Jamberoo Outing

Vertical conducted its first major outing to Jamberoo action park in Jamberoo, NSW, Australia on Saturday the 28th. We had such a great time, much better than I had expected, consdering the weather wa quite gloomy. In the morning it was drizzling the whole time, but praise God that soon stopped as we arrived at [...]

OBS Downtime

Yesterday the Online Bible Study (OBS) emails were not sent due to a bug in the mailing form. We used a checkbox to flag whether an entry should be sent or not, and with checkboxes it’s a little tricky in that, in that it only ever has a value if the box is ticked and [...]

That’s It!

Yesterday was my very first time preaching to the youth group (Youthopea) or any other group, apart from leading bible study discussions. I have to say, I am amazed at what happens when you allow the Holy Spirit to lead. I honestly did not think it would go as well as it did. Praise God [...]

Ignorant Gay Men

Not only are these men gay (which is bad enough), they are worse than a chimpanzee. At least a chimpanzee knows to stay away from something that is dangerous. Now I have nothing against gay men, because after all they are still human and Jesus loves them as much as He loves me. However I [...]

Prune juice?

A friend of mine asked this insightful question:
If prunes are dehydrated plums, how come we have prune juice?
Well after consulting with the trusty Mr Google this is what I’ve found:
- Prune juice is NOT a fruit juice
- It is actually a water extract
- They are made by softening the prunes through steaming and then putting [...]

Tragedy in Virginia

A DOMESTIC dispute may have prompted a gunman to go on the shooting in a Virginia university in which he killed at least 30 people and 15 injured others before turning the gun on himself.
The full story is here.
Latest death toll update is at 33!
Let us be mindful of the family and friends of [...]

There are some things money can buy

for everything else, we need Jesus Christ!
Today I had such an awesome time having church and youth (for the last 10 mins of it – because I was busy fixing one of our leader’s laptop so she could get on with her work). Church service was quite different today, it was almost as if we [...]

How to give a presentation

No it’s not just about using powerpoint. Seth Godin writes in his blog about really bad powerpoints. I’ve pondered about what the differences are between an ok presentation and a very good presentation. Steve Jobs is one of the best keynote speakers I’ve heard and Seth’s blog entry does point out some of the things [...]

Microsoft fixes the fix

I have always disliked the vulnerabilities of Windows, but today’s dilemma with the animated cursor fix, really surprised me. The fact that Microsoft, out of all software companies, would release a patch, that still contained bugs.
So really in the end, it came down to performing a Windows update to fix the original problem and then [...]

Resources galore

Over the past week I have been checking out some interesting blogs and I had no idea that so many churches and even the pastors themselves are using this tool to share and help others.
One great blog I’ve been reading is called Swerve and it’s the blog from the pastors (I believe) of LifeChurch.tv. Reading [...]