http://www.stewart5.net The Stewarts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:50:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tonight, we worshiped with people from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Unites States, and Canada. Our focus was on God's Kingdom - sharing pictures, scripture, and song. In a very real sense, our time together was indeed a manifestation of God's ways in action. It was beautiful. One of the ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/07/freedom Tonight is the final of Euro 2008. Having watched about 75% of the tournament with friends here, and conversing back and forth with friends world-wide, I have found this to be one of the most entertaining soccer tournaments I can remember. But let all the professional writers comment ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/on-supporting-sport just wanted to let everyone know I am still fasting from alcohol. what have i learned? I am not an alcoholic. i really haven't had any, "I wish i could have a drink" moments. this is significant given my family history. i don't drink that many different things. ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/still-not-drinking MDC opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai said he will NOT run in the vote on the 27th. Too many of his supporters are being beaten and tortured and he doesn't want to put people at harm in order to vote. Further, the entire election is a farce, and ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/tsvangirai-withdraws-from-presidential-runoff the one who has smaller capacity tends be easily overwhelmed. the one who has larger capacity tends to takes on too much. -Arthur i'm #2 above.  east to look down on the first set of people, but ironically we end up near the same place? http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/capacity Is it possible to get unbiased news?  Or, should we just call a spade a spade - all news is filtered, selected, and given from some perspective.  If we acknowledge this, we must be more critical of what we are presented with. Here is an excellent article about how "news" is ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/spin-spin-sugar In 2 weeks, Zimbabwe will hold a presidential runoff election.  In the past week, Morgan Tsvangirai (the opposition party leader) has been arrested twice and prevented from campaigning.  Yesterday, the secretary-general of the opposition party was arrested and charged with treason (which carries the possibility of the death penalty).  Sounds ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/zim-election-update This past weekend, our NCSA leadership team took our annual retreat. This time away, we did something quite different from past retreats.... we did pottery. We all went to the home/studio of a married couple who are local pottery artists. Basically, we ate, did pottery, and rested. ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/life-lessons-form-pottery I've just come across the NET Bible translation.  Wondering if anyone has read/used this one and could offer some thoughts?  I like the idea of an open and free Bible translation. It is mentioned and used in the Breviary (book of prayer) of Missio Dei - a missional, neo-monastic community I ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/06/net-bible-translation On the weekend, somewhere between 500-1000 displaced refugees were moved to a temporary camp about 10 minutes north of where we live.  A few of us went yesterday (Wednesday) to assess the situation and see if we might be able to help or join with others who are doing something. The ... http://www.stewart5.net/2008/05/visiting-a-refugee-camp-in-south-africa