staysmallwithme

God has been pulling down my pride. Tearing it apart. And he has been doing this through various means. Like you know the whole idea that our lives are not our own? That they are Gods and that we should use them for His glory? When I read The Problem of Pain a few weeks ago by C.S Lewis he touched on this area. (more…)

So for the last few days i have spent my fun fun times amongst the throngs of Hong Kong city. Its a wild city, its like Bangkok, just 20 times more compact and about 100 times more organised.
Even though i have only spent a couple of days here, the trip has been lots of fun. Last night i went up to the peak, which is apparently the highest point of Hong Kong. Its the place where all those pictures are taken of the amazing Hong Kong skyline. Anyway there is this tram that can take you there. And its popular, so the lines are usually long. (more…)

I think our culture today is somewhat anti-reading. Not completely, and not overtly, but there are so many other things vying for our attention. The attention span of the reader version of you is about three minutes, whereas the attention span of the radio you is more like 15 minutes and the television version even longer. A book has to capture you in something like thirty seconds before you look to something else. And I think this is why reading the bible has chiefly become a chore for us Gen Y’ers. We know that reading the bible is important, so we slug and chug our way through it, clinging mainly to the easy stuff, maybe James, Ephesians or one of the gospels. We dare not hit Job or Lamentations, or try and understand the seemingly complex theology in Romans or 1st Corinthians. We have lost the beauty in the written word, or the desire for it, and along with it we lose the opportunity to know and understand God more. (more…)

Snow Patrol wrote this song called Open Your Eyes. It’s quite a pretty song really, pulls you along with a three something minute build up, then slices and dices you with a marvellous finish. It’s one of those songs that makes you want to sensationalise everything, uno, makes that little crush of yours suddenly become the most important thing in all the world. Drama for the sake of drama. What would we do without it hey? (more…)