Sunday, October 4, 2009
Idol Review - Pink night.
Tim has gone. Oh well. Glad it wasn't James.
The trouble with Pink night is that Pink songs are gender specific. It just doesn't work having a guy sing Mr. President or So What or Who Knew or Please don't leave me. And changing a word here or there doesn't fix the problem. And guys are 'tools', not girls.
Nathan - Just Like a Pill
Okay. But took the pinkness out of Pink. 7/10.
Scott - So What
No No No! Changing 'husband' to 'girl friend' does make a difference! Losing a girl friend doesn't quite matter as much. And you don't look or sound like a rockstar. Just a guy pretending. Bad pitch. Stupid performance. 3/10.
Stan - Dear Mr. President
Sung okay (2nd half anyway), but the Mr. President thing doesn't work with a guy. 7.5/10.
Kate - Trouble
I like her better without the hat but I'm still bored. Pink with a country twang isn't Pink. It's a dull brown. The final key change seemed a move of desperation. It didn't save anything. Just prolonged the agony. 6/10.
James - Who Knew
Love the song, but it really wasn't him. Can a guy that age sing something like this? I don't think so. (Actually, I don't think any guy can sing this song.) But he's still my favourite. 7/10.
Kim
Better than she has been. Not quite so conscious of her appearance, which made a big difference. She really did do it pretty well, but still it feels plastic compared to Hayley. Poor Kim. Just a matter of time... 8/10
Toby - Please don't leave me
Awful. Lyrics didn't work at all (Dicko's Ted Bundy comment apt), stage presence 0. Please please please don't walk slowly across the stage again! 6.5/10
Hayley - Funhouse
Natural, wonderful, entertaining... I could listen and watch this all night. 9.5/10
Best - Hayley
Worst - Scott
The trouble with Pink night is that Pink songs are gender specific. It just doesn't work having a guy sing Mr. President or So What or Who Knew or Please don't leave me. And changing a word here or there doesn't fix the problem. And guys are 'tools', not girls.
Nathan - Just Like a Pill
Okay. But took the pinkness out of Pink. 7/10.
Scott - So What
No No No! Changing 'husband' to 'girl friend' does make a difference! Losing a girl friend doesn't quite matter as much. And you don't look or sound like a rockstar. Just a guy pretending. Bad pitch. Stupid performance. 3/10.
Stan - Dear Mr. President
Sung okay (2nd half anyway), but the Mr. President thing doesn't work with a guy. 7.5/10.
Kate - Trouble
I like her better without the hat but I'm still bored. Pink with a country twang isn't Pink. It's a dull brown. The final key change seemed a move of desperation. It didn't save anything. Just prolonged the agony. 6/10.
James - Who Knew
Love the song, but it really wasn't him. Can a guy that age sing something like this? I don't think so. (Actually, I don't think any guy can sing this song.) But he's still my favourite. 7/10.
Kim
Better than she has been. Not quite so conscious of her appearance, which made a big difference. She really did do it pretty well, but still it feels plastic compared to Hayley. Poor Kim. Just a matter of time... 8/10
Toby - Please don't leave me
Awful. Lyrics didn't work at all (Dicko's Ted Bundy comment apt), stage presence 0. Please please please don't walk slowly across the stage again! 6.5/10
Hayley - Funhouse
Natural, wonderful, entertaining... I could listen and watch this all night. 9.5/10
Best - Hayley
Worst - Scott
thoughts
I had an email from a friend yesterday who is writing a seminar on women and work and wanted feedback.
His material was good and has got me thinking.
A frustration that I feel whenever a 'women's issue' is addressed is that we always have to have Genesis 1-2 as our primary text. It makes me yawn.
Is this because:
It's most likely a mix of all three. Some repentance is probably needed, some patience, and some reveling in the fact that I, just like my brothers, am a human being living in God's world.
His material was good and has got me thinking.
A frustration that I feel whenever a 'women's issue' is addressed is that we always have to have Genesis 1-2 as our primary text. It makes me yawn.
