalasvegasweddings.com/goth060606weddings.htmI find this obsession with numbered dates a bit odd. All dates are just arbitrary things. There was a big hoo-hah about January 1, 2000. Someone advised me to lay

6th June 2006

2006-05-14T21:23:00.000+10:00

OK I'm a slow thinker... probably everybody else here has realised about this date coming up since the calendar ticked over to 2006. But of course 06/06/06 (and for once it doesn't matter whether you're in Oz or the US of A, it's the same whether 06 precedes 06 or goes after) is the devil's number (dropping the 0's). And seems some are predicting strange and even cataclysmic happenings on that

Buildings

2006-05-11T18:03:00.000+10:00

Greetings.We have quite a strange situation developed at the Quaker Meeting I attend. It is a modern building with quite a lot of rooms. Now if you can picture this: the actual worship room is separated from the foyer by a sliding wall. Quite a number of years ago, the inspection people declared the sliding wall unsafe. So for very many years now, we've not been able to pull it back and use

Southern U.S. border is a "warzone"

2006-05-07T00:55:00.000+10:00

Andy Ramirez: Having observed both borders and spoken with law enforcement officials, the Southern border is a war zone, while the Northern border has been completely neglected by both DHS and the administration. In terms of the numbers, it's an invasion. In terms of politics, the current administration and the politicians in both major parties continue to talk about taking back control of our

I'm popular

2006-04-28T06:49:00.000+10:00

I once wrote that no people in the church wanted to talk to me, of course that's not true. The church fair is coming up and there is work to be done, lifting, getting out, setting up, then cleaning up, taking out the rubbish, moving things back, ah people want my ability. I could be, and actually will be a busy guy.Otherwise I have no real news. My night school course is going well and now

'Women' of God

2006-04-25T16:25:00.000+10:00

Forgive me for posting a 'forward' that perhaps you have already read, but this struck me as SO good that I just had to share it.It is entitled, 'A Woman of God', but with the appropriate gender shifts it is wise and timely advice for all:" My thoughts on how to be a gracious woman of God , if you can live by this then your heart will be right with the Holy Spirit. That all of your life in

Bible Exhibition

2006-04-22T03:26:00.000+10:00

Greetings.The Bible exhibition in Lichfield was very interesting. It had some fascinating early editions of the Bible like the ones off Caxton's press, the Wycliffe, and Bishops Bible, a Great Bible, and the Geneva Bible.The story surrounding the Geneva Bible is quite interesting, if my memory serves, the early leaders of Protestantism disliked it because of its notes. They thought that the

RFID tracking

2006-04-21T09:46:00.000+10:00

In a recent address to a smart card conference, DHS Director Jim Williams predicted that the little tracking chips would be embedded in many government-issued travel documents by 2008. Williams further said that the chips could be scanned by dedicated reading devices at distances of up to 30 feet.learn more here

women ministers and Bible exhibition

2006-04-20T17:04:00.000+10:00

Hi folks!I have been having some health difficulties recently, my hearing has been deteriorating over a number of years, but last weekend it went altogether. For two full days I could hear nothing, except of course the constant tinnitus.It's funny, really, you think of deafness is being an absence of sound, but it's not, unfortunately, it is constant sound, but being unable to hear the things

I think that you are wrong

2006-04-19T18:03:00.000+10:00

I have read what Shawn and Michele have written. It is so easy to feel that we are not good Christians and that God is not blessing us, its so easy for speakers to work up guilt feelings in us. It is so easy for us to do too much to be tired and then depressed. The world tells us all sorts of wrong things, its so easy to start thinking in their terms, that we have to look after ourselves

America the Beautiful, Or so you used to be......

2006-04-19T12:10:00.000+10:00

America the Beautiful, Or so you used to be. Land of the Pilgrim's pride; I'm glad they'll never see. Babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand, Oh, sweet land of liberty; Your house is on the sand. Our children wander aimlessly Poisoned by cocaine, Choosing to indulge their lusts, When God has said abstain. From sea to shining sea, Our Nation turns away From the teaching of God's love... And

Hispanic Leaders Brag about their anti-White Racism

2006-04-15T22:39:00.000+10:00

RenseHISPANIC LEADERS BRAG ABOUT ANTI-WHITE HATE, RACISMFri Apr 14, 2006 8:19amHispanic Leaders Brag About Anti-White Hate, Racism4-13-6 "Go back to Boston! Go back to Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired. Go on. We have beaten you. Leave like beaten rats. You old white people. It is your duty to die. Through love of having children, we are going to take over

Are YOU an "enemy combatant"?

