What's the Attraction?

December 23, 2003
by Rodney Olsen
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Yes I know, it’s been days since I’ve posted anything. Yes, I’m into the Christmas rush period.

Something has been intriguing me recently. What is the big attraction for the non-churched with Carols by Candlelight?

I know that it’s nice to be wih family and be at an outdoor event and all that, but let’s look at it. Thousands upon thousands of people who are not interested in anything the ‘church’ has to offer for the other 364 days of the year, will turn up at a park to sing ‘outdated’ songs about a religion they don’t believe.

I find it interesting that most of our churches want the latest and greatest music each Sunday to ‘attract people’, – (Yes I know it’s not just to attract people. Many believe they are using the best methods possible to worship God.) – yet what brings people together is an event featuring music that is centuries old. Have we misjudged what people want?

I already have a number of ideas as to why these events attract people – (And some aspects still baffle me.) – but I want to hear from others. Please drop in a comment.



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The Video

December 19, 2003
by Rodney Olsen
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I was chatting to a freind yesterday who is interested in my recent ride across the country. He wants to see the 3.5 minute video clip of the ride so he’s dropping over soon to grab a copy and to ride to work with me.

While I can’t hand out a DVD top everyone in cyberspace, I can direct you to bikeforbibles.org where you’ll find several copies of the clip. The site has been put together by one of the guys who did the ride and has all kinds of interesting info.

Have a look for yourself and let me know what you think of our epic journey.

I’ll let you know when the hour long documentary is finished and when it will hit our TV screens.



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Tonight's Finalists Are…

December 18, 2003
by Rodney Olsen
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A couple of nights ago it was the end of year modelling concert last night for our 5 year old James where he received a medal for being a finalist.

Last night it was 7 year old Emily’s turn.

Now Emily is very proudly wearing a medal for being one of 11 finalists in her age category. That puts her in the top 20%.

Again, no trophy, but we’re all pretty pleased.

One of the best parts of the whole deal is to see the genuine thrill that they’ve each had congratulating the other. Both of them seemed just as pleased that their sibling had won something, perhaps even more so, than the fact that they had won something themselves. There was lots of hugs and ‘congratulations, I knew you could do it’ type comments exchanged between the two of them. They are both each others greatest fans.



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… And the Finalists Are …

December 17, 2003
by Rodney Olsen
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It was the end of year modelling concert last night for our 5 year old James.

He is now very proudly wearing a medal for being one of 5 finalists in his age category. He didn’t end up picking up a trophy but he’s more than pleased that he was one of the best on the night … and so is the rest of the family.



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I've Got a Secret Santa

December 16, 2003
by Rodney Olsen
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Darren emailed me my secret santa name yesterday so I now need to come up with a devious way to do good to a fellow blogger.

If you’re wondering, my secret santa is it’s …. oops …. that’s right, I can’t tell you. If I did I’d have to kill you.



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