Ok, this is stupid.
Today I used my credit card to buy something and it was having trouble scanning (which seems to be a problem with this card). The guy at the shop took a white plastic bag and wrapped it around the magnetic strip before swiping it for the fourth or fifth time. […]

Ouch! Some thoughts and criticisms about the current state of the local emerging church movement from a Melbourne minister. Now if only John had comments enabled, I suspect that the response would be interesting…
Of course, we are more than happy to host some discussion in the comments thread to this post.

Mike gave me a heads up to The Gospel Experiment, a challenge to make one small “micro” action, to multiply that action with other people to make a big impact.
Go and have a read. Go on. It will only take 5 minutes. Why wait?

I got a bit fired up in my Sunday sermon when preaching on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). Here is an extract:

You know our language often betrays us. We speak as if going to Church is it in regard to following Jesus. We say - let us go to Church. […]

New winds are blowing in the Church, reshaping its practice of education and pastoral ministry. They blow towards praxis (or practice if you like), towards faithful action rooted in faithful discernment. They blow towards spirituality, aware that the old modes have largely used up their captital — praxis and spirituality - are related to each […]

Theology is the critical reflection on Christian practice in light of the word of God.
Gustov Gutirrez

This federal campaign has certainly been notable for the rampant throwing of money at people who we need to vote for us.
In a lot of ways, many of this election “bidding” seems to pass me by - we don’t have kids, I am not a mother looking to get back into the workforce and so […]

I keep returning to the issue about Family First and their involvement in the election. I read with interest the
Saint’s post on the topic, along with this offering from the daily flute.
On Saturday, the party released this statement:

The party is not a church party or an Assembly of God party, nor is it […]

Last week, I had a visit from two of the promoters of the evangelicial conference featuring Billy Graham son - Frankin Graham. I must admit I didn’t know much about Franklin. But, naturally I have heard the stories of the Billy Graham crusades in Australia.
In a recent comment on signposts, alan mentioned that Franklin had […]

Stealing some of my best work (but absent the snarky commentary) is this article, including an explanation for some of the ommissions:

Social justice issues such as refugees are not canvassed. “We felt that if we put out what we think is a Christian perspective, we’d alienate half the Christian community,” Mr Stokes said
‘Cause right now […]