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Recently a mate said that I seemed angry while I was preaching. A lot does make me angry but I also know how shallow I am. Angry and Shallow sums me up in a lot of ways. So as an angry and shallow man I will be making weekly (or maybe more often) comments on things I think we need to face and that I want to say. I also want to hear what you think about them.

It's the second day of 2007 here in New Zealand. Sadam Hussein has been hanged (What a disgrace); over 3000 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq; a conservative estimate is that over 100 Iraqi's are killed each day; there is still massive starvation in many parts of the world; the womens refuges here in NZ are full of families escaping the rise in domestic violence that happens at this time of the year....and yet all I seem to hear from people is how bad the summer weather is turning out!

Sure it is wetter and windier than normal. Sure we all like it when the sun is shining etc, but give me break.....I don't care enough to give it more than 2 sentences a conversation! We in the west are becoming so self centred and self focused people are genuinely seeing this a real tragedy!

I think the primary way to avoid becoming part of this problem is to stay connected with real people facing real tragedies........matters that can mean eating or hunger; being safe or unsafe; having the opportunity for basic medical supplies or staying ill; even life or death.....not just whether the BBQ is fired up. UNOH www.unoh.org is one such group that I am privileged to be connected to. When I hear the stories of the powerless, poor and ignored it puts our christmas weather in perspective.

While not into new years resolutions maybe we should all make sure we are connected with such groups and those people in our own neighbourhoods that face real issues. It'll help us in the west keep perspective in an increasingly self focused world.

This entry was posted by Angry and Shallow, on Tuesday, January 02, 2007. You can leave your response.

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  1. Anonymous Anonymous Says:
    10:58 pm  

    You can watch Saddam being hanged here

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIh5s3Ck0MM

    Just for fun have a look at the following violence in Iraq (Christians, like your born-again brother, GW Bush, should get real pleasure from these):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGTaJ9Iu4dM

    This one's got a good sound track, anyone know the music:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zBOr-JioQ

    You know how God likes to slaughter children, look what God's doing in Iraq today:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTK0sWd-10M

    Hey, God liked killing, so go on get some more kicks from this one, Christians:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Z5bSH04VA

    For all you USA supporters out there, jerk off on this one:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mm4Av8GFH4

    And finally, get your dick out Angry and have a wank over this one:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_SjJN8UXoA


    America, that great Christian nation, spreading the message of Christ in Iraq. Thanks GW Bush.

    Thanks God, for the fucked up world you created.

  2. Blogger backyardmissionary Says:
    12:42 pm  

    How true mate - just spent a week away with 5 families from our community and D & I found ourselves wondering why we bother sometimes.

    'Nice middle class people' complain over the stupidist stuff and see problems that other people would never see because life is so self focused.

    Reading H Taylor's biog and hanging around our friends is a recipe for disaster - or at least dissonance!

    At the end of the day we both concluded that this is where we are called so this is where we will stay... but some days I just wish...

  3. Anonymous Anonymous Says:
    10:31 am  

    Hi - just stumbled across your blog, & am loving it - though I have always enjoyed your angry (not so) shallow words anyway...

    I have just spent the last 2 weeks on the mornington peninsula in melbourne for a holiday and experienced a number of chrisitans living in isolation in their mansions with foxtel and air-con, all the comforts and mod-cons that the world wants but no community or impact or voice - it is frustrating & heart breaking. How to wake up the sleeping giant that is the church????
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