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Although there obviously isn’t, to me, it just seems to be obligatory to write (or rather type) a bog post while I’m 33, 000 feet in the air. [As a point of interest this is 11km above the ground]

At the moment I’m aboard a Tiger Airways Airbus A320 on my way to Melbourne. I’m only in Melbourne for a couple of hours though, before I jump on another plane, which will take me to the Gold Coast. So what am I doing why am I doing this in Week 12 with exams fast approaching?

Good Question! The Future Problem Solving National Finals are being held at AB Paterson College & Sea World Resort this weekend, and being on the National Committee and an evaluator my presence is useful. It a shame I have a few spare days to visit Brisbane and visit Wet ‘n’ Wild!

Briefly, for those of you who are wondering here is a brief run down of FPS:
The main competition is called Global Issues Problem Solving. In teams of 4, in 2 hours you are given an unseen scenario based on a topic (you know what the topic is) and set in the future. In the 2 hours your team has to find 16 problems in the scenario, 1 underlying problem, 16 solutions to solve that underlying problem. Develop 5 criteria and rank your 8 best solutions and then write up an action plan – it really is awesome fun, trust me! {Note I’m now in Melbourne airport not in the air anymore}

By far the most awesome part about FPS though, was the trip to the USA to compete in the international finals. The trip was awesome in many ways, certainly not the least that it had a massive impact on me becoming a Christian. 🙂

This is a really boring blog post, with no point whatsoever, so I’ll sign off now before you get totally sick of me, but keep an eye on this page, there may be some Brisbane/Gold Coast adventures/photos posted soon.

I was writing a bible study for Law Small Group at uni today, and without thinking I typed one of the questions, asking how the passage we were discussing would affect our worship. As soon as I wrote this I stopped to think – I knew what I meant by worship, but would the group members share my understanding of worship. What is worship? How do you define it?

As I considered this what sprung into memory was a phrase that I’ve mostly memorised, the definition of worship by Louie Gigilio (the founder of Passion Conferences, a preacher I’ve found very insightful and challenging) in his series Worship: That Thing We Do: “Worship is: Our response both personal and corporate to God – for who He is! and for what He has done! expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.”

I think this is both a helpful and accurate definition, but it begs the questions, how well do we worship? Our normal day to day lives are a response to God, they are worship – or they should be. He is God, our Creator, our Heavenly Father, YAHWEH, I AM, the one who was and is and forevermore shall be, a personal, relational and loving God. He has sent his only Son to die for our sin and shame on the cross, in order that we may have eternal life – John 3:16.

What sort of reponse does this deserve? I hope that one day. everything I say and the way I live my life, 24/7 will be an appropriate response. When I think of the things I say without thinking, the slefish desires I fufill, the sins I commit, I’m positive I’m not there yet, but I am working on it. I’m also convinced that worship is more than singing, and it doesn’t only happen on Sunday.