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As Kung Fu is to Buddhism...

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Name
Rob
City
Melbourne
State:
Victoria
Country:
Australia
My VOXTROPOLIS blog
http://robnicho.voxtropolis.com
My Website:
http://www.livingstreams.org.au
Mac or PC
Mac
Religious Preferences:
Jesus follower
Political Tendencies:
Leaning
What is your "cover" (occupation)?
Coach
What is your vocation (passion)?
Releasing
What are you working on now (mission)?
Church transformation by releasing talent
Favorite Movies
Midnight Cowboy, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Stranger than fiction,
Favorite Artists
Santana
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
What book(s) are you reading right now?
Living the Life You were Meant to Live by Tom Patterson
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson
Wide Awake by Erwin Mcmanus
Favorite Books
Peppermint-filled pinatas by Eric Bryant
A Resilient Life by Gordon MacDonald
My Strengths Finder (Gallup) Top 5:
Maximiser, connectedness, learner, includer, input
What's your MBTI?
INTJ
Relationship Status:
Married

Birth

Birth
A great adventure opening up
Filled with promises and threats
"Why would you want to to bring a new life into a world like this?"
Such danger!
Such hopelessness!
What does a mother do?
Do mothers only see dangers?
Do mothers see the possibilities of one life?
Every baby is born with possibilities.
Mothers and fathers need imaginations
They can imagine the great life their child will lead.
They can imagine the impact their child will have on the world.
Every child has that possibility.
That is why they are born.

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Beyond the ice

Worth thinking about what I wrote about back in January. Interesting to consider what happens when thoughts get committed in writing and then acted upon. Adventure sounds great and risk is good writing material. I find it then hard when the risks impact on others. For me to experience the uncertainty of the new and unknown is one thing. To involve others, even when it is their choice, feels a lot different. I like to encourage with positive words and optimistic forecasts but I feel nervous about… Continue

Posted on May 1, 2008 at 9:26am —

Rob Nicholls

Thin ice

I have started to realise how easy it is to live a 'safe' life. I have a couple of shelves of biographies and I don't think any of those people have opted for safety. That is a very simple comparison. Safety and nothing to write about. Danger and a life worth recording. The heroes I read about didn't start out with any promises or any guarantee of success. In fact, many of them had influential people telling what they couldn't do. Lots of discouragement. They chose to risk failure and often a lo… Continue

Posted on January 11, 2008 at 9:29am —

Rob Nicholls

Creativity

Learnt a lot about creativity this week. It's good to be creative about creativity and not adopt a narrow definition. In fact, a lot of 'creativity' isn't because it is more like artistic imitation. A friend has the most creative ways to encourage people I know. She has a whole range of cards, flowers, food, words, helpful things that she uses according to the person and their circumstances. It works every time. That's creativity!

Posted on September 17, 2007 at 4:04am —

Rob Nicholls

Adventure

I am brand new at connecting in this way. I love connecting so I am looking forward to the learning that is going to take place and the opportunities to hear ideas and get to know people. I already know some people in M and I hope I can find them!

Posted on July 12, 2007 at 9:12pm —

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At 10:04am on September 5, 2008, Hermann and Adel Du Plessis said…
Hi Rob

I also finction as a coach in corporate SA? Is coaching a popular career in OZ?
At 12:03pm on November 10, 2007, cassandra said…
nice to meet you to !
At 6:00pm on November 8, 2007, Tom Fox said…
Rob, Thanks man! Looks like your life is filled with adventure. Our world needs more genuine coaches like you! Looking forward to reading your blogs!
At 2:02am on November 6, 2007, Jaymes Lombardi said…
awesome! thanks for the welcome!

i guess salem isn't far from eugene...but i'm not really from the oregon area...i just moved there from grand rapids michigan.

i appreciate the compliment about the books. i come from a rather traditional background and taken a lot of heat for what i've chosen to read.

excited to get to know you more.

much love.
jaymes
At 9:20am on September 17, 2007, Clyde Fernandez said…
Rob, also remember to post the pics from our day out....ciao
At 2:10am on September 12, 2007, Elfrin said…
Thanks for the compliment on my poem. More to come soon, I hope. Thanks!
At 12:01am on September 3, 2007, tony sheng said…
Hi Rob,
Very cool that you and Julia are chatting - so exciting. Not such a big world after all huh? So awesome.
We are home from Europe and had such a great, great time. Our team did brilliant and served with all of their hearts and were blessed by getting to know some very neat families that live for moving the Kingdom - it was an amazing time. I'm excited to see how our team moves forward to mark human history.
At 7:33am on August 27, 2007, Gerardo said…
Rob, Thanks much for your message. I'm excited about my next book about a Hollywood church and it will come out by August 2008. Places like amazon.com will have it listed by spring of next year. Best, Gerardo
At 10:26pm on August 3, 2007, tony sheng said…
Hi Rob , no worries about the delay. Things are a bit hectic around here too, I'm leaving this coming Wednesday with a team going to Austria and Hungary for about 11 days. My wife and two daughters are coming too so it is shaping up to be quite the family adventure, as well as all the team logistics, etc.
Love to continue the dialog as well. You mentioned community college and lots of international students - off the top of my head, here are a few ideas to chew on:

- free english classes for internationals [I find American kids have no idea how valuable knowing English is]
- the idea of a culture exchange [common elements we all have like music, food, recreation, etc. and sharing how each of those is different in cultures]
- shared service project [maybe fixing up an older park or some central place in the community]

We definitely have lots of energy and ideas! Let's keep chatting - fun stuff!

ps - did you and my friend J ever connect?
At 9:28am on July 25, 2007, innov8r said…
Although it's not in the same league; as I open myself up to become more Christlike each day, I also strive to more Weckl-like each day. That sounds like heresy in writing, not meant to be. While we were evacuated from New Orleans I worked with a guy from Adalaide at a winery in Colorado. I heard lots of great stories about Southern Australia. Welcome to M.

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