Monthly Archives: October 2005

Last night I watched the 1944 Hitchcock movie “Spellbound”. Frankly it was a bit disappointing. I’m a big Hitchcock fan, and I hadn’t seen anything with Ingrid Bergman in before but knew she had a great reputation. So I was … Continue reading →

James MacDonald’s comments on the emerging church have attracted the attention of Scot McKnight, once one of James’ professors at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The debate about James’ article seems to have largely migrated to McKnight’s blog, Jesus Creed, with … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I read some comments by James MacDonald on the Emerging Church movement on the Walk in the Word website. Not something I know a lot about, but today I discovered the same article, split into two … Continue reading →

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/010/35.26.html Interesting article on a new archeological discovery in Jerusalem – the Pool of Siloam described in the Gospel of John.

A little humour for you… http://www.sofn.org.uk/The_Collection/Jokes/litebulb.html

I just spotted this banner ad today on stuff.co.nz and thought it was kind of cute. The ad is for Frontline flea treatment and clicking it takes you to this promotion.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/funonwheels/10/06/future_of_mini/index.html This is a few weeks old, but I haven’t had time to mention it before – a story in CNN that I thought was just a little amusing – the announcement of a “new” Mini station wagon –

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/10/21/brain.stem.cells.ap/index.html This is a story from CNN about an experiment on the use of fetal (not embrionic) stell cells to treat a rare brain disorder. I couldn’t help wonder about the following – “Stem Cells Inc., the Palo Alto, California … Continue reading →

It’s nearly 3.30 am and I’m supposed to be asleep. I actually went to bed early tonight, feeling tired after an arduous week, but I woke about 11pm and haven’t been to sleep since.

Just got back late this afternoon from a weekend helping to do some work at Camp Harvest, near Newaygo, Michigan. We painted, cleaned, split logs, installed building insulation and removed docks and pontoons from the lake. It was wonderful to … Continue reading →