Archive for February, 2009
Giving up Facebook for Lent?
25 Feb 2009I have been asked if I am going to give up something for Lent this year. Last week a Wall Street Journal reporter had an interesting contemporary twist on that theme: parents trying to abstain from Facebook. (via getReligion.org) Of course people do get addicted: ? No I am not giving up Facebook or any [...]
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- Tags: Facebook, Lent
Next Converse Event
In: Events
24 Feb 2009You are invited to join in a conversation about engaging in mission and leadership with the UK Fresh Expressions core team Pete Pillinger and Ian Mobsby at the next Converse event on 12 March 2009. More information can be found on the Spirited website.
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The Shack: a helpful book review?
In: Books
20 Feb 2009The Shack was first published in 2007 by a small publishing house Windblown Media. It has since been translated into 30 languages and sold over 6 million copies. At the time of this post it has been #1 on the NY Times paperback fiction bestseller list for a remarkable 38 weeks. There have been plenty [...]
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- Tags: Book Review
And I thought I was blunt
In: Church
17 Feb 2009I thought I was pretty blunt when it came to expressing my thoughts on this. Steve Lawson (via Mark Berry) definitely sums it up when he created this version. Steve also gets to the heart of the issue when it comes to apologetics? Regardless of my own beliefs/faith/whatever, I?ve always been baffled by posters stating [...]
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- Tags: Advertising, Apologetics, Evangelism
Spirited Blogs powered by WordPress
In: Technology
14 Feb 2009It has taken me some time but I have moved all the Spirited blogs to a WordPress MU powered website. This is my first official post using the spirited network?blogging site. I have also decided to merge?some of?my blogs into a single blog. Over the next couple of days I may also resurrect some of [...]
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- Tags: Blogs, CMS, Open Source, WordPress
On the buses
In: Church
11 Feb 2009As I went to bed last night another slogan for the side of a bus popped into my head. So here it is thanks to the bus slogan generator?
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- Tags: Advertising, Apologetics, Evangelism
Bus Wars: Battle of the Slogans
In: Church
10 Feb 2009A while back Richard Dawkins and his atheist friends from the British Humanist Association started advertising on the side of buses in London. Their advert used the slogan, ?There probably isn?t a God ? now stop worrying and get on with your life?. This managed to get up the nose of some Christians who have [...]
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- Tags: Advertising, Apologetics, Evangelism
2009 Victorian bushfires Fund – Appeal
In: General
9 Feb 2009The 2009 Victorian bushfire Fund to assist individuals and communities affected by devastating bushfires in Victoria has been launched by the Premier John Brumby in partnership with Red Cross and the Federal Government. Donations can be made using our secure online donations form or by phoning 1800 811 700.
What can one say?
In: Media Comment
8 Feb 2009Here I am sitting here at home with my air conditioning reading the newspaper online. It all puts so many things into correct perspective. Words cannot describe the tragedy well enough. Cheryl names it hell.
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My name is Dean Tregenza. My posts to this blog come from stuff on my notebook that I gather as I go about doing the things I do. The subject matter of the posts cover pretty much anything that comes to my mind. Some of it may be about technology related things. Everything I write is possibly heresy and wrong. For the record the content in the blog posts are not necessarily the opinions or the beliefs of the author, the people he quoted, or anyone else for that matter.
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Wedding Bills
In: Church|Community|Media Comment
18 Feb 2009This year I have a number of friends and family who are getting married. So when I was waiting for a coffee at Coffee Trails this morning I noticed an article in Sydney?s Daily Telegraph opened on the table about the cost of weddings. According to the article, ?the average combined cost of a wedding [...]