Is this because:
- I'm ungodly and don't want to hear what God wants me to hear! Do I feel discontented in my female-ness? (This is quite possible! If true, I need to repent.)
- I've heard it too many times and am bored with it. It's okay, I agree with the content, but play me a different tune for a while... (If boredom is the issue, I need to suck it up and listen to the Gen 1-2 arguments for the sake of those who haven't heard them a million times before.)
- I don't like female-ness being the defining thing about me. It makes me feel 'imprisoned in my gender' (see Blocher quote below)
The emphasis on the co-humanity [of the man and the woman] relativizes the differentiation as such. ʻMale and femaleʼ will never be anything more than a second truth about man and woman. History shows an ever-recurring tendency to imprison woman in her femininity, to the detriment of her participating quite simply in human life. By underlining the likeness, Genesis provides protection against the course machismo of the Mediterranean male, but also against the suspect cult of an Eternal Feminine, and against the Romantic speculations which make the masculine and feminine, like yin and yang, the
ultimate principles, the two poles of being.
(Henri Blocher, In the Beginning: The Opening Chapters of Genesis, (Leicester: IVP, 1984), p. 100, emphasis mine)
It's most likely a mix of all three. Some repentance is probably needed, some patience, and some reveling in the fact that I, just like my brothers, am a human being living in God's world.
evangellyfish.com
I'm enjoying this online book at the moment. Give it a go when the blogs are slow. (But read from the bottom to the top, or you'll spoil the ending.)
Astronomical
I've written many posts about my favourite poet, Sophie Hannah. I think you all should go out and buy her books. She's fabulous.
I love breakup poems. So much potential for well expressed anger and despair. SH usually injects comedy into hers which make them even more delightful. This one is worth the effort - even non-poetry people should enjoy it. Read and let me know what you think.
[Warning: there is a bit of language some might prefer not to experience...]
Astronomical
I tell the girl at Name a Star of course
I know it’s rare, I know she hopes she won’t be asked again.
Requests like mine are hardly likely to become the norm.
Most people will continue to conform,
but I am not most people.
I’ve read the rules. I know what’s fair
and I want to name a star,
as the blurb says, to show someone I care.
The name I have chosen is David Shithead Stubbs. Now, can we talk
certificates, star lists, gift sets? Oh, go on, let’s.
I’ve sent my cheque for fifty quid.
I have consumer rights.
She doesn’t even ask me what he did.
Do you know how long it took, I say, to choose a slur?
Wanker and arsehole sounded somehow wrong.
Shithead was good but couldn’t stand alone,
since how would David Stubbs or anyone have known
the star was named for him? You see, this means
a lot to me. It isn’t just a whim.
I need to know that every night, for ever,
he’ll trawl the skies, wondering is that the one?
Feet on the ground, he can repent, appeal, achieve, endeavour
but every twinkle of the star I’ve named
will show him he is blamed
permanently and hard for what he’s done.
So, David Stubbs, let’s see how tough you are.
I am the customer. I’ve paid. You can’t un-name my star.
The voice I’m speaking to sounds tired. I know
I sound hysterical, a mess,
a shrew it would be foolish to say no to. Well, so be it.
There will be a star called David Shithead Stubbs.
I will lean over balconies to see it.
I give her the address
I want the framed certificate to go to.
Sophie Hannah
I love breakup poems. So much potential for well expressed anger and despair. SH usually injects comedy into hers which make them even more delightful. This one is worth the effort - even non-poetry people should enjoy it. Read and let me know what you think.
[Warning: there is a bit of language some might prefer not to experience...]
Astronomical
I tell the girl at Name a Star of course
I know it’s rare, I know she hopes she won’t be asked again.
Requests like mine are hardly likely to become the norm.
Most people will continue to conform,
but I am not most people.
I’ve read the rules. I know what’s fair
and I want to name a star,
as the blurb says, to show someone I care.
The name I have chosen is David Shithead Stubbs. Now, can we talk
certificates, star lists, gift sets? Oh, go on, let’s.
I’ve sent my cheque for fifty quid.
I have consumer rights.
She doesn’t even ask me what he did.
