What is with this idea that if we are under threat or in a state of fear we must/should/will vote conservative?

And in an article about the relevance of religious issues in the campaign, Kevin Rudd is quoted as saying:

Nothing revolts me more than anyone who is a Christian seeking to publicly exploit their private faith for political purposes,” he says. “Secondly, there’s a bit of a view being put around by the conservatives that God […]

At our congregation on Tuesday night we spent some time in silent reflection on the Beslan terrorist crisis. We meditated on news photos of the various stages of the attack, including the funerals of the dead. We reflected on words read from newspaper reports and prayed for the victims and their families as […]

Someone told me that someone said this about our church recently (is that vague enough to protect the guilty?)
“They are not a Church. They do things in a cafe and in homes. They do it during the week too and not just on Sunday. At some of these things that they call ‘worship’ they have […]

Man, I wish I could write like this

It is nearly five years since Northern Community begun its journey to explore being a Church that is faithful to our new cultural context. In this time, we have closed one congregation, planted six others, merged two recently and are just about to plant two more. These congregations are all different, all small and all […]

Sometimes I wish I could be more conservative. Truly. Seriously, I don’t know how on earth I ended up a lefty, but I can remember at the age of 7 yelling slogans about saving the franklin river. Sure, at the time, I wasn’t able to articulate why saving the franklin was a […]

I had coffee with a friend of mine who works as a Muslim chaplain in the prison system. It is always good to catch up with him and hear the stories of what he is up to in his ministry.
Something he said this time, interested me greatly. He talked about how he is involved with […]

Just shocking!

As it seems all of our threads on signposts, end up with Homer and George wishing to debate the Bible and what is and isn’t the word of God here is the thread for those that wish to engage. Can we please ensure that this thread is used and that every other post on signposts […]