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John Eldridge

The writer of “Wild at Heart” a great book….This is a quote from an interview he did talking about men.

“We have to start with the heart,” he began, “whether we’re after a mythic life, a poetic life, a spiritual life, or a transcendent life, the heart is the ‘wellspring of life within you.'” [From an ancient Hebrew proverb.]
Eldredge said most “modern enlightened men” live by the Greek model of the personality which divides the head (reason) and the heart (emotion).
“Your feelings from the heart are the most profound, the deepest, the truest you,” he said. “The heart is the source of your memories, passions and desires. It’s where you do your life. I believe there are universals written on the human heart. And, what’s so awesome about that is there are particulars as well. You may love to write and think, while another man loves to build and to construct things. Another person loves to sing. The uniqueness of the human heart helps us share the essential universals between us. That’s what makes getting to know a person so fascinating.”

Peter Bell

After watching him almost single handedly drag us back into contention against those “flat runners” on Sunday, I wonder if Peter is not the ‘spiritual leader’ of our club?
Pavlich is a awesome player, but is continually having to play on at least two players, and his form has been pretty average the past few weeks.
Come on Belly, you want success at Freo as much as anyone.
The shortest man on the team has one of the biggest hearts…..

Three messages

I have finally caught up on uploading the messages from the past three weeks.

This first one was pretty much ‘off the cuff’ after my laptop died on the Sunday morning as I went to print it off. I had some notes, but it was an interesting experience. I talk about what makes us happy and reference what is going on in Ben Cousins’ life.
It is the first sermon in 15+ years of preaching that I have not used a full manuscript.

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This second one was at the dedication service of one of the babies in our church called Rebekah. It is a interesting story, and I think people really enjoyed it, and were hopefully challenged. There were a lot of visitors and guests at the service.

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This final one is the message Quentin gave on Sunday morning. He gives his own testimony and then a powerful challenge on the personal responsibility each one of us have to share our faith.

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Worship Styes

Todays editorial in The West was pretty interesting. Wonder what sort of Church, if any, that Paul Armstong attends??
What is interesting about this is the sense I get from reading it, that Armstrong is not speaking from ignorance, which often media reports do, as though they are observing something they dont really get, but bang on about it anyway.
Apologies for quality of scan, cant seem to find this editorial on the web, if anyone can help with a link, please do. But…. if you click on picture, it should take you to a bigger version of it, which is easier to read. Either that or buy the rag for $1.20 🙂

Still on top, even though I only tipped four

1 Mark Edwards 5 5 5 5 7 4 6 4 41
2 Jonnie W 3 6 5 6 5 5 6 4 40
3 bek ingram 6 5 4 4 7 5 4 5 40
4 Dave Quinn 3 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 40
5 jaggunn 4 5 3 5 6 4 6 6 39
6 scott sladden 5 4 4 3 6 6 5 5 38
7 Andrew Canion 5 6 4 4 5 3 6 5 38
8 Paula Boardman 5 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 38
9 Saintgaz 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 5 37 266 38
10 Geoff 2 4 4 4 6 4 5 7 36 277 36
11 ozcanadian 3 4 7 5 5 4 3 4 35
12 LittleTid 5 2 6 5 5 5 4 3 35
13 Rodney Olsen 5 5 4 2 4 4 3 6 33

A few of us did not do well this week, apart from Dave Quinn, who tipped 6.
Unfortunately for my tipping, I normally tip with my heart when it comes to Freo, not my head.
It was not a bad game against Geelong, who by anyones estimation, are playing well at the moment.

But I have to say, the decision to drop Cook has me puzzled. I cant wait until Schammer, Peake and Farmer are back in, that will make a huge difference.