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g seemed to be the top concerns as opposed to the harmful effects social media can have on self image this was i suspect somewhat indicative of the difference between the way digital immigrants use social media to the way digital natives do when feeling overwhelmed and even when not the best thing christian parents can do for their social media saturated teens is to keep reminding them of the god who loves them who has made them his friends and whose approval is worth far more than any number of likes comments or followers social media has become an astonishingly large part of everyday life it isn t evil but it s not neutral either and there are some significant and well documented downsides to the way it is moving us teenagers and technology was a valuable opportunity to generate some discussion about how we can be helping our young people to navigate social media with more wisdom savvy and understanding looking forward to doing it all again next time 2 comments silent auction posted on june 4 2014 by nathan under art india gospel league st albans for your chance to own this original painting framed and signed by me make sure you attend the silent auction being held at st alban s lindfield cnr tryon rd lindfield ave on sunday june 15 the auction has been planned as part of a fundraising event aimed at providing healthcare to people living in remote india the event will be commencing at 10am with a special children s concert followed by a fete including market stalls indian and bbq food children s activities and the auction 100 of all monies raised on the day will be donated to the india gospel league for the purchasing and sending of mobile medical units to remote indian villages in need so please come along and support a worthy cause who knows you might even get to walk away with a painting to see more of my artwork visit my website here leave a comment look up posted on may 9 2014 by nathan under downloads social media videos this is brilliant leave a comment six weeks without facebook and instagram posted on april 25 2014 by nathan under downloads personal social media this year for lent kat and i chose to give up facebook and instagram we got the idea from our friend andrew who explained why he was doing it in a post on his blog here for those interested in what it was like to go without facebook and instagram for six weeks i kept a journal which i ve just uploaded as a pdf here i didn t write every day but the entries do capture something of the experience i hope you enjoy reading it let me know if you do 4 comments citizens conference posted on april 1 2014 by nathan under christian living conferences last saturday kat and i went to luna park to hear tim keller founding pastor of redeemer presbyterian church in new york city speak at citizens a new young adults conference put on by city to city australia it was one of the best most spiritually invigorating things we ve done this year the sessions were inspiring the music uplifting and the fellowship encouraging kat and i took plenty of notes during the conference tim keller along with tim chaddick pastor of reality la in hollywood and the other guest speakers said so many things which enlarged deepened and refined our beliefs about and faith in the christian gospel that we couldn t help but fill page after page with all the great insights ideas and quotes we wanted to get as many of them down as possible so that we could continue reflecting on them here are some of my favourites on the gospel the gospel is news not advice on signs that deep down you haven t set your heart on the gospel you re always angry at god you can t take criticism you don t pray you look down on others on the effect of the gospel the gospel leads us to be humble because it s not about what we ve done and bold because our identity is secure in christ on gospel movements most gospel movements won t make the history books however we mustn t despise a gospel movement for being too small on common characteristics of gospel movements the gospel is preached very clearly waking up sleeping christians converting nominal christians and drawing in skeptics and non believers innovative methodology balance unity and collaboration between different denominations and traditions new institutions are started to revitalise old ones and reach new people groups extraordinary prayer on our dependence on god for gospel movements we can build the altar but god has to send down the fire on what gospel centred romantic relationships look like christians dating christians working on repentance and forgiveness attracted to what god is doing in each other s lives were you at citizens or any of the other events tim keller spoke at what did you take away from it them my friend tim clemens heard tim keller speak at a pastors and church planters conference read what he took away here leave a comment her posted on january 25 2014 by nathan under films in the future everyone will be wearing high waisted pants that is if you believe the vision of the future presented in spike jonze s her which actually may not be that far off regardless of where you like to situate the top of your pants her watch the trailer here is a quietly terrifying film about a lonely and heartbroken man named theodore joaquin phoenix who falls in love with an artificially intelligent operating system named samantha voiced by scarlett johanssen it s an unlikely pairing that bears some similarities to the pairing in craig gillespie s lars and the real girl the difference being that unlike lars blow up doll bianca samantha is able to talk think and feel for herself more significantly for theodore samantha is different to his ex wife catherine rooney mara in that samantha is sympathetic fascinated by life and focussed on him theodore and samantha talk they share they laugh they cry they even have sex or a form of it apart from the fact that she doesn t have a physical body samantha provides theodore with everything he could want in a relationship and more after all she s designed to meet his every need to the point where their relationship is accepted by their friends as not only legitimate but real having said all that i found that i never really warmed to samantha and not just because of the part of me that thinks it s weird for a man to be dating his computer though theodore loved her she wasn t good for him there was a stark power imbalance between the two and at times she used it to manipulate him if you ve seen the film you ll know the examples i m thinking of one of the lingering questions of the film was did samantha help theodore to overcome his grief or did she cause him more pain i m not sure both probably her is without a doubt a beautifully textured exploration of humanity s relationship with technology and what this says about human relationships in general as a christian i couldn t help but reflect on the dynamic of my relationship with god though i can communicate with god through prayer and the scriptures i can t see god not with my eyes or hear him with my ears much less touch him with my hands it makes me thankful that there was a time in history when you could the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us we have seen his glory the glory of the one and only son who came from the father full of grace and truth john 1 14 for those interested there is an insightful analysis of samantha and what she it says about