The decision in Islamic Council of Victoria -v- Catch the Fire Ministries and others was handed down this morning, finding that the defendants were guilty of breaches of section 8 of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001. The decision is unremarkable in a legal sense - the tests were applied and the behaviour […]

Keks has announced that nominations have commenced for the 2005 Australian Blog Awards, sparking the usual “vote for me” spruiking from the more forward in the blogosphere.
Last year I used the nominations to load a whole bunch of new blogs into my bloglines account, check them all out and retain those that interest me. […]

Well last night, as I mentioned, we had a baptism at our Tangent congregation. We all gathered together at one of the congregation members who has a plunge pool in the back yard so we could share P’s baptism with her. She had invited family and friends to share in her special day.
Members […]

After this accident malicious wounding, Phil is having x-rays this afternoon on what we hope is just a badly sprained ankle. For those that are waiting for an amusing mental picture, imagine him this evening on crutches, in an outdoor plunge pool conducting a baptism at our Tangent congregation. Should make for a […]

Yes, you have heard it from me. Someone had to say it. Don’t trust those forge people.
Today, I was showing the forge victorian team around our ministry centre and when we got in front of the op shop - I slipt on the steps and have badly sprained my ankle - very very painful.
And […]

I predict that this article may generate a bit of discussion:
The new album by U2 was feted as a masterpiece before anyone heard it. It went straight to No. 1 in the US, Britain, Ireland and Australia. But How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is in reality a nondescript collection by a band that for […]

Jesus spoke in parables - riddles if you like.
Things to make you go Mmmm.
To think - explore the grey, live in the process and be stretched.
Have we turned this same gospel into A + B = C?
Let us reclaim that place of risk, strangeness and elasticity.
We are stretched as we grow to become more like […]

Recently, we received Churches of Christ Overseas Mission Board email that contained the following article.
The Post-modern Crack-up
BY CHARLES COLSON WITH ANNE MORSE
Is postmodernism—the philosophy that there is no transcendent truth—on life support? It may be premature to sign the death certificate, but there are signs […]

A reader of signposts sent a link to this site recently. It provocatively proclaims:
Why Christian Fundamentalists & many other Conservatives prefer Paul’s Teaching to Jesus Christ’s
Go and check it out.

This week I was talking to a minister who said that when they started a new contemporary service he had all sorts of battles with his elders. I curiously asked what they were. The biggest issue he said was that they had created the contemporary service to start with twenty minutes of coffee and muffins […]