I Almost Fell For This One...

Checking email on my phone is a new world for me and as a result, this phishing scam almost reeled me in, beware...

We detected an unsuccessful login attempt from an unfamiliarlocation. For the security of your account, kindly Re-Login Below 
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The Google Team.

Link sends you here:

Only when I noticed the web address had nothing to do with Google that I actually smelt a rat!

Was Jonah the Prophet Merely Racist?

In an attempt to achieve some of my goals, I have combined them! So out running this evening I took some mp3s on Jonah. The bad news is: I pulled a muscle - ridiculous. I wasn't even straining and I ended up spraining! Most frustrating I can assure you. I had to hobble home in front of all the kids playing football! :-( Anyway, that's not relevant to this post...

When most of us think of Jonah the OT prophet, we tend to cast him as a Jewish nationalist / racist. It's obvious isn't it? Why else would he want to run away from God's command to go to preach salvation to Gentiles at Ninevah?

Testing 2

Whilst eating my porridge with cranberries, I thought I would see if I can upload a photo to my blog via iPhone. So here's my dinner from last night - a Chinese recipe: Liver, broccoli and ginger soup. :-) (Yes, I know I'm sad!)

Gained Time Goals: Progress Check 1

So, it's been just over a week since I publicly stated some goals for this term.  How have I gotten on?

Well, progress has started slower than anticipated due to unexpected visitations.

My new training app

On Monday, the lovely OfStEd gave our school "the phone call" so I was on bestest behaviour all week! :-S Whilst optimistic, we can't assume anything and await the formal publishing of the report - a few weeks from now.

As a result, I'm on track with the 1/2 marathon training, (no pun intended) grasping the nettles, literally (and it hurt for over 24hrs afterwards) in the back garden, and I've begun to plough the streets of Whitley in prayer, in hope of a new harvest, but the rest remain, as yet, untouched.

We have my housemate's stag do this weekend. So I doubt we'll see any acceleration in progress just yet. :-)

Testing

Just seeing if my new phone can post to my blog ok...

An RFC First... I think.

Mark Amos, a member of our church, has had his first article posted on the NewFrontiers theology blog!

This is jolly exciting!!  Why not go and have a peek...

Gained Time Goals

Now that I'm part time at work, I figure I should probably have some goals to help me focus in the gained time!  So here goes, by Christmas I hope to have:

• Improved my running up to half marathon distance. (I am currently so unfit I can barely complete 5k without collapsing and I've signed up for the Reading Half Marathon and another duathlon next Spring to encourage some umph creation!)
• Finished listening to James Jordan preaching through the OT prophets (almost a sermon every weekday night between now and December! :-S
• Planned Biblical Thinking Forum 2012.
• Transformed the back garden into an "eat your heart out Eden Project" masterpiece.
• Finished at least three books that I've started reading, but haven't yet had the discipline to complete.
• Walked down and prayed for every street in Whitley. 

Feel free to ask me how I am getting on and I'll try not to get defensive if I'm not achieving (any of) them in the way I had envisaged.