Archive for December, 2006

Survival of the fittest

Love him or hate him, Charles Darwin had a point. Species that are well adapted to their environment survive. Those who are not, do not. It occurred to me that this theory (the bane of modernist Christians everywhere) might well be applied more broadly. Those of us who refuse to use a [...]

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Spiritually Desensitized

Several years ago I attended a youth conference where I heard Mike Frost (of Small Boat Big Sea) speak for the first time. I remember little about the conference except playing chicken with the waves at Manly (I was knocked off my feet twice by big waves – bit of blood, lots of water) [...]

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(Re)present(ing) Christmas

I got the idea for the brackets in my title from here… It is December, and the build up to Christmas (or should I say Chri$tma$) is as consumeristic as ever. I have to sadly admit that my focus thus far has been on what presents I should buy for people, how much to [...]

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