Bruce Staley

Significant Words - Session Two This was the second in a series of three sessions conducted for the younger D-Group, a group of lively junior secondary college students, from the Ballarat Family Church of Christ. The first significant word was Profile. In this session I explored the word Commitment. Again I explained my purpose was to commend to them Jesus and encourage them to follow him each day. Set in Dublin in the 1990's, The Commitments follows the story of a group of determined Irish teenagers who are energised by their natural talents and zeal fro 'soul' music. Dynamic Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), an enthusiastic would-be talent promoter with an incomparable desire to introduce soul music into the small community of Barrytown, enlists the assistance of his melodically adept friends, Outspan (Glen Hansard) and Derek (Kenneth mcCluskey), and the three embark on a journey to develop The Commitments, The world's hardest working band. Undiscovered talents portray ...

Significant Words - Session Two This was the second in a series of three sessions conducted for the younger D-Group, a group of lively junior secondary college students, from the Ballarat Family Church of Christ. The first significant word was Profile. In this session I explored the word Commitment. Again I explained my purpose was to commend to them Jesus and encourage them to follow him each day. Set in Dublin in the 1990's, The Commitments follows the story of a group of determined Irish teenagers who are energised by their natural talents and zeal fro 'soul' music. Dynamic Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), an enthusiastic would-be talent promoter with an incomparable desire to introduce soul music into the small community of Barrytown, enlists the assistance of his melodically adept friends, Outspan (Glen Hansard) and Derek (Kenneth mcCluskey), and the three embark on a journey to develop The Commitments, The world's hardest working band. Undiscovered talents portray ...

Significant Words – Session 1 This posting is the first in a series of three sessions conducted for the younger D-Group, a lively bunch of junior secondary college-aged young people, at the Ballarat Family Church of Christ on Sunday 12, 19 and 26 October 2008 . I explained my intent was to commend Jesus to them and encourage them to follow Him each day. I also explained that over the course of the next three weeks I wanted to examine three words, Profile , Commitment , and CoG . Profiler is an American crime drama that initially aired on television from the mid 90’s to 2000. The series follows the exploits of Dr. Samantha “Sam” Waters, played by Ally Walker, a forensic psychologist working for the Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia. Sam is the ”profiler”; she has a unique gift to “see” through the eyes of others giving her a special insight into the working of criminal minds. (Adapted from http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiler_(TV_series ) ...

Significant Words – Session 1 This posting is the first in a series of three sessions conducted for the younger D-Group, a lively bunch of junior secondary college-aged young people, at the Ballarat Family Church of Christ on Sunday 12, 19 and 26 October 2008 . I explained my intent was to commend Jesus to them and encourage them to follow Him each day. I also explained that over the course of the next three weeks I wanted to examine three words, Profile , Commitment , and CoG . Profiler is an American crime drama that initially aired on television from the mid 90’s to 2000. The series follows the exploits of Dr. Samantha “Sam” Waters, played by Ally Walker, a forensic psychologist working for the Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta , Georgia . Sam is the ”profiler”; she has a unique gift to “see” through the eyes of others giving her a special insight into the working of criminal minds. (Adapted from http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiler_(TV_series...