Pi Rah Na's Blog

2007-05-15T16:35:00.000+01:00

This is hilarious - I've never been Methodist in my life! I've been Anglican, Baptist, Free Church, Brethren a bit of everything but except for my parent's village church which is Methodist for one service a month I've not really been Methodist! I did play in an orchestra which met in a Wesleyan Church. I don't know what it means by Holiness - I've never been to a Holiness Church maybe it's an American thing! I quite like the Emergent thing though I think it's pretty good. I seem to have a high score on quite a few things - I guess I'm messed up theologically!

2007-05-15T16:34:00.000+01:00

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan

71%

Emergent/Postmodern

68%

Neo orthodox

54%

Reformed Evangelical

54%

Fundamentalist

54%

Classical Liberal

46%

Roman Catholic

46%

Charismatic/Pentecostal

29%

Modern Liberal

21%

What's your theological worldview?
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2007-04-25T15:38:00.000+01:00

Lets try again here are the countries I've visited...

2007-04-25T15:37:00.001+01:00

This map is pretty cool except that a large part of the world is not showing!

2007-04-25T15:36:00.000+01:00

create your own visited country map
or check our Venice travel guide

2007-03-22T11:15:00.000Z

And in other news, yeah I got the flat - the nice man accepted my offer so now I'm talking to and filling in forms with mortgages and solicitors and estate agents and trying not get too confused but they all seem very helpful and able to explain things so I can understand so far....
I know that buying a house is supposed to be one of the most stressful things you'll ever do - these people clearly never lived on Doulos! Even so I'm trying to take it slow and not get frustrated or stressed about it even though I'm keen to move out of where I am as it's difficult to entertain! I do manage with people sitting on the floor and food on the coffee table and stuff but it will be nice to have more space! Anyway I must stop chatting and get back to work with my little aeroplanes flying around the screen - I'm modelling them it's not play it's work!
Here is my aeroplane

yes it needs to be that small for what I'm doing!

2007-03-22T11:14:00.000Z

I was planning to paint the 2nd bedroom yellow and hey even the internet agrees with me!

You Should Paint Your Room Yellow

Bright and bold, yellow is truly the color of inspiration.
Your yellow room will drive you to think clearly, develop new ideas, and be organized.
Yellow is also energizing and very powerful. So don't expect to rest in there!

What Color Should You Paint Your Room?

2007-03-09T11:05:00.001Z

In case we didn't know already...

You Are Incredibly Logical

Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic
You think rationally, clearly, and quickly.
A seasoned problem solver, your mind is like a computer!

How Logical Are You?

2007-03-02T09:57:00.000Z

I have a very exciting weekend planned - taking my Mum and Dad to see the MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS! In Cardiff for my Mum's birthday - I can't wait! I saw a few of them doing a mini display about 15 years ago and it was absolutely stunning so I know it's going to be amazing! Also hoping to show them round a flat I like that I'm thinking of buying - the estate agent says it's in Cyn Coed (the poshest part of Cardiff) which I think is stretching the truth by several miles but nevertheless it's an OK area and the flat has a great view and a little balcony! You must all come and visit if I get it - I might have a party.

2007-02-14T12:22:00.000Z

I've had lots of fun with snow in the past week, it was so beautiful! It was also really cold but I survived. The room I live in is quite warm although my housemates keep leaving the bathroom window wide open even though it's snowing and then leave the bathroom door open and then wonder why it's cold!

This week my favourite invention is the phone and also internet sites which let you call long numbers and then get cheap rates to call - this week I have spoken to friends in the Phillipines, South Africa and Benin - very exciting!

I have an orchestra concert tomorrow (Cardiff Symphony - see link) and there are still some parts I can't quite play though I've improved a lot so I need to practise those last few 'corners' tonight ready for the big night tomorrow!

2007-02-07T15:19:00.000Z

I've had fun making new friends and meeting up with old friends - sometimes it's like the last years never happened and we get along just like before! I'm really enjoying my life at the moment - on Monday night I was glad that I still had 4 days of work left this week - I must be in such a small minority! Doing research about remote controlled planes but on a BIG scale! Very exciting!

2007-01-29T09:37:00.000Z

Went to a great Wedding on Saturday, the Bride and Groom are so lovely and such a sweet couple! We had a couple of German girls staying with us and we got on really well so it was a really good weekend. I even got to the play the violin in the service which was so much fun!

Came back Sunday afternoon in time for Highfields which was great - I'm really getting to know people now. One of the girls is moving house next Saturday so I'll be able to take a car load for her which should be fun!

2007-01-25T09:03:00.001Z

Had a great weekend in Manchester catching up with Anna Buckley and Henna Wilson, they are both doing great! Anna is well on her way to becoming the world's best English/French Primary teacher and Henna achieved 349% of her targets at work but even so has exciting plans for the future which will mean a big change!

