For the sci fi and fantasy-friendly church service that I'm planning. Something with examples and images of heroes standing up to evil (and occasionally defeating it). Desmond Tutu has a prayer that says:

Good is stronger than evil;
love is stronger than hate;
light is stronger than darkness;
life is stronger than death.
Victory is ours,
through him who ( Read more... )

For the past month and a half I've been spending one or two days a week in a small town called Charlton, about three hours north of Melbourne. Most of the buildings in Charlton were flooded in January; only a few houses on an area known as 'the hill' escaped ( Read more... )

... and I don't seem to have made an idiot of myself.

fandom_flood_ap is up and running!

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The list of charities you can donate to is here, and there are plenty to choose from, whether you want to help with the nuts-and- ( Read more... )

So, the creek near one of my churches has overflowed and the road to the church is under water. Tonight's church barbeque is well and truly cancelled. What should I do with my spare evening?


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By now you've probably heard about the devastating floods that have been occurring in Australia.

In Queensland and northern NSW lives have been lost, scores of people are missing, and tens of thousands of properties have been affected.

There has also been flooding in WA and Tasmania, and towns have started to be evacuated in my state of Victoria ( Read more... )

The parents who saved their two children but were swept away themselves; the thirteen-year-old who insisted his ten-year-old brother be rescued first, and then died.

God be with all those mourning loved ones, and with those who do not yet know what has happened to the people they love. May they be given all the strength and comfort they need.

And may ( Read more... )

This is a very belated thank-you, but I got both your Christmas cards. authoressnebula - yours made me cry! And just_ruth - the photo of you and your daughter was lovely. Thank you both so much! I really appreciated your thoughts and greetings.

If you haven't already gone to fill in this survey trying to statistically determine the passion of fans after reading about it on ratherastory's LJ - go do it now. The results should be fascinating.

But what is the point, I hear you ask, given that I never keep such resolutions? Well, there's always the chance that this might be the year that I do. And there are ten of them; I should be able to keep some. Maybe?

( 2011 Resolutions )