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Archive for September, 2011

Facebook’r

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

One of those fascinating charts from Business Insider’s Chart of the Day (worth a follow, often something intriguing comes along).  Gives a good insight into the world of media on social media. With infinite free upload on google+ together with Instand Upload on mobile devices, I wonder how quickly google+ will catch up?

Q&A: It is my biblical understanding that a person who is to be baptised is first to be a believer… Can you please comment?

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Anonymous asks: It is my biblical understanding that a person who is to be baptised is first to be a believer. Of their own free will they are to receive Jesus Christ as their personal saviour – A faithful, cognitive act. Some churches conduct baby baptisms and, although the church admits that the baby is [...]

R U OK? I wasn’t.

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Today is R U OK? Day.  We’ve all seen the ads with Hugh Jackman.  The concept is simple – take a moment to look your friend or co-worker in the eye and ask them “Are you OK?”  It may not be necessary, but it does no harm.  But it can do a lot of good, [...]

Review: Guantanamo – My Journey

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

The controversy surrounding the detention of David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay by the United States government has waned.  In the aftermath of 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan – in that era when the War on Terror was a novelty, not a socio-political framework, when the soundbites were filled with Bush and Howard [...]

Q&A: Do you “remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”?

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Anonymous asks:  G’day Will, Do you “remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”? If yes, please explain why. If no, please explain why. God bless you my friend God bless you too. You are of course quoting the fourth of the ten commandments. To answer your question… In short: Yes I do, because it [...]

Hobart Coffee Rankings

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

[Update:  In response to some feedback I have updated this post to include an experience of Pilgrim Coffee in Argyle Street.   I was also asked to clarify what I meant by "purely subjective results"] Having worked in the Hobart CBD for the best part of three weeks my coffee shop rankings are currently as [...]

Q&A: Terrorism takes life.Christian martyr gives life… how can this be better worded?

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Anonymous asks: Coming up 9/11-”Terrorism takes life.Christian martyr gives life”. My question is how this can be better worded or used at that time? First of all, I’ll take your quote as as a notion rather than a direct quote (a quick google didn’t find anything).  If it is a direct quote – let me know, [...]

Q&A: Having just looked up Psalm 149.3 I came upon this… What do you make of it and what is your opinion?

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Anonymous asks: Having just looked up Psalm 149.3 I came upon this item (http://www.freedomministries.org.uk/masters/idiom11c.shtml)  What do you make of it and what is your opinion? OK.  Psalm 149.3 in the ESV is this: Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre. On the face of it, the psalm [...]

Construction

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

We have just moved to Hobart from the beachside village of Somerset in Northern Tasmania.  Across the road from where we lived was West Somerset Primary School.  At the end of 2009 it was closed down and then demolished to make way for the brand new Somerset Primary School.  The new school was finished in [...]