I had a nice time on Tuesday - at a Catherdral service - not usually my thing but I was invited and I thought - why not! It was a celebration of 10 years of women priests in Wales so it was full of women vicars - vicar of Dibley and all that! At the end of the service all the women vicars in their dog collars were 'processing' down the aisle to the last song of 'We are marching in the light of God' and they were literally dancing! We were all clapping along to the music and then when they'd finished they decided to go around again getting the men vicars and even the Bishops to join in the dancing - it was so unlike you imagine a cathedral service to be and it was so much fun! The preacher also said about how they'd come a long way as women but they still had a mountain to climb - a purple headed mountain! (Purple being the colour the bishops wear!) Well if it's right for women to be vicars then why not bishops - the Bible doesn't make a distinction - they didn't even have bishops in those days!

2007-01-18T15:25:00.000Z

OK brief recap of my life in case you missed it! I spent 2 years on board the ship Doulos travelled around the Mediteranean, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Now I moved to Cardiff, Wales, UK and have a new job. I'm living in St Micheal's College and go to Highfields church and Cardiff Symphony Orchestra - check out the links.

2005-01-05T11:05:00.000Z

Woohoo finally I have the internet - it's very slow but after many months without it I appreciate it! If you want to keep up with the news you really need to get my emails by joining the yahoo groups below.

Blogging by email

2005-01-05T11:03:00.000Z

I forgot how to do this but maybe it's possible!
Well at the moment I'm in Malta - I've just spent New Year with my parents on board which was great - they got to see everything I usually do and meet far more people than they'll be able to remember I'm sure! I have so many friends from all over the world!
Do have a look on the Doulos website as they have up to date photos and news of where we are and where we're going.

2004-07-18T15:40:00.000+01:00

Again it's been ages since I've written! But I have exciting news, I will most likely be joining the Ship the MV Doulos see http://www.mvdoulos.org
It looks really great! If you want to find out more updates then you'll have to join one of the email groups. I've only done one so far and that's for the teenagers - Guides, and church youth group and Due South campers who want to know what I'm doing! I'll do the grown up ones later.

2004-06-29T21:39:00.000+01:00

That was a REALLY wet weekend! It rained sooo much! But I stayed warm and dry in my boots and waterproofs so I was happy. I then visited my parents as they have friends of ours from Romania staying and it was lovely to see them. What I hadn't realised was that the BBQ we were having for lunch my parents had invited the whole church along to - there were over 60 people round our house for lunch! It was mad but cool fun!

2004-06-25T17:00:00.000+01:00

Off to Malvern Challenge tonight to get thousands of Scouts and Guides doing silly activities! Should be fun! Then seeing Romanian friends who are staying with my parents on Sunday.

Hello!

2004-06-22T21:21:00.000+01:00

Blogging by email worked but in the wrong order - ah well it's a start.
I can now blog from my work machine (the website doesn't work as we only
have partial internet) I can read the blog too but it seems to take a while
to post.

The trouble with blogging more is that I don't have much to say since
yesterday! Well I have a meeting now about the Science and Engineering
Ambassadors for schools scheme which should be interesting.

Experiment with posting by email

2004-06-21T21:57:00.000+01:00

Now I'm trying to post by email which should make it easier to post more -
we shall see if it works......

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Hmmm

2004-06-21T21:45:00.000+01:00

Not sure if my previous attempt at blogging by email worked - perhaps it
takes a while to get posted....

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2004-06-21T16:51:00.000+01:00

OK I've changed some settings but I'm now linking to Jon twice! Ah well I'm sure he'll take it as a compliment. Should probably learn some html so I know what I'm doing rather than copying random stuff and editing it but never mind.

I'll be at the Malvern Challenge this weekend so I'll see some of you there and then I'm off to my parents as our Romanian friends are staying for a few days.

I will try not to leave as long a gap before blogging again!

2004-06-21T16:26:00.000+01:00

OK OK I've had lots of complaints about not blogging so I'm back!

Exciting news is that I've actually applied to join either the Doulos or the Logos 2 - ships which sail around the world with and international crew and sharing a message of peace with everyone it meets! If I get in I'll be off on 30th August which is very soon! see http://www.om.org - it's operation mobilisation that is the organisation which runs the ships and loads of other stuff too.

In other news I've done lots of Scouting, Guiding, Church and Orchestra stuff and looking forward to the National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra tour of Estonia. We're doing a concert in the UK before we go so please come along! High Cross Church Camberely (Surrey) 7.30pm 31st July contact djnsgso@yahoo.co.uk for tickets.

I'm now going to try and update all the links to other blogs as lots of people have new blogs - welcome to the world of Blogging James!

2004-05-07T16:37:00.000+01:00

Last weekend was great, the Army won sadly but it was a really good match - the Navy were winning until the last 20 minutes when the Army got a couple of late tries. The atmosphere was great and we had really good seats and I went with a great group and we had lots of fun!

Off to Brum this weekend with the folks from Due South for a reunion which is going to be great fun - I can't wait! Probably wont do the diet any good but if I swim a bit next week it will help so hopefully I'll be OK! Looking forward to seeing everyone. Also we're going for a huge meal out which will be lovely.

I will get around to linking to more people's blogs at some point but not today!