Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
A Window On Urban Ministry In Southern Africa
Monday, October 28, 2024
Making the Connection.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Elusive Electricity
It was a Saturday evening, My electricity meter was very low. I sought to buy electricity online. The PIN failed. I clicked re-send. It failed again. I clicked re-send. I had my PIN. Now the transaction failed. I tried again. The PIN failed. The PIN failed again. The transaction failed again. My bank advised me to call a help line. The help line failed. I tried again. It failed again. I tried again. My bank told me to call on Monday. I got hold of a technician. He said, ah, I can see that it's the bank that is at fault. Here is what you do. The phone cut out. I called again. He said here is what you do. The phone cut out. I called again. He tried to direct me to a website, but the connection was too bad to hear him. I called back. The phone cut out again. Wife E said, here, there's a brochure which has the URL. But the brochure had misprinted it. It didn't work. I called the technician again. He said I'll repeat. The phone cut out. Finally, I obtained the URL. But my computer wouldn't connect. I tried again. It connected. Again, the PIN failed. And failed again. Finally I had the PIN -- and my electricity. I SMS'd the technician my thanks -- but sending failed. OBSERVATION: I count about twenty failures in a row. I hacked my way through the lot. Originally, telephone lines were invented to get messages through.
Doubled Readership
My blog has been running since 2007. It has had short-lived surges in readership over the years -- but during this past year, its readership has doubled. Several times, it has exceeded 1,000 page-views a day (such as yesterday). I am mystified. This past year, I have written my posts faster than I did before. OBSERVATION: Perhaps faster throughput is in better alignment with the world of today! Something I dislike recently about the "mechanics" of the blog is that it now auto-corrects one -- even when it shouldn't. It's my blog, and I'll write as I want to!
Saturday, October 26, 2024
A Break While Moving
Friday, October 25, 2024
Engstrom on Leadership
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Starbucks and Church
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Watching What God Does
It might sound like a truism, but there are basically two ways of looking at ministry -- it's your work, or it's the Lord's work. The difference here may be subtle. One may trust God to make one a superhero (still one's own work), rather than trusting Him to use one's nothingness (the Lord's work). I think this is one of the most important things to know about ministry -- it's not your work. He saves people, He grows people -- a minister just walks in, walks out, and watches what God does.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Counselling: A Destructive Reaction
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Monday, October 21, 2024
Writing Record
• Above all, a comprehensive philosophy for Malta, and a comprehensive theology for Switzerland, to be delivered in 2025.• I issued a 10-year anniversary edition of my Metaphysical Notes, originally published by the Philosophical Society of England.• I had two major articles accepted in Spanish, on The Good, and Courage (the last still pending).• I did two major interviews, one published in Australia, and one in Malta (the last still pending).• I completed a rough draft of a new book, a fictional philosophy.• I developed the diodic divider, a means of using extremely sensitive inputs in circuits.