ESKIMO LOLLIES - now what?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2348856/Eskimos-to-stay-maker-says

This article appeared on a website I check for national news each day. Later that night I was with a group of people and I mentioned the article. There were a variety of responses but the general view was that people needed to just "get over it" and it wasn't a big deal.

I attempted to explain to them that the word "Eskimo" is actually an insult and it is not the same as a Canadian eating a lolly called a "kiwi" or a German eating a lolly called a "pakeha".

Each of us now armed with the information regarding the Inuit people and the term "Eskimo" are faced with a choice. Do we ignore their view, claiming our distance from them as a people group, the harmlessness of a sweet that has been around for decades etc...or do we acknowledge that their concern is valid and ignorance can no longer be our shield?

Some would say its political correctness with a sugar rush.....let's just hope they don't go on holiday somewhere and discover something that is an insult and offensive to them.

Michael Collins & the Revolution - Tomorrow Nite LIVE

ATTENTION ALL MAKE CHANGERS.....AND OTHERS KEEN TO BE PART OF THE REVOLUTION.

South Australia are currently having their revolution camp involving Guest Speakers Michael Collins (the one and only) and Danielle Strickland (who needs no introduction).....

Think you're missing out by not being there? NO WAY!!! Check out the details below for the live online broadcast tomorrow nite (thurs)


"Thursday 23rd April 8pm EST we will be doing a live broadcast online from Revolution Youth Camp in South Australia. It will feature Nath Casey and the worship team followed by a preach by Canadian Michael Collins (guest at Make Change NZ)

You can watch it live at www.salvationarmy.org.au/sstv"

For those in NZ its 10pm

With the technology around these days there's no reason to miss out on the good stuff.

Check it out...spread the word...join the revolution

decisions, consequences & the little old chorus

It's been an interesting day as I make final preparations for Australia. I had a conversation with someone today about some decisions I have made. They were questioning whether they were the right decisions to make. I finished the conversation feeling pretty low and thinking this was the last thing I needed in my busy day & did not want to head away to minister in Australia in a head space less than positive. I've had a few hours to think and I've been reminded again that as leaders we have to be prepared to make decisions and stand by them. We must be prepared to deal with the consequences of those decisions whether good or not so good. Sometimes I think it is too easy worry so much about failing that we continue to play it safe. We need to 'own' our reasons and logic. If we believe strongly enough in something then we have to be prepared to make those tough decisions and take whatever fruit is yielded from those seeds.

I wrote in my journal earlier tonight that "sometimes I feel misunderstood, undervalued and marginalised but I guess Jesus felt and experienced those things too." But I found myself correcting my thoughts almost the moment they came out onto the page. I don't know that Jesus did FEEL those things and EXPERIENCE them. I'm sure he found himself in situations where they could have been possible outcomes if his mind was in the same state as mine. I'm sure it would have been possible for him to experience those kinds of emotions if his self image and worth was as battered as mine sometimes is.

However I don't think Jesus did feel and experience those things because his eyes were on the Father, his purpose was not in the purposes of man, but in doing whatever the Father wanted him to do. His sense of identity was not determined by what others thought, said or did towards him, but rather what the Father thought, said and did towards him.

I think I like Jesus' way better than mine. So I find myself being reminded again about identity and destiny and my desire is as the old chorus says ...

"to be like Jesus, this hope possesses me, in every thought and deed, this is my aim, my creed. To be like Jesus, this hope possesses me, his spirit helping me, like him I'll be."