Monthly Archives: June 2006

Just Being

By Geoff | Published 30 June, 2006 8:37 pm

This has been a strange week. I’ve been far more contented than usual. Even having to type this post out again because I managed to navigate away from the page hasn’t got me that phased. I didn’t win a set all night at tennis and yet managed to laugh my way through it. That never [...]

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Solitude

By Geoff | Published 27 June, 2006 10:08 pm

No doubt family members will have a quiet chuckle at the title – it’s been a bit of a running joke, but it’s been something that I’ve been challenged about significantly recently. My life doesn’t really have that much silence in it. I’ve got an iPod to protect me from that. And it’s not really [...]

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Empty

By Geoff | Published 27 June, 2006 3:09 am

It’s been a good ride, and nobody could deny that the Socceroos have earnt bucketloads of respect. But they deserved better. The better team for all the second half, to have a “controversial” (aka – made up, theiving, etc) penalty paid in the 93rd minute was such a disappointing way to end. And for it [...]

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Worrying Less

By Geoff | Published 26 June, 2006 9:36 pm

Sometimes it can be a really interesting exercise to hear a sermon about an issue that you have made some progress on in your life. You get an opportunity to take stock, and to recognise where God has worked, and on where the influences in your life have made significant impact. It’s certainly not that [...]

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Lunchhour in the city

By Geoff | Published 26 June, 2006 9:24 pm

First day of training, and I’m at lunch. It’s on days like today that you remember what is so beautiful about the city. I’m lying back, laptop on my knee, head against a tree in the botanical gardens just in front of the shrine, and everything is sweet. My stomach is full, the sun is [...]

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