tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113285872011-04-22T14:13:14.467+10:00Mavericks are opportunists. Mavericks adopt "the sweeping eye" strategy, taking advantage of new situations and unfolding opportunities which present themselves to organizations, in the course of life turning what others would deem to be an accident of life into strategic opportunities. Thus Mavericks stop organizations from sliding into institutionalism.maverick mindsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01695940400392771722noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11328587.post-37324182171698085522008-02-01T05:59:00.000+10:002008-02-01T06:20:38.910+10:00

I was watching a television programme some months ago about the children of prominent celebrities living in the shadow of their parent’s success. Each of the “children” (now adults) complained of the difficulties inherent in being taken seriously in the entertainment industry because of who their parents were. The parent’s success providing a reason for their inactivity – an excuse for their lack

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I am very interested in cinema, and was busy exploring this interest when I came across a provocative comment by a French, christian academic and film critic. Dr Olivier Clement made the statement that if Christianity was to make any true inroads into the main stream media (and cinema in particular) it needed to "transform the sadness of death into the sadness of God".What a remarkable statement.

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In February of last year noted left-wing journalist Hunter S. Thompson took his own life. He staged the whole event to create the maximum impact on his family and friends, and to totally devastate his wife. He rang her up, chatted lightly, promised to see her when she got home and then blew his brains out while still on the phone. Fortunately she had rung off before he performed the "coup' de

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Oh, It's good to be blogging again. The last few months have seen me so busy dealing with the other aspects of my life (parenting, partnering, puppetry, Kid's Church, working, looking for work et al..) that the very idea of blogging has just seemed too hard and time consuming.. and I've been all the poorer for it. So it's time for me to get blogging again. So I'm back to sharing some random

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One of my favourite films is “A Knight’s Tale” with Heath Ledger. It recounts the story of a Knight’s squire who, upon the untimely demise of his master, disguises himself as the dead Knight in order to complete a joust, collect the prize money and thus rescue his two friends and himself from starvation. His victory, however, plants the idea in his head that by continuing to joust as a supposed

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I love reading the gospels. Although in all honesty I find that I tend to read Luke above the others because, on reflection, I think I find it more relevant to my situation. And that’s the wonderful thing about the gospels - each of them was written as a response to people in different situations. Matthew wrote to convince the Jerusalem Jews that Jesus was the promised Messiah, Luke wrote to

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I’m sitting here at the computer listening to the strains of “Sesame Street” wafting in from the lounge room when suddenly I hear Yoda from “Star Wars” on the programme. Being an avid fan of the Star Wars franchise I leap from my workstation and into the lounge-room captivated by the idea that Yoda, that delightfully wise and witty Jedi Master, is featuring on my four year old’s favourite T.V

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I was reading through the book of Acts the other day and came across chapter 10:9; where Peter goes up on to a roof top to pray. His prayer time, however, gets interrupted by his hunger. After organizing something to eat he then goes into a trance and gets a vision of many of the foodstuffs that are forbidden to him under the Mosaic law, accompanied by commands to “get up and kill and eat” and

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I find Christ’s capacity for discerning the spiritual need behind critical worldly situations fascinating. The fact that he didn’t heal every ailing individual he came across is testimony to this. He managed to discern both the spiritual motivation behind a physical manifestation and the spiritual impact on the Kingdom of his intervention. His recognition of these factors determined the extent of

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I was challenged the other day as to the depth of my faith. It was suggested that I was not in love with ministry to the level I needed to be to be truly effective in it long term. Despite my initial protestations to the contrary I realize (after some serious deliberation) that they are right.We need to be so grateful to those people in our lives who are prepared to bite the bullet, take the flak

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A couple of years ago, when Reverend Peter Carnley accepted the position of Primate of the Anglican Church in Australia, he asserted that there were many ways to God of which Jesus Christ was just one.As a God-fearing, Bible believing Christian it is of course impossible to accept that position. There is only one way to God and that is through our Lord Jesus Christ. But although there is only one

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Satan attacks through the internet! As soon as I undertake to blog more seriously (I mean frequently – after my last post I don’t want to get misunderstood here) my server chooses to ignore all of my attempts to log on and continues to refuse me access. It has taken a week of repeated phone calls to the server, the adjustment of a number of internet settings and the downloading of a different

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My wife and I took the opportunity last week to spend a fun day together. So putting both my ego and my personal safety in my back pocket I climbed on the back of her fifty cc motor scooter and allowed her to ferry me on a thirty kilometer trip to Hinze Dam (a picturesque, local picnic area). We haven’t laughed, joked and communicated so much in years. The fun, the joking and the laughter, in

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After watching a high profile televangelist’s programme the other night I was concerned to realise that in the whole of her half hour programme she only mentioned Jesus once, and that was as an example of Godly behaviour not his Godly identity. Christianity, in this programme, did not warrant a mention at all.What did get mentioned was God and prayer. She constantly talked about being in right

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The recent postings and comments of bloggers such as Scotwise, Callmeteem, and Jesusworld have got me thinking about a practice I’m calling intellectual Christianity. It’s a form of Christianity that is practiced in the head. Intellectual Christians consider what Christianity could or should be like, expouse Christian values and ethics and even, on occasion, offer strategies for growing the

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I have a plastic, green cross attached to my key-chain. I discovered it while at the golf practice range a few years ago. I was pulling back to attack the ball with a five iron when I noticed this green crucifix laying in the grass beside me. I immediately abandoned my swing and picked it up to discover that it was a piece of broken garden trellising. Yet it held the shape of a crucifix

