Month: August 2007

Okay – the heading to this post is a bit sensational… but my Total Lunar Eclipse video (see below or go to youtube) has just cracked 1000 views in just under 24 hours!!

While this may not seem like much, it’s a pretty lame video and there’s only been a handful of views that have clicked out from this blog. How did they get there? I’m sure it’s not a featured video on youtube – it’s simply through people searching for it.

CCECYOUTH has 32 videos online – but only a total of about 5000 views.

If you want to get a high number of random hits (something we’re not necessarily aiming for with ccecyouth) simply work out what people will be searching for on a given day. There’s your video name and some tags… the rest is history.

Jesus.

I’m currently watching Hitch. I think it’s a good movie with some good lessons. Here’s 2 quotes from the beginning of the movie:

1. Basic principles: No woman wakes up saying “God I hope I DON’T get swept off my feet today”
2. Basic principles: No matter what, no matter when, no matter who, any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. He just needs the right broom.

I think Christian guys need help with the ladies. They just need some help with the broom! If you want to talk… give me a call or shoot me an email.

I bought lunch for Daniel, a guy who asked me for money, in Gosford this morning. He’s a homeless man – about my age. He knows that there is accommodation available but would rather sleep on the beach with a blanket.

Afterwards I went looking for Luke (his real name) around the streets and in the soup kitchen. I couldn’t find him. I haven’t seen him for a long time. I haven’t made enough effort. I’m going to look for him again and/or speak to one of the social workers who knows him.

Jesus is the hope of the world. Pray for both of them that they would come to know Jesus.

Facebook is still annoying (and MySpace is still ugly). You’ve heard it here before. Lots of talk about it. So, this is a facebook mega-post.

This video is capital ‘H’ Hilarious…

Josh Harris has done 3 posts over the last week:

• Facebook Survey
• My One and Only Week on Facebook
• Facebook Follow-Up

The 3 posts chronicle his sojourn into the Facebook World. After a week he quit. For good reasons. But… he had this great quote in his follow-up:

Enjoy Facebook. And if you’re a godly single man, receive it as a gift from God to assist you in nonchalantly building a friendship with a godly Christian woman. I’m serious, men! If you’re mature enough to pursue marriage, Facebook should be “Courtbook” for you. Don’t just sit there, get on the ball and go “poke” a godly girl.

More facebook action:

• The smh had an article on how it could potentially cost Aussie business $5bn a year!
• Ben has some wise tips
• Facebook, culture and community (haven’t read it… h/t craig)
• Facebook Grows Up (haven’t read it.. h/t JT)

Do you do facebook? How long do you spend on it per day? Per week? whatever…

The A-League kicks off tonight. Giddy up!

Here’s my predictions:
Sydney v Central Coast – DRAW
Queensland v Adelaide – DRAW
Perth v Newcastle – PERTH
Wellington v Melbourne – MELBOURNE

Feel free to add yours in the comments.

Last week we started a new series on On the Poddy. It’s called coast youth radio. Each episode we plan to talk about a different issues for Central Coast teenagers (I’m sure it’s applicable more broadly than the Central Coast). The first episode was on boredom.

I’ve been thinking further this week about teenagers, the Central Coast and boredom. When you ask the typical non-teenager what they love about the Central Coast the answer: the lifestyle (check out this vid). People move to the Central Coast to escape the Sydney rat-race. They love that the Central Coast is so close to the biggest city in Australia… but far enough away that they feel like they are in paradise.

Why, then, do teenagers fail to see the joys of the Central Coast lifestyle? Why are they bored? Isn’t the Central Coast paradise on earth? When do teenagers stop being bored and start seeing the goodness of the Central Coast lifestyle?

I don’t have an answer. Maybe it’s because they’ve been brought up on entertainment and they are now bored by their Xbox 720? Maybe their parents are enjoying the lifestyle so much that they are neglecting their teenager? Maybe they don’t have an imagination? I dunno?

Ultimately – you don’t come to Jesus because you are bored… but for an eternal cure to boredom – spend some time gazing upon the Lord Jesus Christ. See him. Savour him. Trust him.