http://shmatt.com Adventures in life and church planting. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:20:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One day we will share lives with those who will stand with us in our hour of need Today is not that day One day there will be relief from our stress and fears Today is not that day Alone Plead Tears Sweat Blood One day there may be trust, friends who will not betray us Today is not that ... http://shmatt.com/posts/2011/04/22/not-this-day/ A friend asked me today what my “theological positionâ€? was on owning property.  Here are some random thoughts: I have a couple of related views that I would say are more "interpreted values" than hard-line beliefs. I think it is wise to establish your business solidly before purchasing ... http://shmatt.com/posts/2010/08/02/views-on-owing-property-housing/ This is interesting: “Ivan Illich calculated that, in America in the 70's, if you add the time spent to work to earn the money to buy a car, the time spent in the car (including traffic jam), the time spent in the health care industry because ... http://shmatt.com/posts/2010/03/09/walk-or-drive/ Get Your Cyborg Name http://shmatt.com/posts/2009/07/10/matt/ Source unknown Technorati Tags: McDonalds,Ronald McDonald http://shmatt.com/posts/2009/07/01/happy-meal/ (bah, humbug!) http://shmatt.com/posts/2008/12/24/merry-christmas-all/ Join myself and my mate Rob down at the local. The Matt and Rob Pubcast Technorati Tags: Pubcast, Podcast, Pub http://shmatt.com/posts/2008/10/12/now-live-the-matt-and-rob-pubcast/ Pentecostalism ≠ evangelicalism ≠ fundamentalism.  Did you know that? In fact, Pentecostalism has it's roots in the Methodist holiness movement, the same movement that the Salvation Army was born out of, which in turn is where I started my journey of faith. In it's early days, Pentecostalism had strong ties ... http://shmatt.com/posts/2008/09/23/the-origins-and-impact-of-pentecostalism/ It seems that Tasmania is the third most popular region in the world for us Tews   Top Regions (Frequency per Million) ALABAMA , UNITED STATES208.37 NORTH CAROLINA , UNITED STATES181.87 TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA143.63 UTAH , UNITED STATES117.81 EAST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM107.06   No inbreeding jokes, please.  And definitely ... http://shmatt.com/posts/2008/09/16/tew-on-this/ "He is like a Mounty, he always get's his man, and he will zap you any way he can... ...ZAP!"   Thanks Dan Kimball http://shmatt.com/posts/2008/09/11/jesus-is-a-friend-of-mine/