“Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows” (Cs Lewis)

Question to Brooke Fraser: What’s a shadowfoot? I think that’s the only thing in your songs I have absolutely no interpretation for? Actually I think I have one but I’m not sure, can you clarify? – Ashley
BF: This is C.S. Lewis’ influence on me. The song ‘Shadowfeet’ was inspired by his wonderful book ‘The Great Divorce’ and in particular the following passage:
“Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?”

Just a small sample of what Angus had to share at the ‘Mighty Mens Conference’ in Perth.
Here is something I have put together for church, its from the first message he shared with us on the Friday Night.

some people…overthink things, stress out about stuff……

How does someone know you are a Christian?
Is it your theology?
Is it what you said, prayed once?
Is it the sawdust on your feet?

Or do they know we are Christians by our ….

Recently my wife went to the ‘Colour’ conference put on by Hillsong.
Someone was critical of her…said it was just another money grabbing conference.
Deluded fool.

The amount of love being shown by that church is incredible…social justices being made right….love being expressed.

They aint perfect…which should not come as a shock to anyone…but they are getting the love thing right….

When we come to Heaven Jesus wont ask us what our theological position was….He will ask us who we loved….

Don’t be too smart for our good…love someone….love someone in need.
(If you want to be critical of Hillsong you can’t comment here, thats not the point of this post, if you want to interact with the point of this post…feel free)

A good friend from the land of the Volvo is also one of Perth’s best Barrista’s
He has a blog,
Syncity

This post in particular was interesting and something which makes perfect sense…just cause something ‘appears’ to be, or once was..the best thing, does not mean it still is.
Italian Coffee

Just in time for Palm Sunday, Integrity have a free palm loop…
Grab it!
Here

Well done.

Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined to intervene Monday in a dispute over a public school’s refusal to allow an instrument-only version of “Ave Maria” at a graduation ceremony. Officials feared the piece would be an endorsement of religion in that limited public forum.

Without comment, the justices rejected the appeal of Kathryn Nurre, who was a high school senior in Everett, Washington, in 2006. By tradition, graduating members of the school’s wind ensemble could choose a piece from their repertoire to play at the June ceremony. They chose an arrangement of Franz Biebl’s well-known “Ave Maria,” which had been performed previously in choir recitals.

School district officials said they feared complaints similar to those that followed the previous year’s choir performance of a vocal piece that included references to God, heaven and angels. “Ave Maria” was banned even though the performance would have contained no lyrics. More

Land of the free, home of the brave? hardly….