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Comment on A Tribute to Graham Johnston by Steve Turner

Steve Turner — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:22:46 +0000

I can still remember his Prodigal son sermon where he came out and ‘performed’ the whole story from the person of the older brother. He breathed such passion and insight into everything he did and I was blessed to have him as my paster for over 5 years including a mission trip to Kenya in 2001.
My heart goes out to Traci and his kids and all of the congregation of Subi Church. We have all been so greatly blessed by Graham’s life.

Comment on Does Youth Ministry just train a new group of consumers? by Saskia

Saskia — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:15:09 +0000

Good thoughts Middo! I think you are definitely right, we actually talked a lot about that in our education course last year – the only way to help kids develop skills, responsibility, leadership, compassion etc is to give the practice at it!

On a slightly different track, I think the reason it is so wrong for “tweens” to “act” like adults, dress like adults and have some adult priviledges is exactly because they are NOT really adults – they haven’t matured enough and they certainly aren’t receiving proper training from society as a whole as to how to cope with adult responsibilities.

My two cents.

Saski

Comment on A Tribute to Graham Johnston by Lainey Weiss

Lainey Weiss — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:48:37 +0000

G’day from Melbourne. We visited Perth in 2009 and heard Graham preach on the 31st of October for the first time cos someone from Subi church invited us to go. Long story short, the Holy Spirit spoke to us through Graham and our lives turned a corner from then on. We came back to Melbourne and continued listening to Graham by downloading the sermons from the church website. Our hearts were moved towards missions and we decided to join Pioneers Australia and go on a survey trip with them. We soon discovered that Graham was the chairman of Pioneers Australia!

We’ve used his book as a resource for our theological essays and he continues to inspire us, even though he’s now gone to be with the Lord. I personally wished that I could have worked with Graham. Nevertheless, I am grateful that the same Holy Spirit is working in our lives. Praise be to the Lord our God who reigns forever!

Comment on A Tribute to Graham Johnston by Grace Mangeni

Grace Mangeni — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:39:55 +0000

We shall miss Pastor Graham and his inspirational preaching and teachings. I recall his teachings when he visited our church.
We are praying for the whole family that God may continue to encourage them in this trying moment.
I encourage the wife that God is the husband to the widows and to the children that God is the father to the fatherless. I also remember at such a moment we as a family lost our dear beloved dad but God intervened into the Situation.

Stand strong in the Lord.

May His soul rest in peace.

From Grace- Uganda-East Africa

Comment on A Tribute to Graham Johnston by Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:27:04 +0000

I first met Graham, Tracey and their children approx 10 years ago. He was truly a man of God and loved his family dearly. Graham and Tracey always welcomed me into their home and made me feel comfortable, as if i was a memeber of their family.

Graham was an amazing man who touched so many lives. I last saw Graham about 1 year ago at Subiaco Church of Christ and he was the same warm, welcoming man that I first met years ago. He loved God, as God loved him as his most precious child.

My sincere sympathy to Tracey, their children and to Graham’s family and friends.

Comment on Rites of Passage by Linda L. Grenz

Linda L. Grenz — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:25:57 +0000

Check out the program used in most Episcopal churches in the USA: The Journey to Adulthood (J2A). It has exactly those rites of passage you name: “Rite 13″ @ age 13ish (Celebration of Manhood and Womanhood) and then a pilgrimage marking passage into YAC phase (Young Adults in the Church). Has been very powerful in our world. Glad to answer any questions you may have. See: http://www.LeaderResources.org/j2a.

Comment on Child Labour by Chang Samiento

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Comment on Child Labour by chris mounts

chris mounts — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:07:10 +0000

The children work so that they can support their families.
All members work so that they can have enough to survive.
Without this source of income, they may not be able to live.
They miss their chance at having a childhood and at education.
By working, children are forced out of school to go to work and miss a chance at socializing as well.
In a poorer society, children virtually have no choice but to work.
Children must work in order to feed their families and themselves.
Their parents do not have the privilege of earning enough money to survive, because their countries suffer from economic depression.
To these children, survival is more important than education.
They sacrifice their education to help out their families.
There is not much to be done until their economy picks up and improves.
The work maybe unwanted, but it is mandatory for survival.
The parents should be taking care of their children enough so the children do not have to work.
Children should be free to do what they will until adulthood, when they fend for themselves.
They should not be forced to take on a mature role at such a young age.
The child workers live in much poorer countries that do not have the same standard of living as we do, and have different focus points.
To us , children should not be responsible to their families, but in these children’s situations they must be, because they live in a harsher environment than ours.
People usually don’t really care about the situation that these kids are in like how the people have to sacrifice this childhood for there food, shelter, clothing and water.
The children get paid only around 25 cents per week or maybe even lesser.
This started of when Canadian families were to poor to provide themselves any food or other resources, so the sent there kids to go of and work to receive money so they can provide themselves at least to live.
Children were punished for playing instead of working so the never got to play and they were punished by getting beaten up.
Some specific Factories accepted children under 15 to work in there factories so they pay them less and so they can punish them if they do something wrong, if an adult does something wrong they cant beat them because they might fight back, and also they don’t complain as much.

Comment on Book Review – The Selfless Gene by Charles Foster by Charles Foster

Charles Foster — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:47:38 +0000

Many thanks for your kind comments on my book. It’s this sort of thing that makes it all worthwhile.
All best wishes.
Charles

Comment on When God Moves by Kelsey

Kelsey — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:53:08 +0000

It’s so reassuring to know that God’s got it all under control! But, I can’t help but be excited for the day I will no longer be half way around the world from you!