Groovy Monkey http://old.groovymonkey.net Gordon's Blog Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:28:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And now, the end is near The truth is, I'm not bloggin any more. It's been fun, a nice refective tool, but I prefer other things that take much less time, and probably suit my shallow approach to blogging much better :) Find me on facebook: www.facebook.com/gordon.rouse Find me on twitter: www.twitter.com/gordonrouse http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/06/and-now-the-end-is-near/ photo.jpg photo.jpg Originally uploaded by GordonRouse - Gordon Rouse http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/03/photojpg/ Reading: Mission Shaped Church [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Mission Shaped Church, 2004"][/caption] "Society in Britain has changed dramatically in the last 30 years... in our understanding of community and how we relate to one another. One of the responses has been to plant new churches and create 'fresh expressions' of church... Mission shaped church is ... http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/02/reading-mission-shaped-church/ Whats going on? Whats going on? Good question! Its been a great month. I've been to visit my dad, which was great. I'm still studying with ICC in Glasgow, continuing my honours degree, and i'm settling well into Kings Church Edinburgh, one of the larger changes in recent months. Things with BUSY are going well ... http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/02/whats-going-on/ A nice new year Its been a really nice, if slightly grown up, Christmas. Visiting my Dad was great... days spent being lazy doing not all that much, hanging out and eating nice food. Lots of wii playing, and quite a bit of messing around playing SimCity on my  Iphone... just relaxing. The majority of my ... http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/01/a-nice-new-year/ Feeling a little smug I'm feeling a little smug, I admit. I've been on a diet for the past few months, and didn't gain any weight over christmas! Yippeee! http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/01/feeling-a-little-smug/ Bargain hunting Browsing through the charity shop my mum volunteers for, I found a couple of CDs I used to really like. One being Jamie Cullum. Enjoy :) httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Oa3xjCio0 http://old.groovymonkey.net/2009/01/bargain-hunting/ Grey’s anatomy – keep breathing Another song i love: httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PUDAiBmQnpw http://old.groovymonkey.net/2008/10/greys-anatomy-keep-breathing/ We are only made of dust. God knows we are little weak creatures... in fact, the Bible says, "As a parent cares for their child, God cares for those who fear Him; He knows how we were made; that we are only dust." (Psalm 103:13-14) That we're breakable. Ingrid Michaelson - Breakable: httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZ_tu8s5Wk http://old.groovymonkey.net/2008/10/ingrid-michaelson-breakable-we-are-made-of-dust/ change, change, change, chill. The last few months have been a time of change. Whats changed? I'm single. Emily as lots of people know, split up what I have just realised was now around 6 months ago - and having been going out for a long time, meant a lot of things suddenly changed a great ... http://old.groovymonkey.net/2008/10/change-change-change-chill/