What's in a name?

I reckon I've uncovered evidence that the use of budgie smugglers was alive and well in patriarchal times.

Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

That's one tan line you really don't need to see.

Ridiculous thoughts

I've been married for 6 years. Crazy talk.

The wifey arranged for a couple nights at Currumbin. It was pretty sweet. Gee the water was nice.

Same cause, opposite response

Haven't looked up an commentaries yet, but does anyone here have a helpful understanding of what's going on in God's head when he says that:

20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”

I mean, isn't that why he decided to send the flood in the first place?

Particularly interesting to me is how the pleasing aroma of the sacrifice enters into it.

Typical Noah

Have a read of Genesis 6-9 again before reading on.


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Does anyone else see Noah's family being saved based on Noah's personal relationship with God? Any implications for how we view the whole event?

Just seeing if anyone's got any insights to help me out.

Colourful vernacular

I wonder how long it'll be until tradies, storemen and the like will be referred to as 'fleuro-collar workers'.

Will executives ever become 'hands-free collar' or the like? Tips on a new name?

Back. A little

Haven't blogged much since the start of the insanity period at the end of last year's college calendar. You'll quite possibly be seeing more from me here soon, however.

Having started recently as the assistant minister at The Redlands Presbyterian Church, I'm sure I'll be having plenty of reflections on theology and how it works out in practice in church life. I'll be having plenty of thinking to do in my new role, that's for sure.

Any tips on being an assistant minister, by the way? I'm pretty blessed with my senior dude, Linden's tops.

Kutz, signing out.

Aesthetics serving their purpose, beautifully.

How awesome is Clayton? It's difficult to adequately relate, as many will tell you. Still, as a picture tells a thousand words, I'd like to draw people's attention to these logos that Clayton did for our church's creche and kids' church programs. Each one represents a different age group: creche, cubs and lions.



I especially love the cubs one (middle). What do you reckon?