This is an interesting article. Some extracts:
Churches were once points of community gathering across ages and across ethnicity. They were non-instrumental forms of association – that is, people did not get any financial or career benefit from their association in a church – but they gained a point of belonging, and opportunities for interaction with […]

Forty years on, and the speach of Martin Luther King powerfully resonates.
On August 28 1963, Martin Luther King delivered a speech that made America — and the whole world — sit up and listen. Gary Younge explains how it came aboutand why it is as important now as it was then.
Like all great oratory […]

Alexander Downer criticised churches for making comments on political issues, and in particular:
the tendency of some church leaders to ignore their primary pastoral obligations in favour of hogging the limelight on complex political issues
So let me see, a politician instructing churches and clergy on how they should behave and in particular imparting the advice to […]

To the person who got to this site (and more particularly this entry by searching for the string what+does+the+bible+say+about+strip+clubs, did you ever stop and think before you typed a string into a search engine?
How much do you think that the bible actually has to say on the subject of strip clubs? Actually, I am […]

So, the man of steel has come under heat after revelations that chief head-kicker Tony Abbott sponsored a fund to raise money to assist the prosecution of Pauline Hanson. And this was [part of] his spontaneous response to a question posed on the issue:

this whole thing has got quite out of proportion. No politician […]

There is a story about Mahatma Gandhi when he was studying in London. He was a young man and became excited about Christianity, especially after reading the Sermon on the Mount. At that point he decided that Christianity must be the most complete religion in the world. But later, when he […]

This continues the images from Charles Bayers’ book - A resurrected Church.
The images so far have been:

leadership
marginalized
growth
salvation
position in society
Use of Biblical texts

Christendom - Theology is seen in terms of handed down doctrine orthodoxy.
Post-Christendom - Theology is seen in terms of doing the truth, orthopraxis
Charles does not explore this shift in the same detail as […]

Daryl over at Dashhouse pointed out a critical error. I had the date wrong for the next chat. So, for all those who turned up for the chat today, please accept my humble apologies. Arggggg. Sorry!
The link has now been fixed for international times - so I hope to chat to you all in a […]

I had lunch with a friend today. It is always a great time. We talked about heaps of stuff and I always appreciate his perspective, as he is a little further from the Church than some of my other friends. One of his observations has been rattling in my head since. We spoke about how […]

Our msn chat is on this friday (Thursday for you northern hemisphere people!). Come and join us and talk through, around and about the emerging Church. You can see international times via the link in the side bar. All welcome - just msn me @ phil at signposts.org.au and ask to join.