2006-04-13T09:51:00.000+10:00

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=90669&blogID=108865645&Mytoken=9AF7A07C-B58F-F12A-9B901012EFC8A11543283399".....the whole of the United States is a battlefield, and the president can lock up anyone, anytime by designating them an enemy combatant."

hello (echo, echo)

2006-04-10T11:54:00.000+10:00

Just dropping by to see how everyone's doing......

Answers for Gary

2006-04-02T09:47:00.000+10:00

Now Shawn, reader of the bible and taking it to be litterally true, please explain that Jesus on a few occasions called himself 'the good shepherd' and even 'the gate' and 'the way', I thought from reading the scriptures that before his minister he was a carpenter!Please tell me what role a woman should have in a church, anything more than making the coffee? Is playing the piano or organ ok, is

The Next American Revolution won't be American

2006-04-02T09:45:00.000+10:00

The Revolution Will Not Be American(And That's a Good Thing)by ScarmigExclusive to STR The liberty movement is all about revolution, whether it be a cultural revolution where individual respect and honor are reclaimed (or established, depending on your perspective), a financial revolution whereby fiat is thoroughly discredited (again) and people value their productivity against hard standards

Thorns = troubles and trials.

2006-03-25T19:49:00.000+11:00

Recently our church had our Annual Camp. Each year we have a visiting speaker come and share with us. Some are great, some not so great. This year the speaker could only come on the Saturday, so we had other church members take part for the rest of the time.I wasn't too taken with the speaker this year, but one thing got me thinking. He spoke on the Parable of The Sower (Mat 13) and his theme

Obesessions, Shawn, Geoff etc

2006-03-25T07:16:00.000+11:00

Ah now Geoff, you know that the Anglican Church is one true Church, albeit with just a few minor faults, mainly in Sydney over equality and ordination of women where Melbourne is just about completely right. The new women minister at our church is good. Alas, there are a few egos involved in the Sydney church and everywhere, (more than a few, more like truck loads of ego), and the Gary maxim '

Ohio company offers 'chip to access high security area

2006-03-19T02:48:00.000+11:00

In one of many things I've come across recently, I've seen an Ohio company that has workers get a microchip in order to access the high security area. At the moment, one can merely use a card with an RFID chip in it. There's a growing movement to put a 'chip into every person on the planet; along with animals too. It all sounds eerily familiar of "a scratch or etching as a badge of servitude:

Sydney Anglicans

2006-03-14T16:41:00.000+11:00

More huffing and puffing from Muriel Porter in yesterday's Age "Queen tests Sydney's Anglican boys' club".But close observers of the increasingly narrow ideology of Sydney Anglicanism will note some interesting ironies in the dynamics of the royal occasion. For despite all the pomp and ceremony, there can be no escaping that this sovereign, who is also "Supreme Governor of the Church of England",

the sling exercise

2006-03-12T05:27:00.000+11:00

For the nite school course in aged care I have to wear a sling for 24 hours on my writing arn and not use it at all, a task usually done on student nurses and health care people to increase awareness of the difficulties of a disability. And, naturally i picked the easiest day, and did some preparation. Before I took the lid off the coffee jar by putting the jar between my knees and unscrewing

Worship

2006-03-01T19:35:00.000+11:00

Recently my husband and I had some time over in Adelaide with family. On Sunday we visited a Baptist Church. There was no particular message that morning, but rather a Video presentation by Rick Warren on the "Forty Days Of Purpose". It was interesting and presented well. There are many people that do not approve of some of the things that he says in his booklet, but over all it is well written

It was blood and aweful

2006-02-26T21:12:00.000+11:00

A couple of times Paul Barker has spoken on the sacrificial system and to illustrrate it he took a toy lamb and cut its throat with a knife and the added plenty of stage blood to show what a terrible sight and slaughter the sacrifices in the Temple were. The sounds and smells would have been something too. A quantity of blood has a quite unpleasant smell, even nauseating.It was terrible today

