http://shmatt.com Adventures in life and church planting. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:36:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend asked me today what my “theological position” 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/ My mate Rob Chaney and I will soon be starting a podcast that we record while sitting and chatting down at the local. The aim is just to capture simple conversation between two blokes sitting in a pub. We want it to be raw conversation about doing faith when ... http://shmatt.com/posts/2008/09/10/coming-soon-the-matt-and-rob-pubcast/