Posts from ‘January, 2010’

“Real men don’t like going to church because they don’t want to “sing love songs to a man”, because the “vicar wears a dress”, because they feel like “mongrels on parade at Crufts” and because they want to be waited on by women rather than queue for coffee after the service.”
At least that is what [...]

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
-         Aesop

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
-         Mother Teresa

 
 
 
 
 
I just found this Beliefnet article looking at some of the spiritual and religious trends that have shaped pop culture over the last 10 years.
Read it here!
It includes things like the Harry Potter and Twilight phenomena’s, the George W Bush administration, and celebrities sporting religious tattoos (i.e. Britney’s misspelled Kabbalah and Angelina Jolie’s Buddhist text tattoos).
It also [...]

Does anyone else think it is odd that at the start of January there were Hot Cross Buns for sale in supermarkets around Australia?
Shops in some cities, Cairns for example, are already stocking Easter Eggs!
Here is an interesting article.
So, since there seems to be so much lead time for Easter, what can we do to [...]

Soccer superstar David Beckham has added a black and white image of Jesus Christ to his collection of 17 tattoos as a tribute to his grandfather, who recently died.
The new image, drawn on Beckham’s lower right abdomen, is based on a painting called ‘The Man Of Sorrows’ by Catholic artist Matthew Brooks.
Read the whole story [...]

What if it stopped working? What if, one day, FaceBook suddenly and irrevocably ceased to exist?
Every morning now, when I boot up my computer and begin my ritual of Facebook, email and game culture news blogs, I ask myself that question. And, if it did die, how many people in my office would be immediately [...]

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
-         Albert Einstein

Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.
-         Harry J. Gray

The Transit Lounge – Amy Goodhew
Last year in Australia 812 people donated their kidneys. This year 1,298 people are on the waiting list for kidneys. That’s 486 people who spend every day waiting and hoping and praying that a kidney may become available, but never receive the call. Clearly, it’s time Australia had a conversation about [...]