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When my oldest son was three he was diagnosed with a severe learning and behavioural disorder. We were told to expect “no miracles” and that his learning, communication and behavioural levels would be those of a three to four year old for the rest of his life. Despite our refusal to accept this condemnation, the next three years showed little improvement in his capacities. His behaviour swung

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My wife has discovered blogging! This unhappy event has uncovered a mathematical anomaly: 1 divided by 2 does not necessarily equal 1/2. In this case one computer divided between two bloggers does not mean that each blogger gets use of the computer 50% of the time. My wife loves it and, to makes matters worse, as in most things, she does it better than me. Check out birthbabe.blogspot.com for

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When my youngest son was two I found him on all fours, drinking out of the dog's bowl. When asked why he said he was thirsty, and he wanted to be like Jessie (the dog).There are many people like Ethan. They are so thirsty that they'll drink anything, whatever's placed in front of them so long as it looks remotely drinkable, or if they see others drinking it.And that's the problem: people are so

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John 3:14-16: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.There are a number of takes we can make on the image of Christ being lifted or raised up and all of them are

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I spent yesterday afternoon driving my children to all of their afternoon activities. The tedium of this constant driving was only relieved by the opportunity to listen to the broadcast of my favourite football team (The Manly- Warringah Sea Eagles) demolishing their opposition. Apart from the obvious delight I distilled from their victory; a statement by one of the commentators got me thinking

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I asked Shoefoot through interpreter Mike Dawson, Joe's son, who grew up among the Yanomamo, how he would answer a skeptic who thought his experiences with the spirits were nothing more than hallucinations brought on by the drugs he took. Shoefoot's 70-something-year-old eyes sparkled at the question; he enjoys responding to challenges by skeptics, especially when he speaks to university

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I love this story : Spirits of the Lie. T.A McMahon.I recently interviewed a man who had spent most of his life communing with spirit entities. There is no doubt as to his "authenticity." He was a shaman, a medicine man and chief of his Yanamamo tribe, which resides deep in the Amazonian rain forest of Venezuela. At odds with the lie promoted in anthropological circles that the lives of primitive

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"God afflicts the comfortable and comforts the afflicted". I don't know who wrote this but I love it!

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In Rome, the Pope dies and over a billion Catholics throughout the world grieve the loss of their “Holy Father”. Every television station, radio station, and newspaper around the globe report and broadcast his funeral.In Windsor, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles marry, repenting, by proxy, their adultery. Thousands line the streets leading up to the Town Hall where they are married, and

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Many years ago, during my unsaved youth, I attended a party at which large quantities of alcohol were being served. I, like everybody else, imbibed liberally and, like everybody else, suffered the consequences. Some, however, suffered more severe consequences than others.One such victim was a young friend who was rendered unconscious by the liquor. In a gesture of valiant compassion I and another

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HELLOOOOO ALL YOU BLOOGERS OOT THAR!!! I’M BAAAACK!!!!!! Hoot Mon! I think it’s time I sprrrruced this site oop a bit! I mean all this whingin’ aboot the courts and injustice. We knoooo that’s the case! The Bible says thar’s nothin’ new under the sun!!! It’s always been like that! What we’ve gotta do is stop whingin’ aboot it and doo something aboot it - like pray!!! Duh!!! Am I the only thinkin

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The Schapelle Corby case highlights a disturbing distinction between ‘Eastern” and “Western” court procedure. The principle of innocent until proven guilty appears to be an exclusively “western” protocol with the Indonesian courts adopting the diametrically opposite position. Schapelle Corby’s legal team is apparently having to remove any shadow of a doubt that Schapelle was unaware of the

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The tragedy of Terri Schiavo continues to dominate the headlines and horrify the Christian World.At Easter, as we honour the death and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is worth considering the horrible suffering that was intended for him through the horror of the cross. He was to be humiliated, tortured, and slowly suffocated by the excruciatingly gradual collapse of his

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Our spirit-filled, soul-winning church’s primary focus is evangelism. In fact our pastor speaks on it weekly. It is his passion, as it should be all of ours. Yet for all of his exhortation and encouragement our church remains relatively small, growth is minimal.We all wish for growth and to see soul’s saved. At our home my wife and I strategize on the most effective methods of locating targets,

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Helloo all you bloogers oot thar! Pastor Jock’s the name and I’m the Pastor of the North Gold Coast Poppet (puppet) Church. And oh, what a varied congregation I’ve got: Monsters, Tigers, Lions, Snails, Mad Scientists, a bingo obsessed widow, and even a couple of poppets (puppets). My congregation and I take the opportunity to straighten oot the human congregation at the North Gold Coast Christian

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During the chaotic aftermath of September 11, 2001, Anne Graham Lotz, evangelist Billy Graham’s second daughter, appeared via satellite on CBS’ The Early Show and discussed with Jane Clayson the role God played in the events of September 11:I would say also for several years now Americans in a sense have shaken their fist at God and said, God, we want you out of our schools, our government, our

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CHOICESI was born in 1957. I lived in a three bedroom, fibreboard (fibro) home with a mother, a father, a sister and a dog on a quarter acre block on the northern beaches region of Sydney. This was a very average family situation; in 1961 there were 3.65 people in every Australian household.However, by 1992 the average Australian household consisted of only 2.7 family members. What happened to

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