Resources

Hey drop by www.thepaddylad.com, I've just posted up some new resources, including always forever chord sheets, our Interview with Kathryn Scott, a new forum, music player and of course a new street pastor video.

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new site!

thepaddylad.com is now up and running! go along have a nosy, leave a comment, anything you wish! soon it shall become my main blog page so you'll have to check me out there from now on!
bye blogspot. It's been emotional.

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Seasick Steve

just watching Later with Jools Holland.

This guy seasick steve is on there. when he sits he sways. looks pretty underdressed. really humble likeable guy. his album's called 'started out with nothing and still got most of it left'.

he's incredible.

plays blues like its coming from his soul, really grabs me.

once in a while you find music that really surpasses the instrument or words, and it comes right from within.

He has a searching heart. I wonder how he'd worship?

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yearbook yourself

So this is what Donna and I would look like if we were livin it up in the mid 90's. I fell fowl to the chicken box, whereas Donna got Scrunch-happy. thanks to yearbookyourself.com for helping us see back into the past.

So what do you think? should we pursue the look? 

I'm still in love.

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headcold

Its 00:37 according to mac time. I'm sitting here totally bunged up, resorting to the classic tissue up my nostrils trick. it does work, although i sneezed earlier with no tissue in my nose and a piece of tissue came out. not a good sign, somethings not right.

Tonight we started our Homegroup, and unfortunately i couldn't do worship on account of this dose, but we did talk a lot about culture, the church, and how do we connect the two. ie engaging pop culture. and it finally came down to this.

Obey God's voice.

short. simple. to the point.

any thoughts? or alternatives to the tissue trick? 

Pop goes the world

Yesterday was a good day.

After a day at the office and a whipping of Jose in Pro-Evo (7-0 just to be clear),

we headed out to Chris and Hilda Orr's for a fabulous BBQ. Chris likes his food 

to be cooked. no chance of food poisoning. It was good. 

afterwards Donna and I came home and watched episode 5 of prison break. awesome.

But the thing thats stuck in my head since yesterday is this book I'm reading. you can see over in there on the right. 

Pop goes the church,Tim Collins. 

Where Bill Hybels talks about the seeker sensitive church, Collin's talks about not just being sensitive to the culture, but embracing it! Why do we fear bringing people to church?it's a different world. That said, Cornerstone is a edgy boundary pushing church, and i have no problem inviting people there as it's relevant.

my question to you is this, how do we engage culture in church?

your comments please. 

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The year of the Revolution

We're in the middle of September, Jose our new intern is here, church is in full flow, mark is running marathons, and brian is looking younger than ever.
after mark ran his 13.1 miles last saturday, I've decided that this year I'm going to start running. i've got a list of new years resolutions that i'm starting now.
I can run 3 miles now at 6.5 mph. I want to bring that up to 5 by this time next month. 9 miles by Christmas. and 15 by May.

I don't know what you think of these goals. are they daft?
do you have a good regime? what do i need to do to get there.
if anyones up for some training let me know.

I also have the ambition to learn 20 new songs by May to be played off the cuff at anytime.
as well as writing a record breaking album, also to be released by May.

here's hoping.

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Music

Hey bloggers. I've got some songs uploaded at the moment at various sites online. i would love to hear some feedback from you. thanks!
you can see the music player on the right hand side of the page here with 3 songs loaded onto it. just click away and listen!

viva
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you know your getting old when....

Ok. so here's the deal. I'm speaking at Seven on the 15th June, about the Past.
So what i need you to give me some quotes. finish the sentence for me
"you know your getting old when...."
eg.
"you know your getting old when you choose to wear levi 501's"
"you know your getting old when you talc after you shower"
"you know your getting old when you say 'what's that noise' when you hear radio1"

Please do me proud and every (decent) one shall be included in my talk.

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Gaelic Clans

Coming from the north-west of ireland, in the gaeltacht (irish speaking community), we have some funny traditions. one of the older ones is that of names and identity. As i'm sure you are aware, we use a first name and last name to identify each other in life. well in Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore) it's not quite the same. this may be confusing so hold on!
You are identified by your parents first name and their grandparents first name. for example,
my mother : Noirín
Her Mother : Bríd a.k.a Biddy
Her Father : James a.k.a Jamesy

so my mothers name would be commonly known as Noirín Biddy Jamesy.
My name would be Paddy Noirín Biddy Jamesy.
Although my father would be known as Noirín Biddy Jamesy's Husband, because he's a blow in from Dublin!

A lot of the time, what has happened in our past dictates to us who we are today. When we read Psalm 25 we assume David has written in time of Absalom's rebellion, which ultimately is a result of David's sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. What we see here is that although God has forgiven David, the consequences of his sin is still with showing its face.

What a blessing it is then for us that Jesus dealt with all our sin. Of course when we sin often we have to deal with the consequences, but the ultimate consequence has been dealt with by Christ. Not only that, but our identity is firmly in him now too!

Isaiah 61:10

I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

So when God looks at us, he sees Christ! don't allow your identity to be dictated to by your past, be confident that the Maker of all things see you as a precious son or daughter in robes of righteousness.

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