http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Groups/1000042462/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Grace_City_Blog.aspx Latest articles from Grace City Blog, Grace City Church 2010, Grace City Church en Insight by Endis, www.endis.com 1440 http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000090375/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Election_on_the.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000090375/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Election_on_the.aspx Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT We are lead to believe that on Saturday the election is on the line and every vote will count. I wonder what you have made of the election campaigns? Are you bored silly, frustrated or intrigued.... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000088345/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/A_Week_is.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000088345/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/A_Week_is.aspx Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:00:00 GMT They say a week is a long time in politics but in Australia, 3 hours is all it takes. Last week in Australia saw Kevin Rudd replaced by Julia Gillard in a morning. It was not pretty and extremely ruthless... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000087989/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/One_Minute_Sermon.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000087989/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/One_Minute_Sermon.aspx Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:00:00 GMT Enjoy this one minute rap! By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000084852/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Hard_to_Understand.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000084852/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Hard_to_Understand.aspx Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:00:00 GMT LESS than a fortnight ago, Derrick Bird was celebrating becoming a grandfather for the first time at 52. By last night the self-employed taxi driver had joined Michael Ryan and Thomas Hamilton in the ranks of Britain's most notorious mass murderers... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000067646/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Superstitions_Govern_Behaviour.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000067646/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Superstitions_Govern_Behaviour.aspx Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:00:00 GMT I wonder whether you believe in superstitions? JOHN TERRY the English footballer reckons he has had about 50... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000067030/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Easter_in_Australia.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000067030/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Easter_in_Australia.aspx Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Like many nations, Australia is considered to be a Christian nation where Christian values are upheld. For many Christian values have little to do with Christ however... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000065485/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/What_a_Tragedy.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000065485/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/What_a_Tragedy.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT Recently in Brisbane Australia a 12 year old boy was knifed and murdered by a 13 yr old boy at their school. Allegedly the accused was the victim of bullying... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000064853/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Storms_are_part.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000064853/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Storms_are_part.aspx Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT I thought I would in part return to a story I mentioned some months ago. A gutsy girl called Jessica Watson whose ambition at 16 is to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000062090/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Carols_by_Candlelight.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000062090/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Carols_by_Candlelight.aspx Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT I was embarrassed to read the following report of a recent Carol service in Sydney - Man tasered at Carols by Candlelight. 'Police say they were forced to use a Taser on an 18-year-old man... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000061359/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Amazing_Sacrifice_and.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000061359/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Amazing_Sacrifice_and.aspx Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT The fire fighting season in Australia is again upon us and as it begins I thought it appropriate to give thought to those brave men and women who during this holiday season will be at the forefront of protecting lives, homes and the natural bush... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000060342/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Love_until_it.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000060342/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Love_until_it.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT Conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna are out of surgery following their successful separation. Surgeons at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital spent more than 27 hours separating the Bangladeshi girls, aged two years and 11 months who were joined at... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000059592/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Everybody_is_relating.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000059592/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Everybody_is_relating.aspx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT I am currently waiting to board yet another plane. I am now demonstrating what is in evidence all around me - Everybody is captivated by screens and no one has time to talk... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058828/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/World_Series.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058828/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/World_Series.aspx Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT I note with interest that today marks the beginning of The World Series. Being a lover of sport I wonder how many countries have entered teams in The World Series... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058751/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Foolhardy_or_Fantastic.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058751/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Foolhardy_or_Fantastic.aspx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT Jessica Watson is 16 years old and begun a solo around the World yachting adventure just a few days ago. She is an Aussie with obvious guts and courage who has a dream... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058522/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Provocative_Last_Words.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058522/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Provocative_Last_Words.aspx Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT Lance Corporal Mason Edwards penned a final note during a tour to Afghanistan in case he died in the course of his duty. The 30-year-old soldier was killed on Tuesday night when he was shot in the head... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058262/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Brainwashed.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000058262/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Brainwashed.aspx Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT On Sunday night I had the the pleasure of hearing Dr John Hartnett from creation ministries speak on creation and Gods amazing world. I suppose above anything I was impressed by 2 things... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000057950/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Every_Dust_Cloud.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000057950/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Every_Dust_Cloud.aspx Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT A few weeks ago in Sydney it was all doom and gloom as a massive dust storm descended. Well it now appears not all is gloom and doom... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000057445/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Doomsday.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000057445/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Doomsday.aspx Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT This was the headline that greeted Sydneysiders a couple of weeks ago as a massive dust storm settled over New South Wales and Sydney itself. Although it was a little eerie ... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000055845/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Under_Pressure.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000055845/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Under_Pressure.aspx Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:00:00 GMT Last weekend I was in the Philippines where I had the joy of serving our churches there alongside Miles and Kate Simmonds and Matthew. It was a truly fantastic trip in so many respects and a complete joy other than one feature - the trip home! By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000055058/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Whos_Normal.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000055058/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Whos_Normal.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:00:00 GMT One of my favourite books by John Ortberg is entitled "Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them". In it he highlights the absurdity that there is such a thing as a normal human being on the planet... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000054053/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Jesus_lived_Happy.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000054053/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Jesus_lived_Happy.aspx Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT It really has been a strange week for me in many ways. On Monday I was in Epping (Sydney) with my Dad who had just had eye surgery. At one point (when my Dad was in the midst of his operation) I ended up outside the home where a young family of five... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000053421/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/International_Leadership_Conference.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000053421/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/International_Leadership_Conference.aspx Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT I have been in Brighton, England with about 4000 leaders whose purpose is to make Christ famous across the Earth... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000053239/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/What_an_Amazing.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000053239/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/What_an_Amazing.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT I am personally not a big fan of trivia nights as it always seems that the wrong questions are asked - they tend to be questions that I don't know the answers to whilst everybody else ... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000052799/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Death_comes_to.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000052799/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Death_comes_to.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT It is difficult not to feel extremely saddened by the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett ... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000052442/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Utegate_Only_in.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000052442/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Utegate_Only_in.aspx Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT I made the mistake of tuning my radio into Parliament on Monday 22nd June. What I heard was not only incredibly embarrassing for any Australian... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000052107/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Neil_Armstrong_had.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000052107/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Neil_Armstrong_had.aspx Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000051740/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/God_Invented_Sex.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000051740/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/God_Invented_Sex.aspx Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT A British train station is trying to take the romance out of the morning commute by erecting a no-kissing sign ... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000051008/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Diversity_leaves_you.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000051008/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Diversity_leaves_you.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT Having followed the path of Susan Boyle I was a little disappointed that she had not won Britain’s got talent until I saw the guys who had actually won it ... By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000050590/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Its_a_weird.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000050590/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Its_a_weird.aspx Mon, 25 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT A 19 year old Northern Beaches girl called Clare is now famous because she lied on national television By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000049638/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Grace_City_Blog.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000049638/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Grace_City_Blog.aspx Thu, 07 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT Peter Brooks' first blog By Peter Brooks http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000049326/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Blogroll.aspx http://www.gracecitychurch.net/Articles/1000049326/Grace_City_Church/News_and_Events/Grace_City_Blog/Blogroll.aspx Mon, 04 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT Blogroll