rhythm+hue
My musings, writings, observations, ideas, & thoughts about God, Life, and following Jesus in Suburbia.
Sorry there have been no new posts and more!
But, I have been busy with college and went to UNOH’s Surrender over the weekend!
More on Surrender later - and I hope some more worthy posts!
Tonight, the temperature is dropping to almost 0 degrees celcius and I ask you guys to pray for a fellow called Chris, who may be forced to sleep somewhere on the streets tonight if he can’t find a couch at a mate’s place. The waiting list for crisis accomodation is three weeks at the moment so there was no chance of getting him in anywhere tonight. Please pray for him…
Tuscan is home!
Well, some good news! Tuscan came through the surgery and the recovery and is back home with Tim and Jay and improving daily after the trauma of surgery on his heart. If you’re on Facebook and know Tim and Jay - go check the pics out of the little guy!
God is great and I thank and praise him for the answers of the many prayers for Tuscan’s surgery and health!
Wow - even an atheist gets it right!
New film coming out called Religulous -here’s the trailer from youtube!
I was following the trail after seeing the trailer for Religulous on the Apple site and ended up on disbeliefnet where there is an article called “Jesus and His Magic Kingdom“. So, I start reading and was pleased to see and I agree with the author over the following (minus some of the hyperbole!).
After hanging around at his house until he was 30 years old, Jesus struck out on his own, and his act soon gained a strong following. As his entourage grew larger, and more dependent on him to make them look cool, he decided to mix in a few lessons he picked up from his real dad. He taught them some doctrines of faith, like charity, compassion, non-violence, tolerance and love – values that the church established in his name would selectively forget about centuries later.
The part that I love though is the last sentence! I couldn’t agree more with this statement! Great stuff! Not sure about the rest of the site or the movie (although the movie does look good and has some great moments in the trailer where it explores the above statement, especially all the showy, glamorous “Christian” and religious figures yhe world.
Update on Tuscan
I recieved a text message late yesterday afternoon from Tim and Jay with the great news that Tuscan had gone through surgery successfuly and was now in ICU and on ventilhation etc. The next hurdle is slowly bringing him back to consciousness and getting him off the life support - so please continue to pray for him! And, thanks for keeping them in your prayers!
Prayers for baby Tuscan
A couple, Tim and Jay, have a new baby boy that is about to undergo heart surgery today (Tuesday AM, Melbourne time). His name is Tuscan and from the pics on Facebook he is both gorgeous and a handful for mum and dad!
I would ask that you keep this family, in particular Tuscan, and the many skilled surgeons and team that are going to operate today on his tiny heart, in your prayers and close to your thoughts as they operate this morning (Melbourne time). Apparently some of the toughest moments will be when they restart his heart.
This brings tears to my eyes when I think of what this little guy is going to undergo! And not too mention how mum and dad must be feeling! But I pray, and believe in prayer, and would ask that you too take this little boy and the surgery to our Father.
I will keep you posted once I hear some news.
What the Gospel is Not
This a video by John Piper I caught on a blog I read by JR. This is very good at saying what needs to be said about the Prosperity Doctrine that pervades the church in USAmerica and the west, including Australia (yeah, you too CF!).
Love to hear your comments.
Becoming Anabaptist…
I have found myself lately considering my own faith and where is it is leading me.
I grew up in the church of Christ (non-denominational/accapella) where my father was a minister for a few years in Brisbane. So, for a couple of years we lived in USAmerica while he studied to become a minister with the churchof Christ. While, most of the folk I have met along my journey in the cofC have been wonderful, caring and loving folk, I must say that the cofC as a whole is very legalistic and extremely conservative. There are even a couple of unwritten beliefs that when expressed publically get denied.
Anyway, now as I approach forty and have travelled away from the cofC, done the Forge internship, and continue to read, pray and explore, I do find myself identifying more and more with the Anabaptist’s. I have been lent some great material from Bessie at Oikos about the Anabaptist’s which I am thoroughly enjoying.
I must admit that a small part of me still says No! It’s not the Church of Christ! Silly, I know! So, I continue to explore and question, pray and read, talk and listen to wiser ones than I. I believe that some of the reasons for identifying more with the Anabaptist’s has a lot to do with the stripping away of the man-made crap that has become religion and the church in the last few centuries (Pagan Christianity by Barna and Viola was a great read and help in this area)! Social justice and following Jesus as a disciple are other reasons for identifying with them.
But, at this stage, I also find myself going to a post-modern but kinda tradiitonal we’re-not-offcially-baptist-but-are-baptist church.
I’ll write more about this as I can. But as for prayers and any comments you may have!
Wordle from The Jesus Manifesto
Here’s a cool Wordle from what is known as The Jesus Manifesto - The Sermon on the Mount. I love the fact that the three biggest words are Father, heaven, and will.
Come On!
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The truth about what is going on in Zimbabwe right now!
This was sent to me by a good friend and Godly man who has been serving in Africa for past few years, and is from folk’s within Zimbabwe who sent this out as a plea for the Church around the World to pray for the people of Zimbabwe and to be a catalyst for action!
Warning! Some of the pictures in this article are very graphic in nature with images of the result of violence. If you are easily offended or are looking at this with kids, I would suggest waiting till you are ready.
This is what is going on right now in Zimbabwe – the Mugabe Government has termed it ‘Operation Mavoterapapi’ which translated means ‘Operation where did you vote”.
It is such a tragedy and the victims are completely at the mercy of ruthless thugs with a green light to do just as they please. The proposed run-off election is going to be more than unfair – it is a human rights travesty.
The photographs below show the charred remains of farm workers homes on Muniya Farm. Read the rest of this entry »
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