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The Sacred Australian BBQ Code
On this Australia Day I feel it appropriate to share with the world perhaps one of the most sacred and intimate of aussie male practices, The Australian BBQ Code.
Developed over hundreds of hot afternoons, horribly burnt sausages, thousands of flies up ya nose, and litres of smoke induced tears; this code must be learnt by every young man as part of their passage to becoming: the family BBQer.
Hierarchy
Every BBQ has a hierarchy. The top of the tree is the host, the owner of the BBQ. He gets to hold the best tongs in the house and gets to select which of the meat he will cook. At no point should he leave the BBQ whilst meat is cooking, so drinks are provided as required.
Second in charge is the hosts best mate or the widely acknowledged best cook at the gathering. His job is to tend to the less important food such as egg, onion etc.. or that which the top BBQer delegates. Continue reading »
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Idea for Church Funding
With so many churches struggling financially and so many businesses keen to spend money to attract new customers it is no surprise that churches are now actively seeking corporate sponsorship.
Reverend John Udas states:
We welcome the injection of funds but we were clear to make sure our values were aligned and that the sponsorship badging wasn’t too obtrusive.
The church and sponsors are now discussing product placement on the alter and key mentions within the church service. One example being considered is: ‘This baptism is brought to you by Jacks Car Wash; we will clean it!’
Reverend John and the new badging:
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A new direction for BrownBlog
I have been thinking for a while that BrownBlog is a little too serious and that it would be good to include some humorous posts from time to time. Rather than knock knock jokes I think I will offer more of a satirical style. And staying in line with the theme of this blog: Fresh thinking about Christian Ministry I will focus my satire on ministry.
Well here goes.. drum roll please.. my first satirical post:
new care programme for pastors
For years pastors received a full-time wage for working just a few hours each Sunday morning. And then thankfully pastors realized they had to overwork to please God. So boundaries went out the window and they made themselves available 24/7. This has the unfortunate side effect of creating a rather stressful life for the pastor, but help is at hand with a new program that aims to offer care for the overworked pastor.
Called Congregational Counseling it simply involves the pastor using their sermon, prayer time, one on one pastoral encounters, business meetings etc.. to work through their difficulties.
The approach is simple, under the guise of being ‘authentic’ and ‘transparent’ the pastor uses their own stories as illustrations and examples. So a sermon on prayer they would say,
I have been struggling with my prayer life for years, I want to pray more but I am simply too busy. Who has time for prayer? Why should I pray? What is the point? Can I be bothered? So today we are going to talk about how you can be better at prayer.
Sharing your issues in front of your congregation is very freeing and can be done most weeks in most encounters. Another example at a church finance meeting,
I see our finances aren’t going very well this quarter which I really understand as I am struggling myself to pay for our mortgage and the loan on the new jet ski. Lying awake at night isn’t very healthy and in the same way, worrying about the church’s finances isn’t honoring to a God who provides. God loves me and God will look after me.. and I guess that includes the church finances as well I suppose.
The pastor gives so much to his congregation, isn’t it time the congregation gave something back?
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