HOMELESSNESS IS UGLY
As I walk the streets on our city, I witness some of the behaviours of those who are not ‘the homeless’, so why do we make statements about those who are vulnerable and often have no voice??
Welcome – Croeso
As I walk the streets on our city, I witness some of the behaviours of those who are not ‘the homeless’, so why do we make statements about those who are vulnerable and often have no voice??
Category : be excellent to each other , Community , Compassion , disgraceful. , God , Hope , Hospitality
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Category : Community , Compassion , Despair , Doubt , Friends , Hope , Hospitality , Misery , Sorrow , Who gives a shit
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Easter Saturday Vigil |
What happens when a few people,with no idea of what they are really doing, don’t seek notoriety or claim success, are aware of their own ‘issues’ and failings, take risks, love people and seek to see where God is and join in??……….. well you get something like this…
children hiding chocolate eggs in the park for other children,whose parents score their ‘stuff’ in this park, where dispossessed people meet, hot chocolate, hot x buns and conversation for those whose backyard this is, a meeting place during the day to converse as together we share life in the simple day to day stuff………….
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CBD |
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POPUP |
broken people in a broken world
working on mending together
offering hope where it would appear
there is none to be found
light where often there is only darkness
love where love is often lost
Category : Cafe , Chocolate , Coffee , Community , Compassion , Darkness , death , Doubt , Family , Fear , Forgiveness , Hope , Hospitality , life
Category : Bubba , Cafe , Chocolate , Clone , Coffee , Community , Compassion , Doubt , Family , Fear , Forgiveness , God , Hope , Hospitality
Hey you, hey you, yes you…I wanna talk to you, this is what I heard as I loitered intentionally recently on the streets of Melbourne.
‘It was a bloke who I knew from a community in another suburb.
I had not see him for a while, and to be honest the last encounter had been a little strange.
Strange, because this man spotted me riding my motorcycle, jumped in his car and started to follow me!!
This man, has a history of severe mental health issues.
This chance encounter was a bit different, although I did have an uneasy feeling, and I made a snap decision to keep it short.
After a brief conversation we went our separate ways.
I was reflecting on that encounter recently while listening to some Pink Floyd on vinyl.
I considered the words from the song, on the turning away.
Category : be excellent to each other , Church sign , Community , Compassion , Family , First Peoples , Hope , Hospitality
I often wondered why we don’t sing the other verses to out NA.I am happy to be a citizen in Australia, sadly our history is littered with hurt and mistakes.One would have thought we might have learnt from them, but it appears not.
Category : Baby Jesus , be excellent to each other , BEAUTY , Church sign , Community , Compassion , First Peoples , Hope , Hospitality
Ok Ive had my coffee now and Im ready!!
After returning from a two week holiday it has been a rude shock getting back into work and the ‘normal’ routine.
Just five days after returning I along with my partner (The Ruth), officiated at a wedding, it was a little over an hours drive, so we decided rather than come home after the practice run we would stay with friends and drink coffee.
It has been 4years since we last spent time with them, so it was a great time of eating and talking, oh and coffee !!
As we chatted about what events both personally and globally had taken place since we last spoke it wasn’t long until wefound ourselves in familiar territory, as we drank coffee.
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Issues of strained or broken relationships, conflicts in work environments along with confronting family matters, all part of the challenges we face and we deal with the stuff of life, as we drank coffee.
It is so good to have people who are able to share the stuff of life, both difficult and joyful with us, more importantly, having been entrusted with this stuff we need to be trustworthy.
As we face the challenges and joys of 2016, may we in the positions of trust and support, honour and respect this trust, so together we share the journey of life, over coffee.
Category : Coffee , Community , Compassion , Fear , Hospitality , Mercy , Neighbour
A business in the building next to my office declares ‘Image is everything’, it is also the subject for my ‘sermon’ on Sunday.
Im finding it a tad confronting?
I’ll let you know how it goes.
Meanwhile i may take the advice my 3 year old grandson gave to his mum recently………….
Jed – “um, not really, even then, you should look in the mirror more Mummy”.
PS: welcome to 2016.
Category : #Jesus , be excellent to each other , Clone , Community , Compassion , Family , Forgiveness , Hope , Hospitality , LISTEN , Love , Mercy , Neighbour
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Thanks Brad Hodge |
Category : Community , Family , Hope , Hospitality , Neighbour
1: buying s stuff for people we don’t like and they don’t need
2: the intense loneliness and pain it brings for some
3:pretending its a sacred time but still buying into the craziness
4:the ‘debate’ over Xmas vs Christmas, Satan vs Santa.
5: stupid sayings i.e. he’s the reason for the season, to which I reply, what summer (or Winter if you’re else where)
6: threatening kiddies that Santa won’t come if you’re not good!!
7: wasting food and money
8: there is no number eight!!
9: stupid Church signs including Jesus was born to die??
10: we trot baby Jesus forgetting he grew up!!
Easter is not really
for the children
unless accompanied by
a cream filled egg.
It has whips, blood, nails,
a spear and allegations
of body snatching.
It involves politics, God
and the sins of the world.
It is not good for people
of a nervous disposition.
They would do better to
think on rabbits, chickens
and the first snowdrop
of spring.
Or they’d do better to
wait for a re-run of
Christmas without asking
too many questions about
what Jesus did when he grew up
or whether there’s any connection.
Category : #Jesus , Baby Jesus , Hope , Hospitality , Joy , Mercy , Neighbour , Peace , Poor