How to read the Bible

2006-02-20T19:03:00.000+11:00

Hi Folks,In a somewhat similar vein to Shawn's 'How to find salvation' may I pass on a web site I find very interesting. The subject here is 'How to read the Bible'.Like all such websites it needs to be approached with care - Scripture is the touchstone, not what some bloke in the States says it is! But with that proviso in mind I find this particular 'US Bloke' quite helpful!http://

The way of God is easy to understand

2006-02-20T12:36:00.000+11:00

I agree that the way to salvation is easy. Something innocent had to be killed so that the guilty party can, by faith, apply that blood to cover their (confessed) sins. We used to have to kill animals, now we can just apply the Blood of Jesus. I'm glad we don't have to kill animals anymore to cover our sins !!

God is awesome

2006-02-20T12:30:00.000+11:00

Hi Hank here l would just like to say a 'big thankyou' to all those fellow believers who upheld us in prayer to bring about 4 amendment to the orginal Bill. The original form of the bill restricted severly the FREEDOM OF SPEECH. But christians prayer all over the would and the Lord brought defeat to the present Labout Govenment by one vote. Tony Blair left the chamber without casting his vote!#

just do it

2006-02-10T17:53:00.000+11:00

Ok so the debate about old bibles hasn't faded away yet. I will stay with a modern bible with good scholarship based on the best Greek and Hebrew texts. What did I read, something about a short range of words being good, how about a full range of the truth.Anyway we just need to live the Christian life. That could be hard enough, no that is hard enough.Now the truth is easy, to believe in

Devotional and AV

2006-02-06T06:35:00.000+11:00

Greetings,Gary has raised a question about devotional reading – and also, more incidentally - about the KJV, the Authorised Version of the Bible.My favourite devotional reading is Daily Light. This is just a collection of texts divided into morning and evening, no commentary, just plain Scripture.It was compiled by Jonathan Bagster, I did once know how long it took him to compile it – I forget

Racial and Religious hatred Bill

2006-02-05T10:57:00.000+11:00

daily reading

2006-02-04T06:11:00.000+11:00

For over a year Shirley and I have been reading each day, Every Day with Jesus by Selwyn Hughes, and I get quite an amount from it in terms of readiang bible passages related to the theme he is expounding on and his thoughts. Selwyn is now an old man, plenty of experiences, and runs for a while with a theme he wants us readers to consider. There is a gentleness that I like and clearly an

Shawn

2006-01-30T18:51:00.000+11:00

Shawn,Hi! Thanks for your welcome back. It's good to be back bro.I agree with your assesment of the reasons for invading IraqI will not call it a war - it was an invasion of a sovereign nation - I had this discussion with our local Member of Parliament and he said that the people of Iraq were better off without Saddam. So? Does that then open the door for the forcible change of every government

welcome back Keith

2006-01-30T10:23:00.000+11:00

I was wondering where ya were ! Welcome back !

Some truth for those who seek it.

2006-01-30T10:11:00.000+11:00

Gary wrote, "Is unity a terrible thing, as in speaking the same language, one currency, and democracy in government. Did not George W claim that bringing democracy was one of the main reasons for invading Iraq, and did not the White House thing that Palestinian elections were a great thing until Hamas won a majority. Shawn is it a fearful or selfish approach that you are taking? If you are free

Weather Modification

2006-01-29T20:44:00.000+11:00

Weather Modification.My problem with this is that we meddle at our peril.It is the same problem I have with GM crops. I am assured that they are safe; I am assured that all the tests have been done and it has been proved conclusively that it is all safe and beneficial.So why do I still feel deeply concerned?I believe that the earth is part of a huge, interrelated eco-system. If that is so then we

The new world, is Shawn right?