Do you know how long it took, I say, to choose a slur?
Wanker and arsehole sounded somehow wrong.
Shithead was good but couldn’t stand alone,
since how would David Stubbs or anyone have known
the star was named for him? You see, this means
a lot to me. It isn’t just a whim.
I need to know that every night, for ever,
he’ll trawl the skies, wondering is that the one?
Feet on the ground, he can repent, appeal, achieve, endeavour
but every twinkle of the star I’ve named
will show him he is blamed
permanently and hard for what he’s done.
So, David Stubbs, let’s see how tough you are.
I am the customer. I’ve paid. You can’t un-name my star.
The voice I’m speaking to sounds tired. I know
I sound hysterical, a mess,
a shrew it would be foolish to say no to. Well, so be it.
There will be a star called David Shithead Stubbs.
I will lean over balconies to see it.
I give her the address
I want the framed certificate to go to.
Sophie Hannah
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
on the stupidity of my denomination
We are stupid. Really, very stupid. So stupid that we might as well put a sign up out front saying, 'Hey everyone, don't come to us, go to the guys down the street.' People look at us and think 1 Cor 1:26-27. Most stupid thing of all is that in our stupidity, we think we're clever.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Let the right one in
I watched this tonight. Ben suggested it a while back. I was a little freaked out by its 'horror' classification - the last horror movie I saw was nightmare on elm street in the early 1990s - but there were no chain saws and not really anything gruesome at all in let the right one in.As a vampire movie, it invites comparison with Twilight. Both are beautiful movies. Both have an underlying sadness about them. Both movies are sympathetic to the plight of vampires, they are not really the baddies. They don't want to hurt people, it's just that they need to eat... Both involve an attraction between a vampire and a non-vampire. Both movies have limited dialogue.
Contrasts? Let The Right One In has a 12 year old female vampire, whereas Twilight has a 17 year old male vampire. This, of course, means that the sexual tension is turned up much louder in Twilight. LTROI is more about friendship - which is nice. The striking thing about LTROI is that apart from the main characters (who are 12) and the school bullies, the rest of the cast is middle aged. I wonder if the writers did this so that we wouldn't care so much when they get killed?
Another interesting contrast is in the outcomes of each movie. Oskar is a better kid because of his contact with Eli the vampire. He learns that he doesn't want to hurt people, even if they hurt him. Bella, on the other hand, is much weaker at the end of Twilight. She wants nothing but Edward and to be with him forever and ever...
No doubt I'll think more about Let The Right One In in the next few days. I actually stayed awake for the entire movie (which is rare) and even enjoyed it. I give it 4 and a half stars.
Have you seen it? What do you think?
5 great things
1. Living in Brisbane.
2. Having parents who live on the Gold Coast - and in Palm Beach - perhaps the nicest part of the Gold Coast.
3. Visiting my parents.
4. That we convinced Mum and Dad to get broadband internet a couple of years ago.
5. That Dad still has fast internet left at the end of the month and that I am down here using it up.
2. Having parents who live on the Gold Coast - and in Palm Beach - perhaps the nicest part of the Gold Coast.
3. Visiting my parents.
4. That we convinced Mum and Dad to get broadband internet a couple of years ago.
5. That Dad still has fast internet left at the end of the month and that I am down here using it up.
twenty years
It's been 20 years this month since I heard and understood the gospel for the first time.
I was in year 9 at school. 13, almost 14. I went on a scripture union camp called 'splashout' in the school holidays. We camped in tents, went to the beach, did bible studies and sang songs. I thought it was fantastic. I had never before met people so committed to Jesus.
There were 2 streams of bible studies to choose from - introductory and advanced. Although I had been to church (a very liberal church) most of my life, I thought I should go to the introductory set. My sister chose the advanced stream. Not sure why I chose as I did, but it was a good decision. Our studies were based on John Chapman's book A fresh start, we were taught the gospel incredibly clearly and I had lots of time to ask my thousands of questions.
