Written By: Mark on December 14, 2009 No Comment
Advent Thoughts #1: Water

One of the things which I used to believe was that when the Lord Jesus returns, the present physical universe would cease to exist. That it would be obliterated! And this all prior to the new creation forming out of nothing, ex nihilo as per the Genesis account of creation. I fair while [...]

Written By: Mark on November 11, 2009 2 Comments

Ok, so here’s the 2nd proper Google Wave test I’ve started to work with.

The last one was using Sandbox server, this one is with the preview server.  Hopefully we’ll see a little bit of movement!

If you’ve got Google Wave – please say G’day!

Written By: Mark on November 11, 2009 5 Comments

Check it out. It’s great.  Church Planting with a passion.

I’d like to point their Statement of Beliefs in your direction.  It’s a really interesting and engaging read: Statement of Beliefs

It’s high time that a bunch of Australian based reformed evangelicals nailed their colours to the mast and [...]

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Written By: Mark on November 4, 2009 7 Comments
Calvin was not a “Calvinst”….

… But neither were the Calvinists … Who is a Calvinist anyway…? argues Richard Muller in this fascinating article.

As part of the 2009 Calvinpalooza of events, Richard Muller gave this address at Calvin Theological Seminary in the States.

It is an absolutely superb discussion of the following types [...]

Written By: Mark on November 2, 2009 3 Comments
Pilgrim’s Podcast #21: Counselling Series Wrap-Up, A Multitude of Shoutouts, and Speeches

Well, this episode of the Pilgrim’s Podcast goes back to our roots.  The way things are supposed to be.  Good banter, great rambling, many shoutouts, and a bit of normal conversation.  After all, this is the 21st episode (we prefer “birthday”) of the podcast!

Inside this riveting episode of the Pilgrim’s Podcast you’ll find Steve and [...]

Written By: Mark on October 26, 2009 No Comment
Pilgrim’s Podcast #20: Helen Blake, Vulnerability & Self-Awareness, and How to Change!

Well, here’s the second half of a cracking couplet of interviews with our guest counselor, Helen Blake.

In this interview we continue our discussion of bullying to focus in on what reasons people might develop bullying tendencies.  One of the ways that Helen suggests for ironing out bullying tendencies in us is to develop both vulnerability and self-awareness. [...]

Written By: Mark on October 20, 2009 No Comment
Pilgrim’s Podcast #19: Helen Blake, Feeling & Thinking, Shame and Bullying

Well, this is our third week in the series on Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology.  It was so great that we split it into two halves!

Steve and I headed out to visit the lovely Helen Blake, a counselor who teaches at St. Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra.  I’ve had [...]

Written By: Mark on October 12, 2009 3 Comments
Pilgrim’s Podcast #18: Jenny Brown, Family Systems Counselling, Anxiety and Emotional Maturity

As part 2 of our series of Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology we had a fantastic interview with Jenny Brown of the Family Systems Institute.  Not only did we discover that Jenny has great taste in coffee (she drinks Campos!) but we discovered that Family Systems Theory [...]

Written By: Mark on October 5, 2009 2 Comments

As an appendix to the latest Pilgrim’s Podcast on Pastoral Care, Jan Corbett-Jones has very kindly provided some resources which are fantastic (just right-click the links and “Save As..”):

1) Six Functions of Pastoral Care. This short document details the background of the 6 different functions which Jan mentions [...]

Written By: Mark on October 5, 2009 No Comment
Pilgrim’s Podcast #17: Rev. Allen Cook, Jan Corbett-Jones, Pastoral Care, and How to Help

This week the Pilgrim’s Podcast began it’s first ever series: Christianity, Pastoral Care, Counselling and a touch of Psychology! This promises to be an exciting series where we delve a little into how to care for people.

This week we had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Allen Cook and Mrs. Jan Corbett-Jones.  Allen worked in parish [...]

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