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Had a interestiong conversation with a bloke last week. He is a strong, tough guy. Works in a male dominated environment, rides a motorbike etc etc.

Because of work commitments he can’t make church every week, but he made a interesting comment to me. He said I need to come to church and just get involved in the singing. It gives me strength. Strength? This guy could flatten a lot of guys in a bar fight. What strength does he mean? Well he, like a lot of blokes, probably most of us, has struggles in the ‘relationship’ area of his life. He does not have a Christian upbringing, in fact he became a Christian in his 20’s. But coming to church, singing together, brings some tangible strength to him which he does not find anywhere else.

“It is the voice of the church that is heard in singing together. It is not you who sings, it is the church that is singing, and you as a member of the church may share in its song.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Worship in singing does transform the world, if it provides us with energy, renewal and purpose for the week, or in some cases the month ahead.

Great Sunday at church, Eliot preached a good message, challenging, on being a friend. He said one thing about friendship that really struck me…Good friendships will be eternal friendships. A mutual friend died a few years ago, but when we see him again, we will experience what it means to have eternal friendships….

These are the type of friends I want…….honesty, frankness, truth spoken in love.

Church was great…had coffee mid-service….which is always good.

Beautiful Sunday afternoon, just made myself another Fiori coffee….beautiful.
Australia kicking Sri Lanka’s butt again in the cricket…..
Who will win Australian Idol? Tonight we see the performances of the two possibilities….I like Natalie….despite what some think, I dont think she is boring at all.

Warm day, big Saturday paper, children either in bed or playing at friends…..

Time, opportunity, motive…. to make myself a nice long iced coffee.
Some lovely 5 Senses 24/7 beans, long shot of expresso, add some cold full cream Harvey Fresh milk and some icecream….all blended together…..

Nice Saturday afternoon.

(ps add in watching Glichrist hammer the Sri Lankans…..perfect)

Something Borden said keeps resounding in my ears…..

As soon as a church gets its focus off mission, it becomes self focused. This means it starts focussing on its own problems.

I wonder if we do this in a general sense, as well as a specific sense. I wonder if we focus on negatives we see in others, maybe even other churches, when our focus gets off mission…..

We now use Five Senses coffee exclusively at church, which means I often drink it when in the office at work, its a beautiful fresh product. Nonetheless I felt the need for a change when buying some for home. I picked up some Fiori Coffee from Fresh Provisions. It is sourced from Honduras, and I have had it before. I love buying anything from my Sponsor child’s country.

The roaster seems to have a good relationship with his growers, and as far as I can tell is giving them a fair price. You can read about it here, . Certainly it is a single blend coffee, and has not been sitting in a warehouse gathering mould somewhere.

It is a rich ‘oily’ bean, and the grinder needs work hard to get it to the right texture. The coffee has a lovely chocolately aroma, warm, good smells.