Before I went to camp I knew I needed to fix up my relationship with God. I thought that I'd learn to be a good person first, and then talk to God after that. By the end of the week I knew that that wasn't the way. I was amazed (and still am amazed) that forgiveness is what God does. It was a life changing few days. Sometime during them, I became a Christian.
Here's a song we sang. Anyone know it?
He paid a debt he did not owe
I owed a debt I could not pay
I needed someone to wash my sins away.
And now I sing a brand new song
Amazing grace the whole day long
Christ Jesus paid the debt
That I could never pay.
Thankful that God has held onto me for this long. Asking for another 60 years or so.
I was in year 9 at school. 13, almost 14. I went on a scripture union camp called 'splashout' in the school holidays. We camped in tents, went to the beach, did bible studies and sang songs. I thought it was fantastic. I had never before met people so committed to Jesus.
There were 2 streams of bible studies to choose from - introductory and advanced. Although I had been to church (a very liberal church) most of my life, I thought I should go to the introductory set. My sister chose the advanced stream. Not sure why I chose as I did, but it was a good decision. Our studies were based on John Chapman's book A fresh start, we were taught the gospel incredibly clearly and I had lots of time to ask my thousands of questions.
Before I went to camp I knew I needed to fix up my relationship with God. I thought that I'd learn to be a good person first, and then talk to God after that. By the end of the week I knew that that wasn't the way. I was amazed (and still am amazed) that forgiveness is what God does. It was a life changing few days. Sometime during them, I became a Christian.
Here's a song we sang. Anyone know it?
He paid a debt he did not owe
I owed a debt I could not pay
I needed someone to wash my sins away.
And now I sing a brand new song
Amazing grace the whole day long
Christ Jesus paid the debt
That I could never pay.
Thankful that God has held onto me for this long. Asking for another 60 years or so.
sad
I have 2 grandparents very ill at the moment.
My grandmother (dad's mum) fell over last week and broke her hip, a leg and her right wrist in 3 places. At 92, recovery from a fall like this is no small thing. They didn't expect her to survive the surgery, but she is a tough old bird and did. But where to from here?
My grandfather (on my mum's side) is 98. He has developed heart problems for the first time in his life. The doctors have found a benign tumor on his heart but don't think that's what's causing his troubles. He is puffed all the time and has heaps of fluid around his heart. My sister (a surgeon) flew down to see if she could work out what's going on. She says it doesn't look good. My grandmother (his wife) is also frail and worried about him.
I've been blessed to have known and still have 3 out of 4 of my grandparents. But I think there's not much time left for them.
I'm sick of funerals. Death has been a far too present reality this year and I don't want any more of it. I feel tired and emotional. Look at me sympathetically and I will cry.
My grandmother (dad's mum) fell over last week and broke her hip, a leg and her right wrist in 3 places. At 92, recovery from a fall like this is no small thing. They didn't expect her to survive the surgery, but she is a tough old bird and did. But where to from here?
My grandfather (on my mum's side) is 98. He has developed heart problems for the first time in his life. The doctors have found a benign tumor on his heart but don't think that's what's causing his troubles. He is puffed all the time and has heaps of fluid around his heart. My sister (a surgeon) flew down to see if she could work out what's going on. She says it doesn't look good. My grandmother (his wife) is also frail and worried about him.
I've been blessed to have known and still have 3 out of 4 of my grandparents. But I think there's not much time left for them.
I'm sick of funerals. Death has been a far too present reality this year and I don't want any more of it. I feel tired and emotional. Look at me sympathetically and I will cry.
top 5 calorie-rich foods to get fat on
1. Butter chicken, rice and naan bread from a good Indian restaurant
2. Fresh, extra large choc-chip cookies from muffin break (or home baked)
3. Fresh white bread smothered generously with butter
4. Apple pie with lots of cream
5. Chocolate slice or just chocolate
2. Fresh, extra large choc-chip cookies from muffin break (or home baked)
3. Fresh white bread smothered generously with butter
4. Apple pie with lots of cream
5. Chocolate slice or just chocolate
Monday, September 28, 2009
top 5 paintings at Queensland Art Gallery
I know nothing about art. But these are the ones I like to look at most.
