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Credo Retreat at Anglesea

Posted on May 12, 2009 by christopbrooks

Credo Retreat was on the weekend. This year we went to Araluen, in Anglesea. (Narbethong was burnt down, but will hopefully be rebuilt. Araluen are giving some of their profits to rebuild other camps.)
We spent the weekend bushwalking, fishing, going to the beach, drinking tea and coffee, sitting around the fire, doing art and just [...]

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Lenten Lectionary – March 1

Posted on March 2, 2009 by christopbrooks

While doing my response to Sunday’s Lenten Lectionary reading I was thinking about John’s expectation that Jesus would bring down fire on his enemies, and the similar expectations of James and John (Luke 9:54) and of Danny Nalliah (from Catch the Fire Ministries).

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Fire damage

Posted on February 3, 2009 by christopbrooks

On Sunday morning, before I caught the train back from Ballarat, I decided to go and have a look at my old house, the last one I lived in before I moved to Melbourne. Turns out it’s for sale at the moment.

I also walked past a series of old boarded-up houses. (A lot of the [...]

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