At our recent ministry and kaleo team meeting, we explored the story of Jesus healing the blind man in John 9. What struck me the most was the process of transformation that the blind man goes through in “seeing” who Jesus is. Even after his healing, when the blind man is asked who Jesus is, […]

At the recent Forge seminar, Michael Frost was talking about how programs like Alpha have failed. His argument was that we need to create proxixty with people rather than inviting people to programs. He went on to say that Church buildings don’t provide proximity and that most people don’t even know a church building is […]

A open source clip art site.. what more could you want?

I have been using for some time now a software program called activewords. It has totally changed the
way I use my computer and I cannot recommend it more highly.
Basically, the idea is that by entering keywords you can get your computer to do something.
I know that sounds basic - but the power of it […]

As a part of our AGM I was sitting in on a session with representatives from our theological college having conversations with conference delegates. One of the real elder statesmen of our movement was in the group and started his reflection with..
Well, I graduated college in 1936 and a lot has changed since then…

On Saturday I finished up in my position as a member of the board of our denominational body. I had been on the board for 3 years, with 2 in the role of chair. It’s one of those organisations that people tend to talk about as “them”, even in a conversation […]

Lance writes:
Now……..I MUST post about my Saturday night at church.
Yes…church….I actually went to a church service. I returned to a mega-church in Perth called Riverview. It will henceforth be referred to as ‘Revenue’….due to it being yet to fully shake-off the shackles of the prosperity doctrine…when it was known as ‘Rhema’ Church. The senior pastor […]

I remarked to Alan (who comments here regularly) at our denomination AGM that we seem in Churches of Christ to express our unity by suppressing those issues that we differ on.
Alan pointed out that this is not the only way and I think he is right.
Unity can be expressed by discussing […]

Some countries are very proud about their democracy and will tell anyone who will listen. I am always amused by the statements in the TV show - the west wing, which suggests that the US invented democracy. While Australia cannot (like the US) claim that status… and do not (unlike the US).. I thought this […]

I have escaped down to our beach house for a few days. I am exhausted and my body is telling me about it.
It has been a big year and a particularly busy month. I look at my diary for the month of March and I see a busy time there too - three weddings […]