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Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

geofforius — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:06:25 -0000

On the positive side Mark, now you can rest assured that nobody can go around the internet masquerading as everybody's favourite purple-loving pastor, posting comments.

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

Mark_E — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:02:30 -0000

there is five minutes of my life I will never get back.... thanks Geoff....

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

Mark_E — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:59:53 -0000

mmmmmm here we go.....

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

geofforius — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:22:01 -0000

And by "this page" I mean: http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/07...

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

geofforius — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:21:36 -0000

<?php if(function_exists('get_avatar')) { echo get_avatar($comment, '40'); } ?>
Check this page for full details, but basically that's it: the '40' is for how big you want the picture to be (in pixels)

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

becmatheson — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:11:40 -0000

The question is how do you format your blog theme to include them?

Code please! :P

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

geofforius — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:10:31 -0000

Don't we all.

Re: How do I get those cute little pictures next to my comment?

Mark_E — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:32 -0000

man...you married up! :) (so did I!)

Re: It’s Storytime Kids

geofforius — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:57:28 -0000

I signed up for the missional tribe thing, got a blog with it, and went: "I really should use this for something". Like I said - I'm not 100% sure that I'll keep using it, but it's something to try out for the moment.

Re: It’s Storytime Kids

rick — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:53:35 -0000

Hey - I liked your stories there (although the "What Jesus Meant" one was lost on me) ... I'm curious why you would have a separate blog for those.

Re: A Benediction to Live By

rick — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:33:40 -0000

:-)

I took the "yellow to mellow" as just silliness to make a rhyme - my paradigm doesn't get bothered by that. I do that kind of thing all of the time and I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it.

Perhaps because of my own prejudice, I thought the white embracing right comment tainted the prayer. Politics aside, a high percentage of the excitement around Obama is the forward progress against racism. Personally, this is great and long overdue. Unfortunately, the expression of celebration is laced with reverse discrimination. My assumption is that an inaugural prayer is not some ad hoc sort of thing and I would have been more cautious with my words.

On a related note, I had a warm fuzzy feeling regarding Warren's prayer.

Re: A Benediction to Live By

geofforius — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:15:34 -0000

Thanks Mark, I wondered if that might have been it, but I still think the yellow comment is probably the most racist part. I take your point Rick though (assuming Mark's right about your opinion) - I understand why it's possible to take that as a racist slur, but I'd see it as a call on the people in power (and black president or not, white people still hold the power across the western world) to do right. And I think it's a very true sentiment that if more "whites" would "embrace what is right", the picture in the previous paragraph becomes much more possible.

Re: A Benediction to Live By

Mark E — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:04:39 -0000

this is the bit he is referring to...
"Dr. Lowery also ended his speech with the controversial statement "When white will embrace what is right", meaning that white people as of now do not embrace what is right. Racism is Racism no matter who says it." (from wikipedia....although I doubt it will be there for much longer)

Personally, I dont know whether it is 'reverse racism' or not. I get the feeling it is a common saying, and with Lowery's track record, he probably has earnt the right to push back a bit.

have you seen this clip of him? Its a beauty!
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=a3j9ltp1qM8

Re: A Benediction to Live By

geofforius — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:53:50 -0000

In what way? I'm not a big fan of telling yellow to be mellow - is that your concern?

Re: A Benediction to Live By

rick — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:42:24 -0000

Cool except you didn't find the last bit to be racist? Hmmm.

Re: Right-wing fundamentalist or hippie pinko leftie?

Wayne — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:04:30 -0000

Maybe the reason for so few right wing comments is that 'Right Wing' is unfashionable. Was it once said "the meek will inherit the earth"? Well boys, it's happening.

Re: It’s Storytime Kids

scott — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:03:11 -0000

Nice one Geoff, great idea. I'll add a link to this one

Re: Twitter - To tweet or not to tweet?

Mike Kelly — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:21:34 -0000

The time has been changed already

Re: Year In Review - Family

Anna Betrieb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:46 -0000

2008 was a bit of a rubbish year for a lot of us - definately hoping 2009 is an improvement - wouldn´t be hard though!! I enjoyed your review.. although it was very sad, there are some positives and I think your review shows that generations go on and people have to move on... we all have our lives to lead. I hope 2009 is a lot happier for everyone!

Anna

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Re: Year In Review - Positionless

geofforius — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:05:15 -0000

Can't disagree with you there - probably not the best choice of wording. But in some ways it's been important to be able to sort out what really is "just Christianity", seperate from the identity of a leader.

Re: Year In Review - Positionless

Matt Glover — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:51:31 -0000

Interesting that you use the term "Just Christians"....I would have thought that's what you were when you were youth leaders.

Re: Year In Review - Positionless

steven hamilton — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:49:49 -0000

i appreciate this geoff...it makes me think of one of those underlying themes in scripture, and especially seen in Jesus - being and doing. wimber used to call Him the Word Worker. Word&Deed. sometimes we get unbalanced or lose our way and need to sow more into one or the other...

embrace "being", because leadership and discipleship are primarily about who we are/who we are becoming...then also about what we do to help other people with who they are/who they are becoming...we seek, like paul, to attain to the resurrection: so the thing that lasts is the kind of people we become...

peace

Re: The Year In Review - Marriage

Mark_E — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:10:40 -0000

Being married is awesome. And it only gets better. The initial excitement is transformed into something deeper, and blessed.

Re: The Year In Review - Marriage

scott — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:51:20 -0000

Well done Geoff (and Bec). Great to hear positive experience of 'two becoming one".