2006-01-29T07:42:00.000+11:00

Is unity a terrible thing, as in speaking the same language, one currency, and democracy in government. Did not George W claim that bringing democracy was one of the main reasons for invading Iraq, and did not the White House thing that Palestinian elections were a great thing until Hamas won a majority. Shawn is it a fearful or selfish approach that you are taking? If you are free to worship

Greetings

2006-01-28T19:30:00.000+11:00

Hello,To those who remember me, forgive me for being away for so long - quite a lot has happened over the last few months, including being made redundant (US trans: the Company I worked for were forced to close and I was put out of work). At 62 I have decided that I have no desire to go looking for another job, as such, I have accepted my (reduced) company pension, after all our needs are small,

139 Quotes of the NWO

2006-01-28T14:01:00.000+11:00

139 NWO QUOTEShttp://angelofthewest.tripod.com/1. "If we do not follow the dictates of our inner moral compass and stand up for human life, then his lawlessness will threaten the peace and democracy of the emerging new world order we now see, this long dreamed-of vision we've all worked toward for so long."- President George Bush (January 1991)2. "The world can therefore seize the opportunity [

Australila Day Awards

2006-01-28T06:01:00.000+11:00

Juest about each year Shirley and I discuss that the Awards go to mostly to people who do their job successfully usually to the extent of a discovery or making lots of money, (or in recent years because the Prime Minister loves cricket, being a member of the Australian cricket team). Not many, only a few, get an award for outstanding comunity or charity work; yet there are plenty of people more

Today's Newspaper - "Court to decide if Jesus existed"

2006-01-25T13:58:00.000+11:00

From today's Age:An Italian court will this week ponder the existence of Christ after an atheist accused a priest of misleading the public by presenting Jesus as an historical character.The atheist, 72-year-old Luigi Cascioli, first filed a complaint against 75-year-old Father Enrico Righi, a parish priest in Bagnoregno, central Italy, in September 2002.Righi had asserted the historical existence

Sacrifice

2006-01-24T19:09:00.000+11:00

On Friday my husband and I attended a Hindu wedding. The ceremony went for nearly two hours and was followed by a vegetarian meal. There seemed to be a fair bit of ritual with giving to and fro of offerings and gifts.There were saris of such beauty and various colours, incense, gold, garlands, flowers, more incense, noise along with the tat tat of drums and the ear piercing 'screech' of long

Controlling the weather, a good thing

2006-01-21T05:15:00.000+11:00

To most this really means creating rain when it dry and seeing mankind has put the world into a worse state by his own actions over the centuries we may as well do whats necessary to put it right.The people of the bible dug wells, they herded the approriate animals for the area and grew the appropriate crops. Yes we here should farm and eat kangaroos, and not cattle or sheep in some areas.

Controlling the Weather (aka "playing God")

2006-01-20T14:54:00.000+11:00

EXPERIMENTAL WEATHER MODIFICATION BILL ON FAST TRACK By Rosalind Peterson January 16, 2006NewsWithViews.comU.S. Senate Bill 517 and U.S. House Bill 2995, a bill that would allow experimental weather modification by artificial methods and implement a national weather modification policy, does not include agriculture or public oversight, is on the “fast track” to be passed early in 2006. This

Children need our prayers of protection !

2006-01-20T14:50:00.000+11:00

URGENT: MAKE 30 COPIES AND MAIL TO MEDIA, POLITICIANS, CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS. POST ON BULLETIN BOARDS, PASS OUT TO CITIZENS IN THE STREETS! TIME IS RUNNING OUT! ACT NOW! Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL Lines: 515 UFO NAZI OCTOBER SURPRISE (...more information from the Arcadia, California conference which featured Michael Younger, a member of the secret Navy Intelligence unit

Why people don't sit next to Gary...

2006-01-20T14:47:00.000+11:00

In my opinion Gary, maybe people shun you at church because they don't truly have the Spirit of YHVH inside them. Alot of people go to church as a purely social function.I'd sit next to you in church Gary. :-)

Ex Cathedra

2006-01-20T10:13:00.000+11:00

Gary, you haven't let us down with your wonderfully ex-cathedra pronouncement on the deeper spiritual aspects of pulling weeds at church.And your alliteration in your enthusiastic sentence "up the mighty magnificent Brisbane Lions pertfect punters of the puffed up pigskin propelling it through the goals" is much improved (and far more accurate) if "goals" is replaced by "points"!

Authority and pulling weeds.

