Music Practice Journal Reflections
Simon Montgomery Music: Weekly Practice Reflection November 13 to November 19
I have experienced another solid and consistent week of practice as a built towards the Funk Club 20th Reunion Party which was held on the 19th of November at the Leederville Hotel.
Simon Montgomery Music: Weekly Practice Reflection
The past few weeks I have been reflecting on my practice routine and working on ways to continue to improve and develop effective habits. The last few years have been challenging for me from a personal practice perspective, other commitments, particularly working on further studies has really impacted the time available to work on my […]
Fitness Journal
2600 in 2026: An aspirational goal for the new year.
As the new year commences I have made the decision to go around again with setting myself a new running goal / challenge for the next 12 months – to run 2600km in the 12 month period from the 1st of January to the 31st of December.
2500km in 2025 Challenge: May Review
May has proved to be a challenging month due to a forced change to my running routine that has been brought about with the commencement of hockey season.
2500km in 2025 Challenge: April Review
April saw a number of positives and a few areas of challenge requiring further growth. I was happy to make the 200km for the month and set a new PR for the 21.1km distance.
Wellbeing & Mental Health
Gratitude Journal Day 14 – Hugs
Today marks the end of the second week of my challenge to keep a gratitude journal through until the end of the year. I have noticed that over these two weeks I am beginning to observe smaller moments that I am stopping and enjoying amongst the hectic and stressful pace of life. Today’s three moments, I think, captures this perfectly.
Gratitude Journal Day 13 – Generosity
Today I am grateful for the generosity that people continue to show towards me. This may seem a little cliche, but I want to especially focus on the small things: coffee for a meeting, authentic conversations, and open selfless actions for the benefit of others. Coffee for a meeting.Friday mornings we have our Pastoral Care […]
Gratitude Journal Day 12 – Setbacks
This week, some personal experiences combined with one of the books I am reading has made me reflect on setbacks, rejection, adversity, and bumps in the road of life and how we deal with these when they come along.
Education
The canon of the New Testament: Content and development.
What is the “canon” of the New Testament? The “Canon of the New Testament” is the catalogue of “twenty-seven books…written in the early years of the Church in response to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus”[1]. Recognised with the forty-six books of the Old Testament as the “Canon of Scripture”, the Church has discerned […]
