Very stormy in Perth last night, hail, heavy heavy rain, squally winds.
Got up this morning and my biggest inconvenience was clearing away a few branches, calming the cat and convincing number one son to come in and stop throwing hail at his sister.

Warm day inside the house, a lovely coffee made on my machine, some fresh bread rolls, and the kids enjoying their last day of school holidays while I catch up with some grant applications we have put in for some events we are running.

Thats it. The biggest problem I have at the moment is my ‘shaped’ internet access at home, and what I am going to make the kids for lunch.

So many people around the world with so little, we are so blessed. As I was sharing with my 5 year old daughter yesterday as she noticed some homeless folk near the community centre, we cant help them all, but we can help some, and we do. But we also must appreciate what we have, we are so blessed, so blessed, so fortunate.

It was just like the old days tonight. A very small crowd, 22, 000, a young Freo side, with no real stars, and an expected defeat….In a strange way I enjoyed it! 🙂
Melinda and I sat in pouring pouring rain and had a great time together.

We were not expected to win, but the young under ’20s Freo side played well in appalling conditions. After last weeks effort, it was a honest performance against a side which was physically bigger, expected to be a Finals contender, who flogged Geelong last week.

I tell you, and this may not have come through on the TV, every time Tarrant went off, the Lions scored. in the third quarter when they scored a flurry of match winning goals, Chris was injured. In the fourth when he went off again, they clinched the game.
I think he deserves all australian selection for two reasons. He is consistently beating, pansting, the best forwards from other clubs. Secondly, he is doing it in a side in which the ball is travelling through the midfield with a lot more ease than other more fancied clubs.

Finally, the umpiring tonight was awful….so inconsistent, those around me were actually laughing at how bad it was.

Great game though by Freo….we do have good times ahead.

Religious people did not like Jesus
Religious people killed Jesus

Now…religious people follow Jesus?
How does that work?

We really have imported a lot of our religion into our churches.
Seriously, I am becoming more and more convinced that as long as we are walking humbly before God, how we are led by the Spirit of God is so much more important than our history, or at least as important!!! (Now that sounds ridiculous even writing it!)

Scripture is our basis, our authority, but we need to be careful that just as religious people base their practice, bias and beliefs around their religion, we need to be careful we are not doing the same.

Love it!!!

Had a meeting today with Lisa Baker, the member for Maylands.
What a refreshing person! Passionate about local issues, down to earth, easy to talk with and deal with…and focused on promoting community.

I love this area I live in…God has called me to it…and it is just amazing to have opportunities as the Church does now have.

We really want to serve our community, and be a major part of its transformation.