1. Vida Lahey Monday Morning (1912)
2. Chaim Soutine Man with ribbons (1921-22)
3. Pablo Picasso La Belle Hollandaise (1905)
4. Sam Fullbrook Ernestine Hill (1970)
5. Fred Williams Yan Yean (1970)
If I could add more to my list, they'd be:
Russell Drysdale Bushfire (1944)
Jon Molvig A twilight of women (1957)
Not sure what this says about my taste. As I say, I know nothing.
1. Vida Lahey Monday Morning (1912)
2. Chaim Soutine Man with ribbons (1921-22)
3. Pablo Picasso La Belle Hollandaise (1905)
4. Sam Fullbrook Ernestine Hill (1970)
5. Fred Williams Yan Yean (1970)
If I could add more to my list, they'd be:
Russell Drysdale Bushfire (1944)
Jon Molvig A twilight of women (1957)
Not sure what this says about my taste. As I say, I know nothing.
internet maxed out
Everything is so s l o w.
I click on something, go make a cup of tea, cook the dinner and put the washing away, then come back to see if the page has loaded yet. This post should appear on my blog some time next week.
I click on something, go make a cup of tea, cook the dinner and put the washing away, then come back to see if the page has loaded yet. This post should appear on my blog some time next week.
looking for an argument.
Nathan, that is. Not me.
This is one I really couldn't be bothered with. Go join in if you have a spare week.
This is one I really couldn't be bothered with. Go join in if you have a spare week.
commodifying community
Read this. How stupid we are to think that real things like relationships can be bought or produced by certain techniques.
[untitled]
Our neighbours' house is on fire.
I clean out our gutters,
hose down our roof,
build a 20m brick wall,
throw away my phone,
pull a chair onto the front lawn,
and wait.
The worst will be over soon.
sar 2009
I clean out our gutters,
hose down our roof,
build a 20m brick wall,
throw away my phone,
pull a chair onto the front lawn,
and wait.
The worst will be over soon.
sar 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Idol review - top 9
Sabrina's gone. Good. Any of the bottom 3 would have been fine.
Nathan - Living on a Prayer
I liked him more than other weeks. The hat is an improvement - less annoying than the fringe. He sings well, huge range. Still cheesy.
Scott - Let's groove
Better than last week, but almost anything would have been. Pretty weak at the start. Improved a little as he went on. I wouldn't miss him if he left.
Hayley - Dancing in the Dark
She is fantastic. I guessed the drum thing.
Toby - I wanna know what love is
I don't love him. Smolder doesn't work for me at all. I'm bored.
Kym
I think she'll go this week. Not because she's bad - there are plenty worse than her - just because she's not as interesting as Hayley. She looks too perfect so won't get the girl vote. If she could loose the high heels so she can move properly and stop spending so much time obsessing over her hair, she might look like she was enjoying herself and we might be interested. At the moment, I'm not.
Tim - Heaven
Well, he showed us that he's no where near as good as Bryan Adams. Awful. No force. I want to take him outside and beat him up. See if he is any stronger than a wet lettuce leaf. He needs to go.
Kate - When the going get's tough
Awful song. Something went wrong with the arrangement and she got lost, but covered it almost adequately. I'd vote for her (just once) if she'd take off the hat.
Stan - Purple Rain
Audience and judges went silly over this one. And why wouldn't you? It built to a great hillsong/orgasmic moment. Nicely done. He could win.
James - The Power of Love
I love him. So cute - in a Micheal J. Fox kind of a way. Training wheels comment apt.
Top 3 - James, Stan, Hayley
Bottom 3 - Everyone else. They all need to go at some stage.
Nathan - Living on a Prayer
I liked him more than other weeks. The hat is an improvement - less annoying than the fringe. He sings well, huge range. Still cheesy.
Scott - Let's groove
Better than last week, but almost anything would have been. Pretty weak at the start. Improved a little as he went on. I wouldn't miss him if he left.
Hayley - Dancing in the Dark
She is fantastic. I guessed the drum thing.
