November 2009 ~ Working on the Mission

Remember 'Remember the Titans'?

Culture change is tough - but it is worth it!!! I was reminded of this as I watched the movie Remember the Titans. A coach dropped into a chaotic situation must bring culture change for the team to survive... but he doesn't just want it to survive he wants it to succeed, and to dominate. In a way we want our ministries to do likewise so what ideas for culture change can we take from Coach Boon?

Thinking about sacrifice

If Jesus is King, what does that mean for what we want to do with out lives? [Image by Chris Bellerophon Dotson on flickr]

Back to the Mission

Reminded again and again about what we are created for. We are created for worship! But because there are some people who do not worship, we have been given a mission... to go and show people they were created to worship! - photo on Flickr by llamatofu

Appeasement verses Satisfaction

Do we look to appease our emotions, troubles, discomforts with earthy things that may provide some release temporarily, or do we look to God who is the source of complete satisfaction? [Image by donald_palansky_photography on flickr]

Prayer = Dependence

Even in the confidence I have in my own abilities - I am learning that I still need to be dependent on God if the outcome is going to be worthwhile for the Kingdom. Prayer is the key consideration in this! ~photo credit: wiedmaier on flickr

The pain of rejection

Feeling rejected hurts... it hurts bad... so bad I think because it warns us that there is an ultimate rejection that we never ever EVER want to experience. - photo on flickr by mohammadali

Monday, 30 November 2009

Christianity and Martial Arts

Just wondering about initial views and opinions at the moment.

Something I've been reading about lately and pondering where it all fits in Biblically.

More to come...

Thursday, 26 November 2009

I Am Alive

If my blog was anything to go by, you would all be thinking I was still lost somewhere in the Canadian wilderness.

I returned home, and got stuck straight into my exam period for college. That was a tiresome, stressful and painstakingly long period of time. But that's been over for a while now and I've been enjoying some holidays with lots of trips to the beach and such.

With keeping in touch with people much more regularly on Facebook these days I guess I find it 'doubling up' to write daily life stuff here as well. I will try and delve into my thoughts more here - though I've been limiting the amount of thinking I've been doing since I started holidays so we'll see where this blog goes.