http://www.andrewbutcher.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:14:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My wife and I have both lived quite hectic lives and so we've decided to make 2009 a year of rest. We can't rest entirely, of course: we need to earn a living! But we are resting from ministry. Having both been involved in preaching, music and writing ministry over ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/a-year-of-rest The year thou gave us Lord has ended. Well, in just over a week it will have ended and what a year it has been. I moved house, got married, travelled to three different countries (and to one of those countries, twice), wrote a book, got a new desk at ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/it-was-a-very-good-year My new book Bring in the New Day: Discovering the Hope that is God is available now. Contact me at andrew@andrewbutcher.org  if you would like a copy: NZ$25 plus p + p. I was recently interviewed about it on Rob Holding's show on Radio Rhema and reviews will feature in the ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/bring-in-the-new-day-available-now My next book Bring in the New Day: Discovering the Hope that is God (you can see the draft cover to the right) is now available for pre-order. It will be published in December 2008. Pre-ordered copies sell for $25.00 - let me know if you'd like to order a ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/pre-order-bring-in-the-new-day You have to admire the gall of the Wellington Rail Network, Trans Rail, Kiwi Rail, On Track, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, or whatever they're called now that they've been bought and sold and bought back and sold again more time than a Christmas gift on Trade Me. Recently they ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/trainspotting It was time to pay a visit to the department of hatching, matching and dispatching. I had a duty to do: make sure I would be legally married in November. It only occurred to me recently that there would be paperwork for getting married. No good just turning up to ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/i-vow-to-thee Hear me being interviewed by Marcus Lush on his morning radio show on RadioLive, about Asian students in New Zealand here http://www.andrewbutcher.org/interview-with-marcus-lush Every day I read around the world. To follow the US Presidential Elections, and US perspectives on global affairs generally, I variously read the International Herald Tribune, which is the international version of the New York Times, which I also read regularly. I also read the political blogs, Mark Halperin's ... http://www.andrewbutcher.org/what-im-reading-2 Read about me and the work I do in the Official Statistics Newsletter The Source here (on page 10) http://www.andrewbutcher.org/telling-the-story-of-asia-and-nz Watch Andrew being interviewed on the Agenda current affairs programme this Sunday between 10-11am on TVNZ One. It will also be available online after the broadcast. http://www.andrewbutcher.org/watch-andrew-on-agenda-this-sunday