“Does God call the equipped or equip the called?” someone asked. Daft question! God does both. The Church is caled to be culturally informed, culturally engaged, in order to be counter cultural; so it must be Gospel informed and Gospel engaged in order to be counter cultural. Because our counter-cultural lives are to be rooted [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Like this…..check your equipment and equippers…
Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday, October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Something special – a prayer for Prison
Posted in Chaplaincy, Christ, Christianity, Christology, Compassion, Conflict, Emergent, Emerging, Freedom, Good Theology, Holiness, Liturgy, Prayer, Prison, Reconciliation, Restoration on Thursday, October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have used this prayer – excellent and real!!
http://holdthisspace.org.au/prison-chaplains-workshop/
This is a holy space and a sacred time. Not because god is here in any special way – God is no different in this place to anywhere else – but because [...]
Some ramblings from me…. thoughts etc.
Posted in Armed Forces, Chaplaincy, Prison, Royal Air Force on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is it that we want from life? Over the years, I have often worked towards attaining something. Very rarely has that something been anything other than material things… money for gifts, items that were for the house, a car that either needed repairing or replacing and things like that.
I am now 47 years of [...]
RAF Result – not good…
Posted in Chaplaincy, Personal, Prison, RAF on Monday, October 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes folks, the letter arrived with a decision I didn’t want. I have not managed to get into the RAF as a Commissioned Officer to be a Chaplain. Having said that, I have been invited to attend again, pending the decision regarding me being diagnosed with the earliest stages of Glaucoma. I have been given [...]
Last week…. a breakdown of OASC
Posted in Chaplaincy, Personal, RAF on Sunday, October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a link to a Wikipedia article regarding what I went through in relation to Officer selection for the RAF. It’s very detailed, in fact very accurate as to how the 4 days were broken down. If you fancy, go for it……
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_and_Aircrew_Selection_Centre
Casing the Promised Land: Benjamin S Jones
Posted in Uncategorized on Sunday, October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please click the picture link…
Casing the Promised Land: Benjamin S Jones @ Gallery Satori, NYC. Sept 16 – Oct 18, 2009
(Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)
Are Churches Building Community?Posted by John OKeefe On October – 9 – 2009
Posted in Church on Sunday, October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://ginkworld.net/?p=1404
I am not sure I would agree with the standard churches claim, “We are building community.” Most churches I know claim this but I wonder if they truly are. I mean I don’t want to sound harsh, but it sounds like a “tag line” for a church marketing program: “Come to Our Church, We Build [...]
The UK’s 30 best places for autumn colour – Times Online
Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The UK’s 30 best places for autumn colour – Times Online
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RAF Chaplaincy….. so far…… again!
Posted in Chaplaincy, Personal, RAF on Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spent four days from the 4th to the 7th Oct at RAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire. This is the location where they have a selection process at the final stages for all hoping to be serving as commissioned officers. The testing was rigorous as you would expect, but I finally came out at the [...]
