NRL are going to spend the weekend turning Lang Park into a quagmire. AFL games all have clear favourites. Except for Geelong who will probably manage to lose against Saint Kilda. (Draws count as correct) NRL (last round 6/8; season tally 51/72) Canterbury (What does it say about Newcastle that Canterbury are favourites) Manly Souths …

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I kept seeing Wendell Berry and his novel Jayber Crow mentioned in various ways, so now I’ve got a copy. How could I not be attracted to the fictional autobiography of someone who departs from their plan to be a minister to become a barber instead?

Pass The Promise from Getty Music sounded so familiar I thought I’d posted it before. Maybe I thought it wasn’t congregational enough. It’s either call and response or close couplets in the verses – either could work and a congregation like ours would probably do the couplet thing. It’s a similar vocal approach to leading …

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