Matt Smallbone dishes up the dirt on Alabaster Box

Hey, I'm right up front when it comes to supporting Alabaster Box, they are HUGE!!

And for those who're interested, here's a great article on the net where Matt Smallbone (did I tell you Matt's my Bro-in law?) dishes up the dirt on what is that make AB GREAT!!!

Tomorrow we have Bill Lutton sharing

Hey tomorrow at our international congregation we have the Rev Bill Lutton coming to share with us!!

Make sure you come along as Bill shares with us from the Word of God.

For everyone who's coming to our Springfield congregation... I'll be teaching from Proverbs 1-9. Great stuff, wisdom that will change your life!!

What is it about Leadership...?

What is it about the Aussie bloke (and ladies) that has so infected us that we are so inclined to reject the leadership that God places over us?

I have been pondering and thinking over this alot myself lately and I reckon it's got alot to do with the foundational culture of Australia, you know, we're a bunch of convicts and free living immigrants who hate anyone telling us what to do. Our grandads and grandmas didn't come to this GREAT land to find political freedom. No, they came to make a fresh start, a fresh go of things. AND that coupled with our love of rum which led to the 'rum rebellion' and the installation of 'flogging pastors' because no one else would take on the job of disciplining us 'mongrels' I reckon has made us Aussies a tough bunch of characters to deal with when it comes to relating to 'God' and all that. Anyway, the heart of the matter is people love to reject God and we'll find any excuse, and that's that!

Apart from all that, here's a great post from Shawn Lovejoy, lead pastor of Mountain Lake Church, USA regarding LEADERSHIP and God's perspective. I really appreciate his thoughts... what do you think?

Update on the Church in the Pub...

I've been following Vince Antonucci's Blog for a while now and I've been really engaged and encouraged by his work at reaching out via a church meeting held on a Tuesday night at the 'White Horse Pub.' Check out
It was interesting to read the article in the local paper about the service and even more interesting to read the comments posted, you can check out the article and the comments here.
I reckon this would really work here in Australia...

Fergus loves Wooly Rhino's

A little boy I know absolutely loves Wooly Rhino's!!! So much infact that I call him 'the Wooly Rhino'... and He is the most dangerous one there is!! Watch out if he is disturbed eating. I'm so glad I'm not an Ice Age Hunter ;-)

Hey in case you didn't know...

I love and adore my beautiful bride... Nerida you are the love of my life!!!

steve's hitting in the middle of the bat...

Steven Has a bit to say about hearing from God. Hey if what the we think the Holy Spirit is saying isn't lining up with the word of God in the bible... ignore it... but if it is, then you'd better listen. Hmmmm, serious ramifications...