Toby - I wanna know what love is
I don't love him. Smolder doesn't work for me at all. I'm bored.
Kym
I think she'll go this week. Not because she's bad - there are plenty worse than her - just because she's not as interesting as Hayley. She looks too perfect so won't get the girl vote. If she could loose the high heels so she can move properly and stop spending so much time obsessing over her hair, she might look like she was enjoying herself and we might be interested. At the moment, I'm not.
Tim - Heaven
Well, he showed us that he's no where near as good as Bryan Adams. Awful. No force. I want to take him outside and beat him up. See if he is any stronger than a wet lettuce leaf. He needs to go.
Kate - When the going get's tough
Awful song. Something went wrong with the arrangement and she got lost, but covered it almost adequately. I'd vote for her (just once) if she'd take off the hat.
Stan - Purple Rain
Audience and judges went silly over this one. And why wouldn't you? It built to a great hillsong/orgasmic moment. Nicely done. He could win.
James - The Power of Love
I love him. So cute - in a Micheal J. Fox kind of a way. Training wheels comment apt.
Top 3 - James, Stan, Hayley
Bottom 3 - Everyone else. They all need to go at some stage.
top 5 things that Joel likes about his Mum
1. She doesn't always get in the way when I'm doing things
2. She bought me a puppy
3. She lets us watch TV (when Daddy isn't here)
4. She lets me do craft (with sticky tape)
5. She buys things for me (like food)
2. She bought me a puppy
3. She lets us watch TV (when Daddy isn't here)
4. She lets me do craft (with sticky tape)
5. She buys things for me (like food)
top 5 things that are annoying Joel right now
1. Mummy (because she cancels my computer turns all day every day)
2. Mummy (because she doesn't let me go on the internet)
3. Mummy (because she doesn't let me have my computer turn when my friend is here)
4. TV (because we can't watch anything that's good)
5. Mummy (because she doesn't let me use flour and milk to make goop)
2. Mummy (because she doesn't let me go on the internet)
3. Mummy (because she doesn't let me have my computer turn when my friend is here)
4. TV (because we can't watch anything that's good)
5. Mummy (because she doesn't let me use flour and milk to make goop)
top 5 things that are annoying me right now
1. That I can't blame my kids' (and my) bad behaviour on food allergies.
2. That I can't post all the poems that I've written. What's the point of a nifty metaphor or cool rhyme if you don't share it with others?
3. That it's hard to buy Sophie Hannah's poetry books in Australia.
4. That everything is so tricky and twisted and complicated.
5. That the piano needs dusting again.
2. That I can't post all the poems that I've written. What's the point of a nifty metaphor or cool rhyme if you don't share it with others?
3. That it's hard to buy Sophie Hannah's poetry books in Australia.
4. That everything is so tricky and twisted and complicated.
5. That the piano needs dusting again.
top 5 hymn metres
Obscure, I know.
1. 8888 8888
2. 8888
3. 8686 8686
4. 10 10 10 10
5. 47464746 (=11 10 11 10)
1. 8888 8888
2. 8888
3. 8686 8686
4. 10 10 10 10
5. 47464746 (=11 10 11 10)
Top five musical songs
1. You and I (Chess)
2. One day more (Les Mis)
3. Close Every Door (Joseph)
4. Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
5. Embassy Lament (Chess)
2. One day more (Les Mis)
3. Close Every Door (Joseph)
4. Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
5. Embassy Lament (Chess)
top 5 girls names that I've never gotten to use
1. Philippa*
2. Millie*
3. Mikaela
4. Anika
5. Alice*
*I have nieces with these names. But I liked them first. If I was to have more kids, I'd like twin girls called Anika and Mikaela. Not sure an order can be put in. Perhaps I should buy puppies or goldfish.
2. Millie*
3. Mikaela
4. Anika
5. Alice*
*I have nieces with these names. But I liked them first. If I was to have more kids, I'd like twin girls called Anika and Mikaela. Not sure an order can be put in. Perhaps I should buy puppies or goldfish.
Friday, September 25, 2009
strange.
