Praying with a keyboard

Well this is my first post for the year and perhaps the last post with this design. I have a new look on the way that should be released in the next couple of days.. Exciting!! From time to time I come across something that catches my eye, something worth sharing.

Happy Christmas!!

I work for the Bible Society in New Zealand and we have a large white office that is well positioned across from a shopping area. So recently the decision was taken to put up a banner on our office to share the reason for Christmas. It reads: Christ the saviour is born – for you (see below)

What makes a good sermon?

Preaching is the big fat elephant in the room. Most preaching is appalling, disconnected and boring and yet no one talks about it. We all pretend that everything is ok.. we wouldn’t want to offend the preacher. They are doing there best and all that… But I think we need to talk about it. What actually makes a good sermon? What is it we want to hear? I have been asking people what they look for and they state the following 4 points:

Christmas – HUH?

Recent research out of Britain shows an alarming number of people don’t know the Christmas story. Is this a problem? Why should we expect society to know the Christmas story?

‘Christmas: celebrating the savings or the savior?‘

The sermon preached in the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life. Not the usual Christmas sermon!!

Plastic Jesus

I welcome to my blog the hugely talented Stephen Opie.. master marketer and leader of the Oxygen congregation based in Wellington.

 

Stephen writes:

Can you see him? Can you feel him? Is he with you?

Three questions greeting you as you check out Fisherman Inc’s website. They’re interesting questions in themselves, but even more intriguing when you see what Fishermen Inc sell.

Media interest; interesting media

The Anglican Group in Second Life continues to get a lot of media coverage. And as I discovered today, not all of it is well informed.

6 Steps To An Amazing Christian Walk

I preached this message in the Virtual Anglican Cathedral of Second Life on the 2nd of December 07.

What are the key parts of an amazing Christian walk?

What makes a great Priest/Pastor/Minister?

On the 15th of November I posted a question about what makes a great Priest/Pastor/Minister and what makes a great church. Through this blog and Facebook I received 54 amazing suggestions. In this post I summarise the feedback on the first part: what makes a great Priest/Pastor/Minister. It is very interesting to see that few mentioned anything about leading worship and nearly all of the comments were about

My Ordination to the Deaconate

After 16 years of waiting and wondering, I was ordained a Deacon on the 24th of November. Praise God!!

To view a short vid on the ordination service click the play button below.