We had a lovely Easter Sunday. It obviously started with an egg hunt, a frenzied and excitable affair! It was then off to church for a beautiful service and a celebration of the true meaning of this day. In other words, not the copious consumption of chocolate, but rather the celebration of the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead. We did of course round off the day with a scrumptious lunch and lots of family.
Imagine my surprise last night when I turned on the television and saw that the movie on eTV was The Da Vinci Code?
The movie was made from the book which sold millions and millions of copies. Essentially it wove beautiful myths and conspiracy theories into a plot that fundamentally attacked the foundations of Christianity.
On Easter Sunday?
Are they mad?
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Too much to do in one life time
Another week has blurred past living memory...
Isabella is back on sleep training. She found herself in the bad habit of waking up every other hour at night for a bottle. Now, she is going bottle free and not loving it.
Luke came third in his weight division at the Boland Judo trials and made it onto the Boland team. The SA Nationals take place at the end of June.
Matt fought like a champ, again, and won his division. He is too young for the Nationals, and seems completely unfazed that he will not be representing his Province, just yet.
I was even asked to join the team as a master. Hmm, I will have to think about that...
Six different community projects ate up some of my time. Nothing major, but a number of steps in the right direction for all of them.
Read 2 fiction books and half a non-fiction book. It turns out that Luke has read over 4,000 pages during his first school term. Not bad for a 9 year old, especially when one considers that one of those books was the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’!
A massive fire in our nature reserve has wrecked havoc. A friend’s wooden house is still standing unscathed, even though the fire burnt everything around it! 15 other families were not as lucky...
I got stuck into work and have started to produce some deliverables for a new project.
I entered two running races. This is my year to break my 3 year old goal of running two 21km races in less than 100 minutes.
I fell upstairs whilst rushing to deal with an Isabella screaming session at night. I kicked the stair so hard that I spun around and landed my pelvis on the corner of the stair. It was a little painful, and now a little bruised...
Realisation has struck home that I have written very little that is meaningful of late. Time to find time, and do some thinking.
Easter is only a week away. I am looking forward to the time I will get to spend in prayer from Thursday onwards.
Isabella is back on sleep training. She found herself in the bad habit of waking up every other hour at night for a bottle. Now, she is going bottle free and not loving it.
Luke came third in his weight division at the Boland Judo trials and made it onto the Boland team. The SA Nationals take place at the end of June.
Matt fought like a champ, again, and won his division. He is too young for the Nationals, and seems completely unfazed that he will not be representing his Province, just yet.
I was even asked to join the team as a master. Hmm, I will have to think about that...
Six different community projects ate up some of my time. Nothing major, but a number of steps in the right direction for all of them.
Read 2 fiction books and half a non-fiction book. It turns out that Luke has read over 4,000 pages during his first school term. Not bad for a 9 year old, especially when one considers that one of those books was the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’!
A massive fire in our nature reserve has wrecked havoc. A friend’s wooden house is still standing unscathed, even though the fire burnt everything around it! 15 other families were not as lucky...
I got stuck into work and have started to produce some deliverables for a new project.
I entered two running races. This is my year to break my 3 year old goal of running two 21km races in less than 100 minutes.
I fell upstairs whilst rushing to deal with an Isabella screaming session at night. I kicked the stair so hard that I spun around and landed my pelvis on the corner of the stair. It was a little painful, and now a little bruised...
Realisation has struck home that I have written very little that is meaningful of late. Time to find time, and do some thinking.
Easter is only a week away. I am looking forward to the time I will get to spend in prayer from Thursday onwards.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Easter Inspiration
I had a wonderful Easter weekend. An added bonus was a little insight into my future!
For many years I have wanted to change my life and do what I am meant to do. The only problem has been that I have no idea what I am meant to do. I do know that I want to add value in some way to society, but that is rather broad and unclear.
Some time back, I made my ‘big’ move, giving up corporate life to go and write a book and focus on my family. It has been wonderful time resulting in an unfinished book (although 16 chapters of good stuff have been written), an increase in my family, a pumping business, good health, low stress levels, and good community involvement. Yet here I am almost two and a half years after my day job and still wondering why I have not found the big thing that will define my life’s value.
For a guy without a defined day job, I am incredibly busy, mainly flitting from one thing to the next. In order to appease my unsatisfied mind, I have committed myself to a wide array of things. This has been my interim measure while I wait for that great inspiration to consume my life. But I find myself not really committed to all of my committments as I have this feeling that they are not the big thing I am looking for, regardless of how valuable they all are.
This Easter, I was struck by the realisation that my life does not need a radical change of direction or the next big thing. Instead and here is the good part, I need to do everything that is in my life now, really well. I think it is that simple. By doing things to the best of my ability, I will immediately make a massive contribution to the people and communities around me.
I love it when things are so simple, although it has taken me about 15 years to work this one out! I think I will use the rest of the month to put my new theory to the test.
For many years I have wanted to change my life and do what I am meant to do. The only problem has been that I have no idea what I am meant to do. I do know that I want to add value in some way to society, but that is rather broad and unclear.
Some time back, I made my ‘big’ move, giving up corporate life to go and write a book and focus on my family. It has been wonderful time resulting in an unfinished book (although 16 chapters of good stuff have been written), an increase in my family, a pumping business, good health, low stress levels, and good community involvement. Yet here I am almost two and a half years after my day job and still wondering why I have not found the big thing that will define my life’s value.
For a guy without a defined day job, I am incredibly busy, mainly flitting from one thing to the next. In order to appease my unsatisfied mind, I have committed myself to a wide array of things. This has been my interim measure while I wait for that great inspiration to consume my life. But I find myself not really committed to all of my committments as I have this feeling that they are not the big thing I am looking for, regardless of how valuable they all are.
This Easter, I was struck by the realisation that my life does not need a radical change of direction or the next big thing. Instead and here is the good part, I need to do everything that is in my life now, really well. I think it is that simple. By doing things to the best of my ability, I will immediately make a massive contribution to the people and communities around me.
I love it when things are so simple, although it has taken me about 15 years to work this one out! I think I will use the rest of the month to put my new theory to the test.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Not Yet Back
I have not blogged in 2 weeks and I apologise for that. So much on the go that it sometimes frightens me. And I dont even have a regular 9 to 5 job....
I will shortly blog about my sons surfing competition. 5 days of surfing at the age of 7. It has been wonderful and absolutley terrible. We have learnt a lot about our family and how far we are willing to go with the flow, and I think we have grown closer together as a result.
I do want to share the essence of a short sermon I heard on Friday when I attended a Good Friday mass here in Port Elizabeth. Essentially the priest talked about Jesus on the cross saying 'It is finished!'. Then he died. The priest's question to me (and everyone else) was if I was to die now, could I honestly first say "it is finished?'
Deep, difficult, and thought provoking! I am not finished! I realised that there are things I need to focus on; my book, even more of my family, lots less of me!
Have a blessed and happy Easter!
I will shortly blog about my sons surfing competition. 5 days of surfing at the age of 7. It has been wonderful and absolutley terrible. We have learnt a lot about our family and how far we are willing to go with the flow, and I think we have grown closer together as a result.
I do want to share the essence of a short sermon I heard on Friday when I attended a Good Friday mass here in Port Elizabeth. Essentially the priest talked about Jesus on the cross saying 'It is finished!'. Then he died. The priest's question to me (and everyone else) was if I was to die now, could I honestly first say "it is finished?'
Deep, difficult, and thought provoking! I am not finished! I realised that there are things I need to focus on; my book, even more of my family, lots less of me!
Have a blessed and happy Easter!
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