Pictures from South Africa and Swaziland
Here are a bunch of the pics that aren’t animals that I took through out the trip. The rest are in the slideshow at the bottom of the post. This boy here was my absolute…
Author: Nathan Colquhoun
South Africa – Day 1
Well, we have started our trip. Rachel and I are sitting in the Chicago airport waiting for Charity and Shane to arrive (which we gave them 40% chance of making it on time). It wasn’t…
Beach Shots
We did a baptism for Shaelyn Silvestri two Sunday’s ago at theStory, here are some pictures from the beach day. I was just feeling the black and white shots. Here are the ones that aren’t…
Consumerism: The Myth of Reliability
This one is close to my post called Consumerism: Something that Will Last. However, now I’m going to take a look into the idea of reliability. So we want something that will last long into…
Rock Paper Scissors on K106.3
This morning I got to go on K106.3, a Sarnia radio station, for an interview for the Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship tonight. For more info on the championship go here. I got to talk about…
God as Found in Lars and the Real Girl
The movie I chose today is called Lars and the Real Girl. How many got a chance to see the movie? Lars and the Real girl is a story about an extremely shy guy in…
God as Found in Adbusters
This summer we are doing a series on books, movies and music and talking about where God is found in them. I did Adbusters Magazine and Lars and the Real Girl (which will be posted…
Darryl and Laura’s Wedding
So this was a big weekend. Darryl, who has been dating Laura for the last 6 years, mostly on the phone finally got married. We were all excited to be there on Saturday and had…
Links for July 24, 2008
I am an intentional non-voter. I never bought into the “duty” lectures or many other reasons why its important that I vote. David Fitch wrote a great post on not voting. ———————– Next Reformation quotes…
Rock Paper Scissors in Sarnia’s Newspaper
Hand-to-hand combat hard to beat Posted By CATHY DOBSON, THE OBSERVER Thank-you for that picture selection. ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS EVENT TO BE HELD IN SARNIA AUG. 6 Look out baseball fans, there’s a new sport…
Save or Shave
In two last ditch efforts to raise some funds before we head off to South Africa we are running the Rock Paper Scissors championship and also doing a voting war to shave Shane’s head or…
Consumerism: Something That Will Last
I’m going to start a series of posts on my observations of our consumer culture. I’m trying to get a handle on my own desires, fairly judge the norm around me and hopefully offer some…
Warped Tour in Detroit
Mike, Chris and I spent the day in Detroit last Friday at Warped Tour. Lots of good bands and some great times. Lots of other things going on also, so I’ll be posting about that…
Dangers and Safety in Sarnia’s Bayfest and the South End
Sometimes I am a little thrown off at what some people consider dangerous. It isn’t so much the dangerous act that I think is safe, but rather where people are coming from when they consider…
Rock Paper Scissors Tournament in Sarnia
As one last final fundraiser before we leave for South Africa, I thought I would run a tournament that is close to my heart. We are only selling 128 tickets, to buy your ticket online…
No Shell Plant in Sarnia
For the last few years there has been talk about Shell building another oil plant here in Sarnia, that would more than triple their oil production. People were speculating, some were certain. The house prices…
Links for July 08, 2008
Dave and Jordan, a few of my friends, started Ride for Africycle. Their next ride is 1000km. Africycle is a charitable organization bringing people together to improve access to bicycles in Africa. They are taking…
God in Them
I’ve always thought that those weren’t saved didn’t have a lot to offer to the world. The best chance they had to offer something was maybe using a good movie clip in one of my…
Paige and Rodger’s Wedding Photos
Did a wedding this weekend, here are some of my favourite shots.
Convictions
Depending on our convictions, all of our priorities will differ. I have a few close friends whose priorities of eating healthy are at the top of his list; so high that they were willing to…