For those long suffering readers of this blog you will know I recently got a new laptop, Acer Aspire 5735Z….. What you may not realise is that I have been trying to render the Mighty Mens Conference video on it…and on my PC….to try and get this laborious and time consuming job done.
The Laptop had 2 gig ram…you would think that would be enough, apparently not. The thing was running like a dog….. I have now installed 2 more gig ram, bringing it up to 4 gig, along with its dual core processor…..lets see if that helps.

The last few weeks have been nothing short of frantic…but this week just gone, it has slowed down considerably.

One new aspect of my life is Monday mornings with my wife. We both have the morning off from any structured responsibility, so after dropping the kids off at their respective schools, we have about 3 or 4 hours to ourself. It is so nice!
This morning we headed off to look at a piece of furniture Melinda was interested in and then headed to Mnt Hawthorn for a coffee and a wander….
It is really nice there along Scarborough Beach Road, lots of interesting shops….
We stopped in at the New Norcia Bakery, which I have wanted to visit for a while. It did not live up to the hype! The coffee, while it came out of Synesso Machine, and was Five Senses, was too hot, and lacked body….the crossaint came well after Melindas food, and was burnt and dry….sigh.

Not too worry though, it was so nice to just have some time together. Next week we are probably going to visit ‘Lush’ which is across the road…..

Kim Hagdorn in his typical style nailed his colours to the mast…yet again. In todays Sunday Times he had to come up with a reason why his precious Eagles lost to the Dockers again.
This times excuse? The umpires were to blame.

Look up the dictionary under “Dockers Bunnies” Kim, there will be a photo of the West Coast Eagles….Thats why the lost…that and the superb efforts of Sandilands and Crowley, surely one of the most underated players in the AFL…..does everyone realise that he kicked the winning goals while playing on the Eagles best player, Kerr?

It is just so bias…..sigh….but then, who am I to talk? 🙂

Spent this morning at Jam Central, and then this afternoon rendering videos for the Mighty Mens Conference. Watching the videos is flooding back memories to my heart and mind.
There is one scene which occured on Saturday night where the crowd screamed for more….2000 men chanting and letting the worship team know that they were not ready to stop yet. The sound quality is shocking, but because I was there…and I can hear the clapping…in time….in unison…with the clear message…it brings back the sense I had when I was there.

I was chatting with my brother in law this afternoon and he was telling me how different men from different parts of his life were also full of expression about this time.

But, as much as I am happily rendering these dvd’s and blokes who were there will ‘get it’….its pretty hard to bottle. If you were not there…you missed out.
Its a bit like the miracles of Jesus. There were plenty of people in Jesus’ day who did not get healed. They were not in the right place at the right time….or they did not want it badly enough.
I am sorry if you were not there…..dont miss it next year, if it happens. I can’t guarantee it will be the same, but if you do not place yourself in the position, if God does bless us again with such a tangible sense of His presence, you wont want to miss it.

You may not believe me, you may be cynical, fair enough. But don’t forget how much faith it took for the man’s friends to take him to the house, bust open the roof, and lower him in. Maybe a much better option would be to take the little mustard seed you have….and be there next year, God willing.

“An idea without implementation isn’t creation.
It’s imagination.

By definition, being creative requires that you create something.
True creative people don’t just dream it-they do it…or oversee the strategy to get it done.
True creativity results in a product. Not just an idea.”
(Source)

Woh…..well said Steven.

An idea or a thought posted on a blog does not make a revolution, changed lives do that, people having their worldview changed through the power of God…thats a revolution.

He does a great job of responding to the questions….and challenging the interviewer to consider Jesus…..

““The world for which we were trained no longer exists.”
Pete Briscoe

Aint that the truth. The theological training I recieved had some merit. There were things there that I really appreciated. It gave me sound good theological basis for ministry.

But to say to prepared me for ministry would be grossly overstating it.
Conflict resolution, leadership, missional development of leaders, organisation skills, leading a board, leading a meeting, inspiring, vision casting….

uh…no.

Those were things I desperatly sought once I was in the ministry, and quickly realised how inadequetly prepared I was.