2006-01-19T20:33:00.001+11:00

Now pulling weeds from the garden at church may be an act of kindness to the church but as Geoff asks 'is it a job in a church' as required by BSF in that a Leader must have a job in his church.My answer is that this definitely is 'a job in a church', because the person does something equal to that which I did as 'job in a church' for years. I handed out the books, took the books up, swept the

Yes you do...

2006-01-18T14:36:00.000+11:00

..and it was the very back one (in a section on its own, with all the recording paraphernalia) the time we attended.But seriously, I need to know about weeding the (church) garden, and whether this constitutes a "job in one's church" for satisfying BSF leadership criteria??Gary, I turn to you as the oracle here (being the longest-serving BSF person I know - and like with the Jewish custom, the

I don't have a seat

2006-01-17T22:18:00.000+11:00

Really, there should be no discrimination in church, no special seats, special places, and people should not do what so many do, sit at the back and sit and the ends of the seats. I don't mind sitting in the middle of a seat, Shirley and I can see and hear just as well, sing and pray even, and of course, put our money in the plate.Geoffery what are you raving about, hurry up the football season

in Gary's seat

2006-01-17T15:36:00.000+11:00

Gary, I think we sat in your seat Sunday night. It was good. Talk was on 1John3, about loving one another:By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.Serious stuff, not loving our brothers and sisters. And:Little children, let us not love in word or

Where I sit in church

2006-01-12T20:29:00.000+11:00

Anywhere. Its an issue, yes I think that people are shy, but also creatures of habit and in some cases not good on the hearing especially in groups -- myself included having trouble with background noise and I'm keen to escape from the crowd at morning tea at church. Meanwhile I'm trying to overcome my shyness and talk to people. Shirley makes an effort to talk to new people, I usually

Where to sit

2006-01-12T19:59:00.000+11:00

As I grew up my parents would get us to always sit in the second front row of church. I would sit between them and when the sermon would begin I would loop my arm under theirs.As I grew older I started to sit in the back row. Mainly because that was where the 'female ringleader' had the hot peppermints that we would toss over to the boys in the back row on the other side of the church! We

Why won't they talk to me

2006-01-05T21:45:00.000+11:00

Well we have read the scripture (and believed it Shawn) about Christian love and fellowship (1 John 1 and 2) even had it explained by Paul Barker that it is a terrible thing of darkness to hate another Christian, so at supper a lot of people don't mix or talk to me. Yes, proof that I'm a bad person.True I am a bad person, but I have long ago overcome my teenage shyness, I doubt that most of the

Bob McGuire and Hillsong

2006-01-02T05:50:00.000+11:00

Two weeks ago Bob McGuire (and John Saffron) were interviewed on ABC radio about 11.30 am. For those who don't know, Father Bob McGuire in one of the great social workers of the Roman Catholic Church and I have met him, taking him around in the taxi a few times over the years.The interviewer just asked,"Bob, what do you think of Hillsong?" and Bob quickly replied, "I'd rather be doing

All for what?

2006-01-01T18:54:00.000+11:00

This last week the richest man in Australia died. His name was Kerry Packer.Several years ago he had a massive heart attack and was clinically dead for 8 minutes. After had had regained his health he was being interviewed on TV when he was asked what it was like for him during that near death experience.The answer he gave was that there was good news and bad news. The good news was that there

truth vs. views

2005-12-30T00:37:00.000+11:00

Geoff, u wrote, "Well, that's your view and I can respect it." That's not my view, it's called the truth. I'm glad you respect my view since it is the truth of the matter. Of course people should respect the truth, but so many now days reject truth. Even if everyone in the whole entire world including the Pope doesn't want to accept Truth on anything it doesn't make it untrue. Truth is truth

Christmas Downunder

2005-12-26T15:26:00.000+11:00

Shawn, you wrote "what kind of witness is it to celebrate the sun-god holidays and say that it's God's Son holidays? That's called lying. And even people that don't worship God know that lying is wrong. So they just keep thinking, "what hypocrites" probably. I'm not opposed to xmas... I'm just opposed to calling it anything but a PAGAN holiday...since that's what it is."Well, that's your view and

A good witness

2005-12-24T05:30:00.000+11:00

On any Sunday, this Sunday, Christmas Day included, the Christians will go to church to praise and worship God, while othere will go to their 'temples' of shopping malls and sporting grounds. The fact that Christmas Day orriginally was a celebration of improvements in the weather after the winter solstice doesn't bother me at all, in fact Shawn, why not Dec. 25. Mankind had a chance to improve

What kind of witness is it...

