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Posted by Editor on Mar 8, 2012

Making a difference in the big outdoors

“Look at all the trees!” the young boy exclaims as he stumbles out of the car with his classmates. “I’ve never seen this many trees. Are they real?” Working in the outdoor adventure industry, these kinds of reactions are frequent and sometimes entertaining, but they speak to an overall gap in the spiritual education and development of our youth. There are no shortage of statistics regarding...

Posted by Editor on Mar 8, 2012

Kony goes viral…

More than 11 million views on YouTube and almost 1.8 million “likes” on Facebook in less than 48 hours. That’s the viral success of Invisible Children, a US non-profit company that is running Kony2012, a social media campaign against Joseph Kony, the leader of African militia the Lord’s Resistance Army. Australian social media expert James Griffin said that the Kony2012 campaign...

Posted by Editor on Mar 8, 2012

The first kiss…

It’s the inspiration of love songs, the climax of soppy movies, a glorious milestone in a relationship and a huge achievement in anyone’s life – it’s up there with getting your restricted or graduating from uni. But let’s be honest: it can also be one of the most awkward, embarrassing, pressured, sloppy, dry, disappointing or humorous moments we experience. So why exactly do we kiss? When...

Posted by Editor on Mar 8, 2012

Worship

When a lot of Christians think of worship they think of music, probably Hillsongs. Is that what it’s all about? Is that what God is really looking for from us? In this study we glance back over the Old Testament to see what God really required of His people… The English word worship comes from the Old English “worthscipe”, meaning to at tribute worthiness and devotion, OR pay homage to. To worship...

Posted by Editor on Mar 8, 2012

Jargonology: MISSIONS

SP Mag presents the second in a regular series explaining Christian terms that you hear, but have no clue what they mean. You hear about missions all the time in church. But, really, what is mission? When I was at Uni, we used to go for ‘missions’ over to the Mount to spend the day at the beach. Sometimes we’d do a ‘mission’ down to the service station to get a pie at 2A.M. (Why is it that...

Posted by Editor on Mar 8, 2012

Travel Diaries: Ecuador

In August 2009 my wife Renee and I were part of a ministry team travelling to the great land of Ecuador, in South America. Our mission was to visit major cities Riobamba and Cuenca, both nestled in the Andes, above 8200ft. Riabamba lies in an area known as the Avenue of the Volcanoes, on the edge of the equator and the Amazon jungle. On the journey through this amazing landscape we visited medical...