I am at the forge intensive all week as I gain credit for my Masters of Arts (Church leadership). There will be several essays to write too :). The first day was good, with some particularly stimulating input from Steve Addison from Church Resource Ministries on leaving a legacy with our leadership. I will post […]

Thinking Faster is a blog that I have just started to read as I continue my obsession with David Allen’s getting things done methodology and my fruitless search for that perfect peice of software that will organise my life and all the information surrounding it. One of his post made me reflect on something that […]

To whom it may concern. There are people on earth who believe that U2 is just a band. So stop saturating the whole universe with the latest album two days after it has been released. Yes, a successful band, a band that has had some catchy tunes, but also one of the candidates for the […]

In the lead up to the federal election, the Australian Christian, the national newspaper of Churches of Christ published an article by Richard Lawton about an interview with Andrew Evans, the founder of the Family First party.
The Australian Christian has kindly granted permission for me to publish a copy of the article, which you can […]

I am reading Cadences of Hope: Preaching Among Exiles by renowned Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann. Brueggemann brings the scriptures alive as he writes about the exile experience of the Jews. As I reflected on what I have read, it struck me again how nothing is new.
If we look at history, the same themes keep […]

Just a quick note to advise that with the change to wordpress, our rss feed has now changed, and you can find the current feed here. It is pretty useless me posting this really, because if you read this through a newsreader, you will still be subscribed to the old feed and won’t get […]

1. Do you enjoy working in the Op Shop?
Yes, I enjoy working in the Op Shop because you meet people from all walks of life, and it’s just so interesting.
2. Has this job helped you?
This job has helped me because I want to work in Retail, and in order to get a job in a Retail position […]

1. How did you find out about Connect and when did you first start coming?
I found out about Connect in the ‘Leader’ (local newspaper), I read it every week and on page two they always have little notices of activities that are available to the people in the city of Darebin. And on them was one […]

1. What is it that you do at the warehouse?
It started off because I thought coming down here, people were volunteering giving their time and I thought how in the name of the farmer’s boy could an old fellar like me do anything? I don’t paint, not a carpenter, not a sparky, what can a retired […]

1. It was good of you to volunteer to co-ordinate our second Food Bank on a Tuesday. Why did you decide to do this?

I just think that since last Christmas, I have seen such a happy change in the life of George and me and from our experience we think the church is doing a great […]