I just finished writing my sermon for tomorrow. I think there is nothing that can sum up what i want to say better than this rendering of the "Hallelujah Chorus" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_psFfD9Ib4[/youtube] I've been touched greatly by the Christmas message of joy and hope this year. In the sermon tomorrow I'm going to be talking about the longing in the human heart for meaning and purpose. We ae all people who want to experience joy and hope for...
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Am I mising something? Have I missed a year out of my life? I thought you needed ten years to make a decade? So why is it that the pundates and commontators are talking about a new decade? In my book there is still one more year to go. I notice that they've now named the last nine years "the naughties" so one wonders what the next nine years will be called? It has been an interesting few years. Ten years ago the Bogle Band where performing at the great Hogmany...
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I've been trying to keep my focus on the real importance of Christmas this year. It's so easy to miss the point. Its not about all the material things we give or even receive. I've been trying to understand what it means to encounter the joy and the peace of Christmas. I've been trying not be too stressed when things go wrong. For example the Christmas Eve service plans went hay wire this yesr. We ended up having no musicians to play. My sermon notes weren't...
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Believe this or not but this is my 400th post. I'm just back from the church where Owen and I have been working on the lastest Christmas movie. We hope to have it finished for the Christmas Eve Watchnight Service. Today's been a busy day. I ventured out in Martha's car this morning. It's a rear wheel drive and the back wheels spin brilliantly in the snow. Anyway I paid a visit to the post office only to find the postman locked out of the Post Office. I believe...
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The BBC mentioned our Woolies project in the news today. I believe it was even covered later on in the television news. The story had been picked up by the Herald on Sunday and I guess it was thought to be a good news story for Christmas. Nativity I was out with a film crew this afternoon trying hard to finish the filming for this years Christmas movie. It was a good feeling to get all the filming completed this afternoon. We had a great team of young people working...
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