A Saturday Friday Five

February 21, 2004
by Rodney Olsen
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Today it’s a Saturday kind of Friday Five.

When was the last time you…

1. …went to the doctor?

Thursday. I have had lower back pain all week. I’m not a regular at the surgery. The doctor was quite surprised to see me.

2. …went to the dentist?

That would be in around June or July last year. My mouth could keep the dentist employed for quite some time but I’ll have to wait until I have some money (ha ha ha) before I get a bunch of work done.

3. …filled your gas tank?

This morning. I don’t usually fill it because I’m normally on my bike and Pauline has the car.

4. …got enough sleep?

Mmm. Enough sleep. Great concept. I can’t say that I even remember the last time I got enough sleep.

5. …backed up your computer?

That would be a couple of months ago. After my computer fun this last week I promise to do it more often. I didn’t lose any data but it was a reminder as to just how fickle these machine which run our lives can be.



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Aren't Computers Wonderful?

February 18, 2004
by Rodney Olsen
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A quick blog from work. My home computer died a thousand deaths. I should have it up and running in the next day or so but until then – nothing. I hope you’ll miss me.



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I'm Back

February 16, 2004
by Rodney Olsen
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I’ve been pretty much missing in action for a while. I’ve been very busy preparing for the preview screening of The Passion of the Christ in Perth.

I work for the Bible Society and on Saturday night we hosted a screening for church leaders. It was a powerful time and I can assure you that this film will have a big impact.

Many have given the advice that believers should see the film themselves before taking friends. Their reasoning is that they will need to deal with the issues it raises for themselves before taking others.

I wonder if it’s wise to hide our own journey from our friends in that way. I’m not saying that it may be wise to preview the film but I ask if it may be more impacting if our friends witness our reaction and our own search for a response.

The film has attracted an MA rating in Australia with a warning of graphic violence. There’s plenty of that in the film but it’s certainly not violence for entertainment’s sake. This film will shake many people – many of them people who are already believers.

I truly reccomend this film and look forward to the questions it will raise for people around the world.



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Friday Five

February 13, 2004
by Rodney Olsen
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It’s Friday Five time.

1. Are you superstitious?

Nah!

2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?

I’ve heard of people missing out on living an awful lot of life just to follow superstitions.

3. Believer or not, what’s your favourite superstition?

My favourite is the belief that in order to have a happy life you must consume lots of chocolate and drink moderate amounts of good red wine. I know it’s not really a superstition but I dare not stop now.

4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?

Luck is the name given to the results that come from persistence and hard work.

5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?

No. Life is not governed by the stars but by the one who created the stars.



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SNACS

February 10, 2004
by Rodney Olsen
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On Saturday night we ventured to South Perth to see The Sensitive New Age Cowpersons and Paul Kelly.

The show was part of the South Perth Fiesta.

If you’ve never heard of The Sensitive New Age Cowpersons you’re missing out. They play bluegrass music. Ordinarily that wouldn’t interest me, but when you take into account that they lpay songs by U2, AC/DC, Sherbert and heaps of others, as well as their own very funny songs, you get an absolutely hysterical show with some very clever musicianship.

As expected, Paul Kelly was brilliant too. I would have liked to have heard ‘Leaps and Bounds’ and a couple of others but you can’t fit in everything.

There were some wonderful fireworks to finish the concert. A great family night out.



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