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Wynand de Koch is the Principal of Tabor College and was our guest speaker at the November Gathering.

Growing up, Wynand believed that God was a grumpy old man, with strict rules, who could turn on you quickly, swallow you up for no good reason. It wasn’t a healthy view.

However, after hearing then Bishop Desmond Tutu speak, his whole world was shaken.

I read this on Seth Godin’s blog a while ago and it resonated with me.

A few weeks ago, I was out walking our dog along the back fence line on one edge of our housing estate, when it started raining quite heavily. It was too far to run to find an entrance back into the estate, to find a place where I could find some shelter, so I stuck as close to the fence line as I could.

Doing things is church – regardless of whether you have an official meeting.

A missional community is us as Jesus’s apprentices. We journey together. Its a finite expression of the infinite trinity. Jesus was a genius – we don’t want to follow anyone who’s not smart, not in the know. Jesus was not about other worldly weird stuff, but about coping with the everyday.

Ephesians 5:18-6:18.

Things that happen in your life can teach you the most interesting lessons.

Murray was our much loved tabby black and white cat. At 17 1/2 years old, he went out one day six months ago and didn’t come home. We thought he had gone away to die. Until he turned up in Hallam nearly 2 weeks ago.

If you haven’t read the full story - check out Evan’s wonderful perspective at: Do you have a cat named Murray?

Back now? Anyway, we are still dealing with the implications of his return.

All of you who know me, know how much I have in common with a cyclone - fast-moving and endlessly so. But I had a small lesson last week in stopping and taking the time to appreciate the moment.

I had just finished business at Casey Council and was driving out of their carpark. Opposite the entrance to Council is a small park and lake, just adjacent to Casey ARC. Whilst I was waiting for traffic to clear, I noticed a couple with a young dog - looked like a Red Heeler, walking around the same side of the lake that I was on.

If only these signs were an indication of how much fun church could be!

Check out a lot more at Faster Pastor.

Whilst I was walking the dog the other day, I got to thinking about my actions in this life. I thought about things that had happened, comments that people had made to me in response to actions I had made, usually small and inconsequential.

After some thought and some distance with the dog (a longer walk that day), I came to the conclusion, that more often than not, I do manage to do the right thing.

Things to remember and celebrate at the junction. The Hammond’s Team Leaders January 2002-July 2009.

Dreaming with the Swains. Serving together.
Opening in a pub, giving $1000 to Windermere.
Working bees at their Pakenham house,
Ignition at the Berwick Inn, 2 H fundraiser at Berwick Inn. Using the Common Room (Front Bar).
Tutoring kid with parents with intellectual disability.
Steve and I, Adam and Judy at Kambrya college.
Lunch time program, breakfast, sports days and swimming carnival. We were part ofthe school community.
Caesar playing b/ball.