2005-12-22T00:43:00.000+11:00

...to celebrate the Sun-god holidays and say that it's God's Son holidays? That's called lying. And even people that don't worship God know that lying is wrong. So they just keep thinking, "what hypocrites" probably. I'm not opposed to xmas...I'm just opposed to calling it anything but a PAGAN holiday...since that's what it is. :)

Gary, you should come target shooting with me....

2005-12-22T00:40:00.000+11:00

...if you ever get to come to Missouri. :-)

Christmas (1)

2005-12-20T20:46:00.000+11:00

Ok Shawn, there is a lot wrong with Christmas as its celebrated in the community. BUT there are groups of Christians thanking God for sending His Son to us: they are thanking God with true hearts praising Him in prayer, Advent and Christmas songs, (called carols to add another word to the Christian language). The believers sing in parks, in churches, in streets, in car parks and hospitals, good

Dont give up ...look up!

2005-12-19T22:27:00.000+11:00

Hallo everyone sorry not to have made a contribution for a while. The topic was about Evangelism and l believe Michael raised that point. Do hope that you had results. Some are visible other unseen by the human eye. If we can not see the results from our service does that mean the God is not Working. See 1 Cor 3 v 6 and press on!We are doing the best that we can at the Baptist church where we

Why I'm wishing all a Merry Christmas...

2005-12-19T04:25:00.000+11:00

Merry Christmas every body !!!!! Now, some of you may find yourself asking, "Why is a dude that doesn't believe Christians should celebrate Christmas saying Merry Christmas?" The reason, my friends, is simple. It's called the First Amendment to the Constitution. I see all this xmas harassment as being religious persecution...regardless if it's right or wrong to celebrate xmas. Long live the

rifle across the knee up all night...

2005-12-19T04:20:00.000+11:00

Gary said...Yeah, and what would you do otherwise, sit up in a chair all night, rifle across your knees waiting and waiting. Gun are not needed, I have never owned or fired one.No, I'd move to a better place or live in my vehicle in the forest if necessary to escape such criminal madness. Or, if I heard someone breaking into my home, sure, I'd shoot 'im! But, in reality, the criminal would run,

O Come All Ye Stressful .........

2005-12-14T20:25:00.000+11:00

I can't think of the rest, my aged mind has sunk back into the swamp. It ususally applies to me but I'm not letting the Christmas commericalism stuff get me down.We are doing the Christmas things slowly, bit by bit, and what doesn't get done doesn't get done. Don't let Christmas be a time of stress, or pain, or financial sufferening: it was meant to be a time of joy and praise to God for coming

It's "That Time Of Year" again.

2005-12-14T18:19:00.000+11:00

Rushing around, lack of money, lack of energy, lack of patience. Is this how Christmas is meant to be? Of course not. But it seems that we can't celebrate the Birth of the Lord without all these added stresses.But there are good times too. Singing carols to 'shut-ins' who never have the chance of going out. Seeing your child's face light up when opening their present. Catching up with old

In the News Again!

2005-12-14T18:13:00.000+11:00

Well, once again Australia is in the world media for all the wrong reasons.Shocking racial riots in Sydney have made the news world wide.Now, if we had free use of guns, it would have been way worse I'm sure.Overseas members - we are a multicultural country and we welcome the diversity it brings. These riots show what can happen with 'mob psychology'. I'm sure that there will be many people

locking doors and windows

2005-12-12T14:43:00.000+11:00

I keep my property safe by locking doors and windows. <--Well Gary, that's alright I suppose....as long as the door is steel and the windows are barred. ;-)

Pre-Christmas again

2005-12-11T04:45:00.000+11:00

The government of this State has encouraged schools to have teachings and displays about the birth of Jesus, marvellous for once and for once a turn in the right direction. The general trend seems to forget the Christ and to go the commercial spendiing and indulging aspects. My church (us people) delivers to each home a free calendar and invite to our Christmas services, trying to get some