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MORE is a mission happening simultaneously across 3 Universities (UTS, UWS and MAC) throughout August. I’ll be one of the speakers. It’s a great initiative. Here’s my intro vid:
I’d value your prayers over the next few weeks. Keep an eye out on twitter for updates.
3photos of Sam in a Hunter Valley winery. Don’t worry, he drank hot chocolate.
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“3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..” These were commissioned by STA Travel Australia. Short. Simple. Creative.
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Steve Chong (from Kirkplace and RICE) is preaching to 7000 young punks at the Newday youth festival in England. I want to invite you to pray for him this week. Pray that God would be at work by His Spirit as Steve opens the Word and points young punks to Jesus.
It’s an amazing opportunity and it would be good if we could gather as many peeps in Sydney and Australia to partner with Steve by praying for this ministry.
Watch the vid above. And pray now.
His first talk will be roughly 630pm tonight (Tuesday 2 August – Sydney Time).
We can hopefully get another vid from Steve later in the week.
Follow him on Twitter for regular updates.
Share this vid or blog post to get others praying too. Deal?
Hey blog dogs. July has been a lazy blog month. No apologies. I’ve got some fresh content lined up for August. Maybe some apologies? Hey good news about the Thankyou Water in 7-eleven campaign… read about it hear! Hey our soccer team jumped into the top four this last week. Yieeew. Hey I set myself a 6 kilo winter weight loss challenge. I’m half way there.
Above is my fave pic from the August smashing mag desktop designs. And here’s the best of July (according to clicks) and some other stats:
Back in December/January friends and readers of DMDC were part of raising $2835 to go toward a clean water project for India. We were aiming for $2000, but well and truly exceeded that target. 12 months before that we raised some cash for clean water in Rwanda. I dig the idea of using blogs and social media to raise money for works of justice.
Thanks again to all those who gave generously. Below are some of the project details from Compassion. If you contributed and you’re keen for a longer PDF, let me know.
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DMDC is proud to partner with Compassion Australia to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
Together, we will provide deep tube wells to three child development centres in northern India, ensuring they have a long-term supply of clean water. Through our partnership, more than 600 Compassion assisted children will receive the gift of this most precious resource.
Now, mothers and fathers will not have to walk long distances to fetch water, or queue for hours at the town well. Children will be better protected from waterborne diseases and able to attend school, learn, grow and develop to fulfil their potential.
This water intervention is part of Compassion’s Complementary Interventions program.
Complementary Interventions—Completing Compassion’s programs
Compassion seeks to address all the obstacles that can hinder and impede the healthy development of children. From providing clean water to emergency relief, income-generation training and many others, Compassion’s Complementary Interventions tackle some of these additional concerns and provide solutions that enhance, improve and complement their core programs.
For more info on Compassion’s work visit www.compassion.com.au or call 1300 22 44 53.
John Stott, one of the greatest Christian leaders of the last century, has died this week aged 90. I’ve personally been impacted by his ministry and was saddened to hear of his death. Yet so encouraged by his faithful service and thankful that he is now with Jesus, which is better by far! Earlier this year I read his final book The Radical Disciple. Simple, precise, challenging. Throughout the book he actually spoke about it as his final book. He knew he didn’t have many years left in him, so deliberately wrote this as a farewell book.
We’re currently using Stott’s Basic Christianity as the part of the material in our Confirmation Classes at St Faith’s. It’s good stuff!
His book The Cross of Christ has probably had the most profound impact around the world in enabling Christians to see the multi-faceted jewel that is the Death of Jesus.
I’ve enjoyed reading some obituaries and tributes this week on the life and ministry of Stott.
Here’s a few:
Michael Jensen Facebooked this not long after his death, “Please, you evangelicals out there: don’t say ‘RIP’ for John Stott. It’s a prayer for the dead!” I’ve been uneasy with RIP before, but didn’t know it was a prayer for the dead. Another fella in the comments that followed Jensen’s status quoted Stott (2 Timothy commentary). Check this:
“One of the most searching tests to apply to any religion concerns its attitude to death. And measured by this test much so-called Christianity is found wanting in its black clothes, its mournful chants and its requiem masses. Of course dying can be very unpleasant, and bereavement can bring bitter sorrow. But death itself has been overthrown, and ‘blessed are the dead who die in the Lord’ (Rev. 14:13). The proper epitaph to write for a Christian believer is not a dismal and uncertain petition, ‘R.I.P.’ (requiescat in pace, ‘may he rest in peace’), but a joyful and certain affirmation ‘C.A.D.’ (‘Christ abolished death’)”
Brilliant. John Stott 1921-2011 C.A.D.