tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1569692 2009-07-15T01:33:00+10:00 David blogs about life and our spiritual walk as followers of Jesus Christ. TypePad typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chatshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7cea038833011570f6100a970c 2009-07-15T01:33:00+10:00 2009-07-13T10:18:12+10:00

The title for this post comes from Miroslav Volf's excellent book, but my thoughts have been stirred by recent discussion on diversity and tolerance within our church. Additionally, with two of my family members considering enrolling at Tabor College, I...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/c4zcWl4tgcY" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/07/exclusion-and-embrace.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7cea038833011570f675cb970c 2009-07-13T10:12:07+10:00 2009-07-13T10:15:41+10:00

By the time you read this, Anita and I will be in sunny (we hope!!) Cairns. Both of us enjoy all aspects of far North Queensland in winter - reef and hinterland, but this time we are likely to spend...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/3gXK9Sp_f1k" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/07/holidays.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7cea038833011571c7397d970b 2009-07-10T01:00:00+10:00 2009-07-07T16:30:36+10:00

On Sunday evening, as part of our series on the Holy Spirit, Beth Barnett preached an excellent message from Ephesians 6 on the Armour of God. Beth made the point that our vulnerabilities and insecurities, our family of origin, our...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/3-BmYAZJBco" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/07/beyond-defense-mechanisms.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7cea03883301157194ac7e970b 2009-07-04T00:31:00+10:00 2009-07-04T08:33:17+10:00

Together with members of the Canterbury Council of Churches, I visited the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Elsternwick, Melbourne. Following our two hour visit, we gathered at a local cafe for coffee. Conversation was muted. I suspect that others, like me,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/TRjk2G5d7_c" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/07/remembering.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7cea0388330115708c67a0970c 2009-06-29T17:29:25+10:00 2009-07-04T17:55:07+10:00

I read recently of a woman who took her troubles and anxieties into the loneliness of her apartment and as she pondered and nursed them, they grew and grew until they became gigantically out of proportion. Perspective. The story is...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/CzTxrGJU3_o" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/06/perspective.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68111635 2009-06-17T09:17:13+10:00 2009-06-18T14:47:34+10:00

I remember long debates in theological college about whether humankind [except that we used to say "mankind" in those days of old] was tripartite or bipartite; that is, whether our essential nature is composed of body, spirit and soul (tripartite)...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/3kXo248tBZQ" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/06/in-christ.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68062457 2009-06-15T09:43:36+10:00 2009-06-15T09:53:32+10:00

Perhaps because I’ve been reflecting recently on what discipleship is and isn’t, and perhaps because I dabble in electronic media via this blog, I was taken by this old quote from Colin Morris when he was Head of Religious Broadcasting,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/HDpFzdcNYHA" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/06/when-love-pays-a-price.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67567027 2009-06-03T11:33:52+10:00 2009-06-05T09:13:27+10:00

I've just finished reading Kate Grenville's The Secret River. It tells the fictional story of William Thornhill, transported from the slums of London to Sydney in 1806. Thornhill always aspired to the status of gentry and worked hard to establish...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/enZ162UbTBg" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/06/christian-service-is-the-greatest-enemy-of-the-christian-life.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67301753 2009-05-27T11:47:01+10:00 2009-05-27T19:45:09+10:00

By Guest Author, Stephen, a frequent contributor to this blog. His most recent comment was on David's previous post, "Ken Judge, ex-Hawk". Stephen, amongst other things, is a high school history teacher. * * * While it is clearly true...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/JR_JrNq3MWY" height="1" width="1"/>

Don http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/05/ignoring-history.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67238873 2009-05-25T19:24:40+10:00 2009-05-26T09:12:48+10:00

I haven't written about my beloved Hawks at all this season. After all, what's to write about? Hawthorn has been middle of the road - not playing very well but not terrible either. An OK week followed by a not...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/canterburybaptistchurch/david_chats/~4/KtVlxRFXphw" height="1" width="1"/>

david chatelier http://www.canterburybaptist.org/david_chats/2009/05/ken-judge-exhawk.html