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Affections and ministry

Just a repost. Our friends at NDCCCS recently held a leaders’ retreat. The topic appears to have been affections (or the heart), and what that means in terms of serving in ministry. The full manuscript of the talks are available from Andrew Hong’s blog. I am sure you will find this useful.

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Playlist

In response to a question, here is a random selection of music purchases: Light Surrounding You, Evermore Gravity, John Mayer Teardrop, Massive Attack 20 Good Reasons, Thirsty Merc Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol The Kill, 30 Seconds to Mars How Far We’ve Come, Matchbox Twenty

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You know you are Asian when…

More than 20% of your Facebook friends’ surnames start with the letters W to Z.

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Random things to learn

Here are some random things that I have to learn: What is the easiest way to set up a non-profit company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001 Whether an incorporated association can act as a corporate trustee What are the responsibilities of (a director of) a corporate trustee under Australian trust law. The […]

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This one is for the camera freaks

In case you are interested, after 32 years of trading, G&V Imaging is closing down, and are having a clearance sale. It’s at the corner of George and King Streets, Sydney.

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Random list

I certify that the following list is totally random. I dreamt of it last night. Quick dinner in the city. Nice but not fancy. Creative but not elegant. Proceed to opera, ballet or like fine-arts entertainment Slow walk along Farm Cove. …? Profit!

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Travelogue (Part 4)

This is the fourth and final part of the travelogue. The first part covered up to Te Anau, the second part covered up to Wanaka, and the third part covered up to the glaciers. Saturday: Franz Josef—Dolomite Point—Greymouth Today it rained. One of the more surprising things about this trip is how little it rained. […]

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Travelogue (Part 3)

This is the third part of the travelogue. The first part covered up to Te Anau, and the second part covered up to Wanaka. Thursday: Wanaka—Franz Josef This is another driving day. It’s turning out that every second day of our trip is a major driving day, with about three or four hours on the […]

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Travelogue (Part 2)

This is the second part of the travelogue. The first part covered up to Te Anau. Tuesday: Te Anau—Wanaka This is mainly a driving day. Going back the same route from which we reached Te Anau, we drove to Frankton (a suburb just outside Queenstown) for lunch, before proceeding to Wanaka. We decided to drive […]

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Travelogue (Part 1)

This is now my second trip to New Zealand, the first one being to the North Island. It’s still very early days after the trip, so I don’t have everything organised. Hopefully I will have selected photos up over the next few weeks. Saturday: Sydney—Queenstown It must be noted that Queenstown is not a major […]

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