I’ve been thinking of learning shorthand. I feel like it would make taking notes at uni quicker.
Have you tried it? How did it go? Where do I start.

I hope this old train breaks down
Then I could take a walk around
And, see what there is to see
And time is just a melody
All the people in the street
Walk as fast as their feet can take them
I just roll through town
And though my windows got a view
The frame I’m looking through
Seems to have no concern for now
So for now

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

– Jack Johnson

Colour Blindness in the general population

From here.

SMH reports on Mark Driscoll.

Just got back from a debate. I was told that I say ‘um’ and ‘ah’ a lot. I already knew that.

Not good for someone who wants to be a preacher. Help?

Well, the kids were sick but on the mend. So, I hope we get to head up to the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney today. Things are going well and we love the city. I met with Richard from the Burn Your Plastic Jesus event yesterday and we’re over 7000 tickets sold and hoping to sell it out in the next few weeks. And yes, the kids did a hilarious job on the video at the airport and have since helped themselves to my Photo Booth on the MacBook often so now they are amateur filmmakers. And, as you saw, they get their looks from their mom. Four out of five have blond hair just like her and could not be any cuter. Thanks for those praying for us and coming to hear me preach when the 30 sermon 11 day work portion of our Australia adventure commences.

Mark Driscoll, on his facebook.

“Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more. And if I’d done that, it would have been next to impossible to finish this race.”

Wise words from a guy who ran 100km in a day. (h/t Dave via Gordo)

One of my Hillsong friends says that God wants to bless us. He’s right. And the greatest blessing is Himself! Knowing God is the greatest possible blessing, bought for us at great cost to himself.
Why, then, would God ‘bless’ us with anything that prevents us coming to him? That’s no blessing at all! The people in the first video love the blessings of God rather than God himself, and thus they forfeit the true and greatest blessing.

That’s why I hate the prosperity gospel.

Almost exactly a year ago I blogged this archaeological find precisely verifying a minute detail of Jeremiah 39. Today, The Jerusalem Post reports another find:

“The seal impression, or bulla, with the name Gedalyahu ben Pashur, who served as minister to King Zedekiah (597-586 BCE) according to the Book of Jeremiah, was found just meters away from a separate seal impression of another of Zedekia’s ministers, Yehukual ben Shelemyahu, which was uncovered three years ago…

“On the one hand it is so unexpected to find such a fragile bulla in such harsh conditions of excavation, while on the other hand it was logical to find precisely here the bulla of Gedalyahu ben Pashur - only meters away from the place where we found the bulla of Yehukhal ben Shelemyahu - since these two ministers are mentioned side by side in the Bible as having served together in the kingdom of King Zedekiah,” Mazar said.”

Here is a report of the first seal’s discovery.

As I said before, it’s not the only time archaeology has agreed with the Bible. Does it surprise you?

I was going to apologise for the lack of action around here… but no, I’m not sorry. Really, all you’re missing out on is the junky posts I stick up so you guys stay around. So this way you just get the gold… of which I’ve run dry  as of late.

No, that’s not entirely true either: I’ve got a great post up my sleave. But, since getting organised, I’ve found new, non-blogging methods of procrastination.

I’ve managed to stay super organised, which is great… except that it takes so long to maintain that I’ve not actually done any work yet! It’s effectively a new way to procrastinate! Hooray!

So, until my organisation pays off and blocks of free time begin landing in my lap, I’m not sorry that TCA will remain quiet-ish. (Of course, those keen observers of trends will notice that announcements of quietness invariably immediately precede bursts of activity. Go figure…)

Luke smashes a list.