Each morning this week at around 7.10am*, a silver subaru station wagon has pulled up down the road from us. A man gets out of the car, pops the bonnet and disconnects something. Then he locks his car, checks that it's locked, then walks off down the street.
I've been thinking up all kind of explanations. What do you think is going on?
*the time I arrive home from my run/gym class
I've been thinking up all kind of explanations. What do you think is going on?
*the time I arrive home from my run/gym class
altered recipe for lemon butter
ingredients:
4 egg yolks
200ml lemon juice
1.5 cups sugar
125g butter
rind of 2-ish lemons
method:
1. Mix together eggs, juice and sugar in saucepan.
2. Add butter and mix over low heat.
3. Keep it over heat for ages till the colour changes a little (gets darker) and it becomes thicker. If in doubt, heat it for longer.
4. Add lemon rind.
5. Bottle.
4 egg yolks
200ml lemon juice
1.5 cups sugar
125g butter
rind of 2-ish lemons
method:
1. Mix together eggs, juice and sugar in saucepan.
2. Add butter and mix over low heat.
3. Keep it over heat for ages till the colour changes a little (gets darker) and it becomes thicker. If in doubt, heat it for longer.
4. Add lemon rind.
5. Bottle.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
is it legit...
...to put John 1 theology into Mary's mouth for the purpose of a little nativity musical? What do you think?
Song for Mary
1. This child who's sleeping peaceful in his cradle
I'm told he holds the whole world in his hands
A baby yet much older than the mountains
God from God before the universe began
God from God before the universe began
2. How can it be that he should call me mother
Created me yet from my body came
This little one I tend like any other
Is the Lord, the king, all tremble at his name
He's my Lord, my king, I tremble at his name.
CHORUS:
Could an artist jump onto his canvas, give himself
Could a potter become clay upon his wheel?
Could our God, creator, step inside creation?
Has it happened now? How can this be real?
Has it happened now? How can this be real?
BRIDGE:
Jesus, how can this be?
Though I hold you now
You are holding me.
sar 2009
Song for Mary
1. This child who's sleeping peaceful in his cradle
I'm told he holds the whole world in his hands
A baby yet much older than the mountains
God from God before the universe began
God from God before the universe began
2. How can it be that he should call me mother
Created me yet from my body came
This little one I tend like any other
Is the Lord, the king, all tremble at his name
He's my Lord, my king, I tremble at his name.
CHORUS:
Could an artist jump onto his canvas, give himself
Could a potter become clay upon his wheel?
Could our God, creator, step inside creation?
Has it happened now? How can this be real?
Has it happened now? How can this be real?
BRIDGE:
Jesus, how can this be?
Though I hold you now
You are holding me.
sar 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
'Jesus!' Amen.
we bow our hearts to the ground
turn our wills to you and pray
'as this book is read
breathe life into the dead.'
jesus our lord, living word
piercing souls like a sword
cut through our defence
and make us wholly yours.
and the people said 'amen'
and the people said 'amen'
o church arise and stand in praise
heaven speaks and hearts are changed
as we hear his word we sing, proclaim,
'jesus!' amen.
sar 2009
Our latest. What do you think? I'm thinking Nehemiah 8. Is the people said 'amen' line dicky? I'll change it if it is.
turn our wills to you and pray
'as this book is read
breathe life into the dead.'
jesus our lord, living word
piercing souls like a sword
cut through our defence
and make us wholly yours.
and the people said 'amen'
and the people said 'amen'
o church arise and stand in praise
heaven speaks and hearts are changed
as we hear his word we sing, proclaim,
'jesus!' amen.
sar 2009
Our latest. What do you think? I'm thinking Nehemiah 8. Is the people said 'amen' line dicky? I'll change it if it is.
how will I cope?
Phone and internet connection died suddenly last night.
Optus... What is going on?
[blogging may not happen much till it's fixed]
Optus... What is going on?
[blogging may not happen much till it's fixed]
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
the trinity
Following the edifying discussion over at Izaac's blog on the trinity, I thought I'd put a few thoughts up here.
