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My musings, writings, observations, ideas, & thoughts about God, Life, and following Jesus in Suburbia.
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Archive for October, 2007
Extraordinary Footage of Port Hedlund “Riots”
Courtesy of Crikey.com
This video has just surfaced.
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The video includes footage of the Port Hedland detention centre riots from May 2001 and was leaked by an anonymous guard shortly after the riot occurred, a time when the media was denied access to Australian detention centres.
The footage came to light after producers of the US reality television program Most Shocking sought it from the Australian Migrant Resource Centre this year. The producers of the program, which airs on Channel Seven, eventually rejected the Port Hedland tape on the grounds that it wasn’t “pro government forces”.
Posted in Australia, Politics |
No Comments »Cashing in on the misfortunes of others
A sign of the times… seems that you can buy houses in the USA at the moment for cheap. I mean cheap. A five bedroom house went out for auction in Detroit for $35,000 as an example.The largest auction of foreclosed properties was held in Minnesota over the weekend, with homes going for $1,000 for a 3 bedroom house to $279,000 for 5 bedrooms on 11.9 acres. You can read more here from the New York Times. (more…)
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No Comments »The Other Election Campaign
I want to commend this blog to you - Probably not interesting - by Jessie Taylor. Commenting on many social justice issues in Australia and in particular the issues she deals with in her role as an advocacy lawyer. Jessie deals with many refugees and their stories are her stories and should shared to capture our stories. I find myself often weeping at the stories while feeling helpless and somewhat angry that this has been happening and allowed to happen.
Posted in Australia, Politics |
No Comments »What Shoots Adrenalin into your Soul?
Christine Sine over at her blog GodSpace recently posted this clip and asked what made Adrenalin pump in your soul - the Me Church featured in the clip or the words of Paul in Hebrews 12.
“Do you see what this means - all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running - and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished the race we’re in. Study how he did it, Because he never lost sight of where he was headed - that exhilarating finish in and with God - he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he ploughed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!”
(The Message)
Posted in Church, Jesus, Web |
No Comments »Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church
From the New York Times comes this piece on churches using Halo 3 as a tool for outreach. Guess they never heard of discipleship or love or perhaps even Jesus.
By MATT RICHTEL
“First the percussive sounds of sniper fire and the thrill of the kill. Then the gospel of peace.
Across the country, hundreds of ministers and pastors desperate to reach young congregants have drawn concern and criticism through their use of an unusual recruiting tool: the immersive and violent video game Halo.
The latest iteration of the immensely popular space epic, Halo 3, was released nearly two weeks ago by Microsoft and has already passed $300 million in sales.
Those buying it must be 17 years old, given it is rated M for mature audiences. But that has not prevented leaders at churches and youth centers across Protestant denominations, including evangelical churches that have cautioned against violent entertainment, from holding heavily attended Halo nights and stocking their centers with multiple game consoles so dozens of teenagers can flock around big-screen televisions and shoot it out.
Posted in Church, USA |
No Comments »Eight Dollar Hot Dog
This video is from The Work of The People… very thought -provoking and kinda my head space at the moment…
Posted in Church, Media |
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