well sunday was a good day. well yes and no. i was feeling pretty crabby due to the onset of my period. but once i was drugged up enough then i was okay. still had a throbbing ehadache from where i banged my head on the boot of the car on saturday. but that’s another story. went to Shore in the morning and listened to Jeff preach on the narrow road and the broad road – which was good. basically that the broad road is easily found or fallen into, easy to follow, whereas the narrow road can only be found with intentional thought.. noone gets there by mistake. i liked that phrase. but then in his discission of the difference between those on the broad path and those on the narrow he talked about a grace dependant society.. whereby we abuse the grace we are given because we continue to live without motivation to change.. that those on the narrow path will surely have the passion to progress. which is all well and good. but the outlay of it ended with Jeff talking about there being those that needed to become covert christians because of their lifestyles …. ie: the pro basketball player who’s the most verbal about his faith but has a mouth like the wrong end of a dog. or the woman living with her partner unwed… now this i have a problem with.. to tell people to go underground?? what??? anyway. everything he said was good and true about the gate being a gate of justice… and that the gate of grace is easiest gate to pass through.. it jsut didn’t make sense. he was tying to opposing ideas together.

right. so then i went home and had lunch. then we went for a hike in the Waitakeres. it was to the fairy falls. the path looked similar to this…

but it was basically downhill after the first five minutes, which of course meant up hill… like on a 65 degree angle on the way up. lovely. was a couple of hours worth – but the falls were beautiful at the bottom. i got a few photos on emily’s camera. nice nice.

so i’ve already been for a big walk this morning. i was horrified at how unfit i was yesterday and i am freaking out. who knew that a desk job could do this to you.

right.

windsor park last night was good. really cool. i talked to brendon about joining the worship team… and basically said to him look i know that you are really full already.. but that i’m keen and available should the opportunity arise. and he said yeah that they were really full… but then he asked if i was a worship leader and i said yes i had done quite a bit in the past. and he seemed keen on that front. anyway.

today i am going to have lunch with jo norrie. nice nice. wonderful. i need to buy some hiking boots. i was talking to dave pierce last night about the south island. i really want to go kayaking in the south island.. in the Abel Tasman national park.. but not sure if it will be okay for emily. might chat to simon about it. anyway – the pierces have cousins from england coming over and they were going to do the south island with them… so we might end up travelling at the same time. meanwhile dave and i have been trading emails over bruce springsteen this morning. the Boss is coming in march but the ticket prices are horrendous… and whilst if i had the money i would love to go .. the option of buying the live show on DVD is much more appealing. trouble is there is no mention of it being released at anytime in the near future. also discussed was the whole Norah Jones concert on Valentines Day… to which the solution is apparent. she is also doing a show on the 13th of feburary. and that would seem more reasonable.

and then i need to get some space i think. i’m starting to feel a little crowded by ….okay i won’t publish that on the web. it’s not fair. traded phone messages with eddie.. about time that we caught up i thought. right. that’s about it in terms of updates. who knows what will happen today. but i am trying to focus on the God aspects and be mindful of what my mouth speaks… there shall my fruit be known.