Serious vs. The Simpsons
March 26th, 2008Hey.
Now that my serious posting is done at my new blog (Nomadic Faith), I can now feel free to post frivolous stuff here.
Like this:
Nick "Fiddly" Fiedler
March 13th, 2008Sorry Nick. That was a harsh Nick name.
We had Nick Fielder (from the Nick and Josh podcast) and his lovely wife Leslie over for a meal at our home last night. They are currently touring Australia, and we offered our home for a night or two. Circumstances are that my wonderful mother-in-law (Alice, are you reading this?) is also staying, so she took trumps. So it was dinner instead.
Nick and Josh are really two ordinary guys who have had the chutzpah to invite all sorts of ‘famous’ people (in some circles at least) onto their podcast for an amateurish but fun interview. Some names include (ripped direcley from their site): Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, Shane Claiborne, Phyllis Tickle, Andrew Jones, Scot McKnight, Diana Butler-Bass, Damien Jurado, Derek Webb, Karen Sloan, Spencer Burke, Bob Price, Frank Viola, Zach Lind, Jim Henderson, Pete Rollins, Bishop John Shelby Spong, and AJ Jacobs. Our favourite here is Shane Claiborne, but I told Nick that I’d probably listen even without the ‘big’ names, because these guys are a hoot. They currently have some 280,000 subscribers.
Nick and Leslie were very gracious as we in all-too-typical Aussie fashion bagged out their president and Americans in general. I don’t think they minded too much. I hope.
Anyway. They were great company. Felt like catching up with old friends, though we’d never met them before. Check out the podcast.
New Blog
March 8th, 2008I hate the idea of self promotion. And I’ve always been unsure about whether I should make this blog personal or "theological" (for want of a better word).
Added to that, I’m preparing to podcast regularly, and I wanted to make that more than just about me.
So, I’ve started another site that will focus on encouraging others in faith through blogging and podcasting. If you are here for that sort of blog rather than the random happenings of a bloke in Melbourne, then please move along to:
Nomadic Faith
I will continue to post posts about our family and personal journey here (at shmatt.com) for friends, family and those with a voyeuristic bent.
There is also our church site at http://thechurch.org.au
Thanks for dropping by!
