Phileosophie

This is a great short film by some young American film makers. They're called the Jubilee Project and they make films for good causes. Watch the film, and if you can do support them by sharing the films or donating to their projects! It's going to a good cause.

Two days to the first paper - yay? Nine days to it all being Over. Better days ahead.

I found out last night that Laduree opened its first outlet in Sydney two or three days ago. It is news that I am greeting with mixed feelings - on the one hand I am excited to have it here because it was a feature of my time in New York (where it was also fairly new) but on the other I feel like my experience and memories of New York have been violated a bit. I know it is irrational but Laduree was a part of my New York experience and there are some things, like Laduree, and the Met and Central Park, that I just want to keep sacred to that place you know? Or some other far away place, like Paris. Also, Laduree opened its outlet at a Westfield shopping center in the City which is a bit pedestrian. It doesn't have its own shop front - just a pop up stall for now and it makes me sad to think of Laduree as pedestrian. Mm.. there are some things in life that are wonderful and perfect because they are rare. I sure hope Laduree doesn't become all commercialised and 'commonplace...

This is a great song and I think it addresses a common flaw in many churches today. Mark Hall, a youth pastor and author of If We Are The Body , made this comment about the song. "I wrote it for my youth group while pastoring in Alabama while trying to talk to them about James 2. Little did I know then that I was writing that song for every youth group I've had since. It addresses a problem I've seen in churches all over, that churches are a lot like a circle. Circles are great if you're inside the circle, but most people find themselves outside that circle for whatever reason. There's not a sign on the door, and no one's really saying it to you, but you get the feeling that they've got everybody they need. You're welcome to come, but you're not really ever going to be part of the circle, and that's certainly not what the Bible teaches." It's crowded in a worship today As she slips in trying to fade into the faces ...

Today's service was not that great from a TV point of view... I have mixed feelings about being in situations like these. On the one hand, I know that if the task before me is tough and if I am not performing up to expectations then the learning curve must be steep and it's always great to have room to improve. On the other hand, feeling like you're letting the team down or being the weak link is never nice so I'm quite thankful to be operating in an environment that is as supportive as this one is. Today was the last time I am directing till the end of my exams (October). After that I will have more time to look into TV matters and try improve in my stylistic and technical issues. Today just didn't feel right. At one point Tommy (the producer) reminded us to be nice when speaking with the cameras. I think my frustration was probably showing but the camera ops and I have a good working relationship (I hope!) and I always speak with them between services so they know...

Reblogged via Presence filled Life , originally from Letters and Notes .

What has been will be again,      what has been done will be done again;     there is nothing new under the sun.                                            Ecclesiastes 1:9 Some people do not believe in the existence a Creator because to believe that would be to accept the existence of a supernatural which our minds cannot comprehend. And yet, when we look at science, we see inventors looking time and time again to our natural surroundings for instructions and ideas on how to build more efficient machines and robots. Our intelligence tells us that the best designs are already out there in nature. It is ironic that we deny the existence of a Creator because we are too proud to admit that there may be supernatural forces out ...