THANKFULNESS // HELEN BERHANE

If you were to wake up tomorrow, with only the things you thanked God for today, what would you have? Helen Berhane was locked up in a shipping container for sharing the gospel, you can get her full story here.

My friend Mike Gore is a brilliant story teller. As well as the Thankfulness video above, you can see him in Risk-taking Christianity and Radical Faith – Hea Woo.

He works for Open Doors. They serve the persecuted church in the darkest places and stand alongside Christians who suffer for their faith and serve those suffering for the gospel.

Web // opendoorsyouth.org.au
Facebook // facebook.com/opendoorsyouthau

PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE // #SYDNEY EVENT WITH TIM @CHALLIES

TIM CHALLIES PARENTS SYDNEY

Well-known Christian blogger, speaker, author and pastor Tim Challies will be in Sydney during May 2014. You can click the above image for more details.

Tim will be speaking at a Parent’s event on Thursday 15th May presented by Youth SurgeToongabbie Anglican Church and Matthias Media.

I know many parents who are desperate to learn how to care for their kids in the digital age. So pass this on to as many parents as you can!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE PASTOR’S EVENT THE NIGHT BEFORE.

GREATEST COMEDY SKETCH OF ALL TIME?

Abbott & Costello’s* routine – Who’s on First – would have to be the great comedy sketch of all time. Don’t you think? The routine is a brilliant play on words with confusion over the names of baseball players. It’s quite a long script, but worth enduring because of the quality of the word play.

What do you think? Other contenders for greatest comedy sketch of all time? Feel free to leave a video in the comments, probably best to keep it PG.

*not to be confused with the current Prime Minister and former Treasurer of Australia…

#SNIPPETY // #ANZAC #EASTER #NIGERIA #KIDNAPPING #RETWEETS #PARENTING #SNAPCHAT #KILLCLIPART

#SNIPPETY

A mix of articles and resources in this latest #Snippety. I’m not quite sure how to title these posts. The last one received lots of hits because of (inadvertently) leading with homosexuality. This post is all hashtags. If you have an opinion on #Snippety titles, let me know.

Retweeting compliments is one of the most annoying things from friends and acquaintances on twitter! So if that’s you, read the 3rd article! Also – if you see me do it, you have permission to call me out on it!! Peace.

Anzac And Easter 2014 – Phillip Jensen

Christians, together with all sane people, find no joy in war. Peace, not war, must always be our goal. Yet when war is necessary those who take up arms on our behalf must be supported and respected. When they are injured in the course of such action they should be confident of our nation’s assistance. When they are killed, we should give thanks to God for their sacrifice, and maintain fitting memorials to remind us, and future generations, of the cost of our freedom.

234 girls were abducted last week. Why aren’t we talking about them?

Stolen from their boarding school by gunmen in the middle of the night. Packed into the back of open lorries as the buildings around them were burned to the ground… A handful of the teenage girls escaped by hiding in a dangerous nearby forest; others jumped from the lorries in their desperation to escape.

TO RETWEET OR NOT TO RETWEET: THE QUESTION OF RETWEETING COMPLIMENTS

I propose we stop the bad habit of retweeting compliments, and then perhaps move the conversation forward as we spill some ink (pixels?) on more edifying subjects like dealing with the underlying sin in our hearts that rises up whenever we read (let alone retweet) such compliments.

Cyber Parenting on snapchat

It’s the app where every message is meant to self-destruct. But is snapchat a suitable program for your children?

Lightstock – Say Goodbye to Clipart

Faith-Focused, Cheesy-Free Stock Photos & Footage

Peace.