The father is the first person of the trinity. Jesus, also known as 'the Son', is also a part of the trinity. Usually considered the second person of the trinity. Jesus is both God and man. The holy spirit is the third person of the trinity and proceeds from the father and the son.
Have I got that right? Come one, come all and comment!
The father is the first person of the trinity. Jesus, also known as 'the Son', is also a part of the trinity. Usually considered the second person of the trinity. Jesus is both God and man. The holy spirit is the third person of the trinity and proceeds from the father and the son.
Have I got that right? Come one, come all and comment!
clean windows!
They are so clean that you can... you know... see through them!
The whole house looks bright and I feel happy.
The whole house looks bright and I feel happy.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Idol Review - Top 10
Really struggling to care. So are the kids. The documentary on the ABC was more interesting to us all, so we watched that for the first half hour.
Happy that Casey went. He needed to.
Sabrina - A bit yelly.
Toby - Not convinced by his changed between lower and higher register
Kim - Her main problem is that she's not as good or as interesting as Hayley. Not sure how she'll overcome this.
Stan - No idea what he was singing about. What's with the hoody?
James - I'm a fan. The slight country thing works for me.
Scott - A train wreck. Embarrassing. Song far too hard for him.
Nathan - A girl's song. Sorry, it just is. I think the camp comments were way unhelpful for a 16 year old.
Kate - It was probably really good. The judges thought so. I can't get past the hat, the shirt or the cliche 'rise above'. Sorry.
Tim - A stupid song choice.
Hayley - Liked her less than last week. Why do R&B?
Based on performances, Scott should go. But he'll probably get the sympathy vote.
What did you think?
Happy that Casey went. He needed to.
Sabrina - A bit yelly.
Toby - Not convinced by his changed between lower and higher register
Kim - Her main problem is that she's not as good or as interesting as Hayley. Not sure how she'll overcome this.
Stan - No idea what he was singing about. What's with the hoody?
James - I'm a fan. The slight country thing works for me.
Scott - A train wreck. Embarrassing. Song far too hard for him.
Nathan - A girl's song. Sorry, it just is. I think the camp comments were way unhelpful for a 16 year old.
Kate - It was probably really good. The judges thought so. I can't get past the hat, the shirt or the cliche 'rise above'. Sorry.
Tim - A stupid song choice.
Hayley - Liked her less than last week. Why do R&B?
Based on performances, Scott should go. But he'll probably get the sympathy vote.
What did you think?
the stress of unclutter
Gordon, and now Ali, keep on linking to this website. It's called the Unclutterer and it's about getting and staying organised. Just seeing the links stresses me out. I didn't visit Ali's blog for a whole week because her unclutterer link was too near the top of the page for me to feel comfortable.
Now, I don't like clutter any more than the next person. But every neat system that I've ever tried to reduce it hasn't worked. But there's not a whole lot of junk around our place and I think I have some good advice to offer. Here's my top 5 tips for uncluttering your house:
1. Live in a small house. You'll buy less stuff because finding somewhere to put it will be too hard.
2. Throw things out all the time. You'll find that you'll hardly ever regret it. (Where is that group certificate?)
3. Don't go shopping much. Most mess comes from stuff. Most stuff comes from shops.
4. Don't bring junkmail inside. Junk mail is clutter and causes you to want to go out and buy more stuff to clutter up your house.
5. Take photos of your kids' artwork, upload it to the computer, then chuck out the original.
Now, I don't like clutter any more than the next person. But every neat system that I've ever tried to reduce it hasn't worked. But there's not a whole lot of junk around our place and I think I have some good advice to offer. Here's my top 5 tips for uncluttering your house:
1. Live in a small house. You'll buy less stuff because finding somewhere to put it will be too hard.
2. Throw things out all the time. You'll find that you'll hardly ever regret it. (Where is that group certificate?)
3. Don't go shopping much. Most mess comes from stuff. Most stuff comes from shops.
4. Don't bring junkmail inside. Junk mail is clutter and causes you to want to go out and buy more stuff to clutter up your house.
5. Take photos of your kids' artwork, upload it to the computer, then chuck out the original.
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