by tashmcgill | Sep 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
Keep The House Warm & The Lamp Lit
In the scope of the all the comings and goings in our wee office there is a sense of community starting to build. Which is great. It seems like the home fires are starting to glow hot and the embers warm.
Of course, it begins to illuminate certain aspects of the other places I want the home fires to be burning, but where they are cold.
I’ve been thinking lately about the church of the future. I’m torn in two directions currently. One part of my brain is working really hard to figure out how to dissect our current youth and young adult community and immerse it’s roots back into a ‘one church, one people’ model. The other part of my brain is enchanted by the romance (and none of the reality) of a selfish young adult church that simply starts by meeting for dinner once a week, sharing prayers and stories with one another and seeing where it goes from there. Open invite, outward focussed, relationship based.
I’m just not sure which way to go, but I find my thoughts and headspace circling around it a lot. After all, I’m not alone in my sense of frustration and dissastifaction with the current situation and I’m not responsible for creating or resolving the situation at Windsor. Without that responsibility or opportunity, it becomes a difficult place to be – because with the exception of a few relationships – my own internal community function is less that 50%.
I really do know deep down that the former is more like God’s flavour. But getting there will be hard work.
by tashmcgill | Sep 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Unconscious Mutterings
- Bell :: Saved by the
- Abuse :: Secret
- Relief :: Phew
- List :: Shopping
- Concern :: Real
- Absolute :: Unwavering
- Cling :: 2 year old
- Dump :: Site
- Terminate :: Arnold
- Wine :: Drink me
Working From Home
Today has been sooooo nice. The slight privilege of being your own boss most days means that today, considering that we had stuff on the north shore – I’ve been working from home for the rest of the afternoon. Oh the bliss of being able to cook delicious spinach salad for lunch and working with the relative peacefulness of the port magnolia tree scent fragrant in the summer breeze that’s rolling in through the windows. All the doors and windows are open in the balmy 22 degrees. I know that it’s a short promise of summer, because come November, it’ll be rain and grey stormclouds that will probably last til December. So for now, in the final days of September I will enjoy the absence of the sirens and thoroughfare of the Odeon Precinct. Of course, only til tomorrow and then i’ll be back to work.
Small Indulgences
For the past three (yes, it’s been three years that I’ve been here!) years that I’ve been living in my perfect cottage, I’ve had an old as tv with only 2 channels and fairly dodgy reception on both! But my sister moving home, means that my granddad’s old tv (not that old though) is available and for the first time in ages i’m enjoying the privilege of a remote, full colour reception across all the free to air channels including Maori tv and more. It feels pretty luxurious. oh yeah. I’m big into lifestyle. Seriously.
by tashmcgill | Sep 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
Whenever I See Your Face
Whenever it gets to this time of year and the planning for Eastercamp starts to heat up in terms of programming and theming, I always like to dwell on this picture by Andy McGregor. It seems to me like it captures something of the beauty and relevance of the Gospel to young people. Inspiring.
by tashmcgill | Sep 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
Unconscious Mutterings
- Running :: Bull
- Alternative :: Think Lateral
- Cope :: Strategise
- Lots :: of Tissues
- Sympathetic :: Tea
- Barn :: Dance
- Totally :: Devoted
- Baby :: Dirty Dancing
- Undeniable :: Compelling
- Watermelon :: Baby
by tashmcgill | Sep 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
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Every Time I Get Ready To Leave This Town, I Realise That There’s Nowhere Left To Go,
Cos Every Place I Haven’t Been, You Already Know
It’s been a frantic couple of weeks. A wedding on Saturday which I took photos for, lots of work, lots of guitar playing on Sunday, and a coffee launch. More thinking to come later but for now…
