Simon Elliott
CategorySomething about bigger stuff
I haven’t written much lately, but I’ve been reading, talking, listening, and thinking plenty. Stuff too tentative to publish and too mudd..
Something about crooked lines
I want people to be more like (I want) to be. I want people to love like (I want) to love. I want people to believe and be driven by the m..
Something about the life of bees and the church
Bees are pretty cool. Directly or indirectly responsible for every third mouthful of food we consume, they punch above their weight when i..
Something about my knife
I bought a knife. It’s very sharp. Part of a Kickstarter that I funded four or five months ago, it finally turned up on my doorstep yester..
Something about carrying a baby
Two years back, I was in the final polishing phase of what I hoped would be my quickest marathon to date – a rare taste of a PB from being..
Something about the passing of our days
I grew up loving cricket and loving Jesus. A cricket ball in a low-hanging stocking from the patio was an occupational hazard. Any collisi..
Something about slow work
I’m (occasionally) reading through a book Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart – 30 true things you need to know now. It’s an eloquent and incisiv..
Something about hoping no one else notices
Occasionally, on a Monday evening, I run down a stretch of Canning Highway. Those few hundred metres take me past the Christadelphian Hall..
Something about shibboleth
There’s a tongue-twisting tale in the first half of the Bible with life and death consequences.
The potted version of this story, which..
Something about reproducibility and indispensability
When I was singing and leading at a larger, multi-service church, we went through a phase of establishing additional campuses. “One church..