The inaugral blogger chatfest was so much fun that we have decided to do it all again!
For those of you who haven’t heard about it, or for those who missed out, last Friday saw some bloggers from around the blogsphere (and blog readers too!) join together for a chat that lasted some time.
Bloggers such as:
Living […]

We just couldn’t resist posting this. You may need to be quick but scoot across to thegreenman and check out the blogrolling list.
At the time of publication - signposts remains the sole blog listed.
Actually it is probably important that no one go there and no one blog roll thegreenman, so signposts remains the lone ranger.
Pretty […]

The author Caroline Miley is coming to speak to our nexus congregation tonight. So I thought it was timely to share some words from her book, in this case about the appointment and selection of the clergy in the Anglican Church in Australia. She says that ordination and selection processes:

…usually concern the ’suitability’ […]

CHRISTENDOM: A hierarchical system in which authority flows from the top down.
POST-CHRISTENDOM: A system where leadership and direction are shared by those set apart, trained and commissioned, and by those of every rank and status.
Charles Bayer argues that the Christendom Church was dominated by hierarchy where the post-Christendom church is one that rejects domination by […]

Charles Bayer in his book - A Resurrected Church - Christianity after the death of Christendom, offers some comparative images of the Church within Christendom and images of the church beyond Christendom.
He describes his images of the church beyond Christendom as marks of the resurrected Church that encourage its authenticity in a post-christendom world.
Charles Bayer […]

Yesterday evening, Dr Peter Hollingworth, the governor general of Australia resigned from his office. He released a short statement saying:

Despite the misplaced and unwarranted allegations made against me as governor-general, it is clear that continuing public controversy has the potential to undermine and diminish my capacity to uphold the importance, dignity and integrity of this high office that I have been privileged and proud to occupy.
I cannot allow that to occur.

Our man of steel is having trouble with his burning pants. Check out this great post from roadtosurfdom about how our super hero seems to be a bit confused about why our nation was involved in the invasion of Iraq.
As Alan says in the comments:
“More to the point Australia’s participation in the war was […]

A friend of mine has started blogging - check it out. It is well worth reading the description of the myth behind the name of the blog.

The name of our site is a reminder to us. It is a reminder that we have embarked on a journey without a map.
We had a melway (melbourne’s standard street map) in our car until recently. Every car in melbourne virtually has a melway in it. Ours was missing four […]

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