15 steps to better procrastination
People often ask me how I have so much time to blog, or can justify the time I spend doing so. The truth is, I’m a procrastinator. Right now I have a newsletter to send out and a booking form to build....
View ArticleFive things I’m looking forward to about Brisbane
I’ve only got four days of work left. And we’ve only got 10 days left in Townsville. Which is sad – and worthy of much reflection. But there are some things I’m really looking forward to about life in...
View ArticleTen thoughts on the subject of sin
Simone wrote about a post church conversation last night (in real life) that was a continuation of a couple of posts from Simone and Kutz (part one), (part two). I’ve spent today trying to articulate...
View ArticleTen thoughts on Righteousness
Lest I wander too far down the path of heresy with my “everything is sin, so stop worrying about it an get on with the job” vibe, I thought I should counter my ten points from last night with ten...
View ArticleOff beat travel advice for travel off the beaten track…
I like this. Makes me want to go somewhere fun and exotic. 3. Steal soap from your hotel and give it to kids in developing countries as a present. Studies have shown that distributing soap to kids in...
View ArticleHow to be a con man, and 5 other great lists
Lists of Note is from the guy who brings you the ever brilliant Letters of Note. Contrary to popular belief, numbered lists have been around for longer than the blogosphere, and indeed for longer than...
View Article11 Exciting things (studying at) Queensland Theological College has taught me
There’s something nice about looking back over your old essays and realising that you’ve developed – for me this is true both in terms of my writing, and my thinking. In a haze of essay induced...
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An aggregated and definitive top ten list of writing tips
Tips for writing good circulate the Internet like La Niña weather systems, or the flu. There’s a batch around the place now, most of these lists have been collated at The Guardian and at BigHow.com....
View ArticleAn open letter to the persons who named Richard Dawkins the top thinker in...
To the Editor, Prospect Magazine, Dear sir, it has come to my attention as a citizen of the internet, that your, until recently, esteemed publication has named polemicist Richard Dawkins as number one...
View ArticleTop 20 for 2020
End of year lists are a cultural phenomenon that everybody loves, and, in what has been a terrible year on so many fronts, there have been things that have given me joy. And I thought I’d write a list...
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