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.

We are so blessed with the people we have as team leaders at our church….I am so blessed to be working with a group of people who just do ministry…they want to do it themself, there is a maturity there which often makes me feel proud…proud they are in my church.

To hear stories of how they are reaching for and caring for people, such initiative and love being shown….thanks God.

Spewing I missed Erwin at the Riverview Pastors gig on Friday….was getting ready for church camp, and also was helping run Toddler Jam. He is a great speaker. Here is an example…one line that sticks….’our conversations with God have tangible effects in the spiritual realm, which affects the physical realm”…

As different people debate which style of church is getting it right….this helps me stay focused.

Ed Stetzer say recently that “each church must make a decision – either for their traditions or for the children.” He added that Stetzer said most would chose tradition….

One of the dear folk at Bedford told me this week to make sure I looked after my children first….thanks so much…….they are my first priority over church, but….

I want our church to be a place my kids grow up in, and that they grow to love the church…that is my aim.