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Rice and Beans Challenge Day 3
So today is the mid-point of the Tearfund Rice and Beans challenge. Man am I glad….. I knew it was going to be tough – even with almost tripling my portions to help me last longer on my feet all day I’m incredibly hungry! Although, I do have to confess that I succumbed slightly … Continue reading
Carbon Fast – Day 2
Day 2 – again, this challenge required, on my part at least, any extra sacrifice on my part. The challenge was: Compost. Put nutrients from your food waste back into the soil, not into methane-emitting landfill. If you don’t have a garden, investigate other options like wormeries. We do have a garden, but we don’t … Continue reading
The Carbon Fast – Day 1
So today’s challenge in Tearfunds material is: Remove one light bulb in your home and live without it during Lent as a reminder of what you’re doing. My first decision was ‘Which light Bulb?’ it took me a while to work out which light bulb would be the biggest sacrifice for me in the … Continue reading
Out and about in Karachi; A Photo Essay
As well as spending time visiting the Diocese of Lahore and some of the communities affected by the flooding in the Sindh Province, we spent some time in Karachi city itself. Our first day in Karachi ended up being more touristy than we expected – our meetings for the day had to be postponed until … Continue reading
Diocese of Karachi; A Photo Essay
Whilst in Karachi, we spent a substantial amount of time visiting with the Diocese of Karachi. Including their Cathedral compound, their seminary, Girls school and Drug Rehab centre. Peace Out!
A visit to the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly
So last Monday I went to visit the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly, I mentioned a wee bit of ehat thr event means to me in my last Blog post and will delve a bit deep into that in another post, this post is going to be just about last Monday! The theme of … Continue reading
Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly 2011
Tomorrow I’m headjing to the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly for the day. I have 2 reasons for going, I’m leading a Worship session in the morning based around the idea of exploring worship through photography. Thr second reason is that I’ll be spending the remainder of the day wandering around taking photos of … Continue reading
One of the Joys of Youth Ministry…
I’m sitting on a hard concrete floor at the AECC (Aberdeen conference centre). I’m here with the youth group from Portlethen to take part in the Aberdeen Cyrenians sponsored sleepout. Its a good event that regularly raises thousands for work with the homeless in Aberdeen, and keeps multiple youth ministers/workers an teachers up all night … Continue reading
sometimes God seems…..
Just a short thought at the end of a good, long, hard, challenging day. I’m not sure where it came from, but I started thinking about the film ‘I, robot’ with Will Smith. He’s a detective who has to piece together an investigation into a mans death at the hands of a robot by following … Continue reading
What the?
So, I’ve spent the last we while thinking of things I want to blog about. Which of my thouhts do I think others would want to read? I had all sorts of cool topics in mind, what it means to be cool(inspired by Miss Whyte), more on mark yaconelli’s talks at NYA, my week at … Continue reading