Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve always said the best thing about my job is working with Relay workers, getting to walk alongside people as they struggle with encountering Christian ministry for the first time, dealing with the joys and the sorrows of it all. It’s been great to walk through the last three years with Lou, Jonny, Sam, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Everytime I hear about someone who has walked away from this thing we call living with Jesus, walking in his ways and trusting that there is more than this, I find myself sent into a spin of analysis. I wonder what drove them too it, how God could let them go, how these things [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2007 | No Comments »
1. Sitting in my friends room, being introduced, once again, to something that will broaden my perspective on this life. Sitting watching this. Sitting watching This American Life. To say it’s a show merely about people’s lives would be to cramp it’s style. It’s a programe that tells stories. Real life stories. It opens [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The best part of Relay 3 is the presentations on peoples years, (actually the best part is the Bonfire, but that doesn’t work for this post…the presentations are a pretty close second and that’s good enough for me). These always feel a little like a AA meeting with lots of honesty, tears and [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2007 | No Comments »
So, I’ve been reading this recently, a book which I thought I should read, seeing as how grappling with cynicism seems to be a hobby of mine. It’s a book that also brings a little light to dawn on explaining the title of this blog. I’m a cynical idealist, I think most cynics [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ignore the random Home and Away actress, and a 90s Kylie and enjoy the retro days of Mel and Sue. Mm.
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Ever since I’ve finished my 365 I’ve had this voice in the back of my head each day telling me what I would have written on the fair blog, were it still in existence. I find this strangely comforting as if my brain has had a new positive chip implanted within. Even on the dark [...]
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