where we could be heading here 1 comment breaking bad 2 quotes and a bible verse posted on january 19 2014 by nathan under television at 1 30am last night kat and i finally finished breaking bad we d been saving up the last few episodes honestly i m relieved that it s over i don t think i could ve watched walter white s descent for much longer it s been riveting viewing but harrowing too for me there were two quotes in the penultimate episode granite state that really summed up the series it can t all have been for nothing walt when he finds that walter jr won t accept his money i can t speak to this heisenberg whatever he became but the sweet kind brilliant man we once knew long ago he s gone gretchen schwartz commenting on her past association with walt both quotes are monoliths to what the series has been all about all along walt s transformation from desperate family man to self absorbed puppet master moreover it s a transformation owing to not just big things like drugs violence and murder but the build up of little things the lies the deceit and the manipulation i must admit that when the series first began i was fascinated and excited by what walt was doing but by the end of the series i truly hated who he d become who could ve imagined he would turn into such a monster it goes to show that the thinker quoted in galatians 5 9 was right a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough leave a comment frozen posted on december 28 2013 by nathan under films it has an 89 fresh rating on rotten tomatoes critics are calling it confirmation of a new disney renaissance a musical on par with the little mermaid beauty and the beast and aladdin and to top it all off the film s message about love comes tantalisingly close to the christian gospel in other words you might want to stop reading this if you haven t yet seen disney s frozen it s worth seeing for yourself and the next few paragraphs will spoil it for you otherwise at first glance the film treads a familiar path replete with recognisable characters themes of self acceptance and a resolution in which true love conquers all but when a character tells us that true love is when you put someone else s needs above your own it s clear that disney is taking us further along the path than ever before in frozen true love is not about romance but sacrifice this is a lesson in sync with the bible s teaching about love in john 15 13 jesus told his disciples greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends it s a lesson jesus himself exemplified when he died on the cross and it s a lesson exemplified in frozen when anna kristin bell sacrifices herself for her sister elsa idina menzel there are many similarities that could be drawn between the two acts both acts involved a clear choice between self and other and both acts resulted in the redemption of the human heart from a darkness of some kind the difference is that whilst anna s act of true love was for a sister who truly loved her back jesus act of true love was for people who truly hated him as the apostle paul reflects in romans 5 6 8 you see at just the right time when we were still powerless christ died for the ungodly very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die but god demonstrates his own love for us in this while we were still sinners christ died for us leave a comment gravity posted on october 8 2013 by nathan under christian living films scripture i never want to go to space that was my first thought as kat and i emerged from the cinemas at macquarie centre we d just seen gravity a film in which two people are left adrift in space when an accident destroys their shuttle the two people are medical engineer ryan stone played by sandra bullock and astronaut matt kowalski george clooney to get a feel for the kind of film it is you can watch the trailer here critics are raving about gravity it currently has a 98 rating on rotten tomatoes and for good reason too the film has a unique premise well conceived characters brought to life by compelling acting and jaw droppingly incredible cinematography that made watching a thoroughly immersive experience for much of the film i felt as though i were right up there in space and it was terrifying hence why i never want to go to space terror aside i thought gravity was a fascinating look at the human will to survive warning spoilers ahead talking with kat we both agreed that the interpretive key to the film lay in the conversation stone has with kowalski when she is near death and he tells her that she can either give up and die in space or take the ride and make it back home the tone of this conversation is unusual kowalski doesn t deliver the motivational talk we might ve expected there are no you re not a coward or make your life count words here instead kowalski calmly assures stone that if she chooses to die he ll understand she s had a tough life and here in space there is relief from that stone has had a tough life earlier in the film we learn that her 4 year old daughter died in a schoolyard accident something stone has never been able to recover from as a means of coping she mechanically follows the same routine day after day she wakes up she goes to work and she drives all this makes stone s eventual decision to take the ride somewhat curious if not surprising usually when people fight for their lives it s because they feel they have something or someone to live for what is it that stone chooses to live for there are no hints of anything throughout the film it seems that stone chooses to live simply because it s better to live than to die but what kind of a choice is that at one level it makes perfect sense human survival instinct and all but at another the open endedness of it is deeply unsatisfying without any solid reasons to live why wouldn t stone have just given up why would she have fought so hard to make it back to earth when there s nothing there for her to be honest i m not sure when the apostle paul was faced with the prospect of his own death he was not nearly as ambiguous about the choice before him here s what he says in his letter to the philippians for to me to live is christ and to die is gain if i am to go on living in the body this will mean fruitful labour for me yet what shall i choose i am torn between the two i desire to depart and be with christ which is better by far but it is more necessary for you that i remain in the body convinced of this i know that i will remain and i will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith so that through my being with you again your joy in christ jesus will overflow on account of me philippians 1 21 26 for paul the decision to live had nothing to do with the human survival instinct nor was it motivated by a fear of death rather paul admits he d prefer to die so that he can go and be with his lord and yet having said this he is very clear about why he chooses to live for the sake of the philippians paul s decision to live is a decision to continue serving others those sentiments resonate with the desires i have for my own life what about yours for more reflections on gravity read justine toh s excellent piece here leave a comment reflections from 2 weeks in india sirumalai posted on august 9 2013 by nathan under evangelism india gospel league ministry st albans travel one of the highlights of my trip to india was the day the team and i spent visiting sirumalai the village st alban s adopted through ig...