How amazing to think that Hicks would be better to have a British passport.
What a shameful saga for the Howard Government that they wont advocate for the rights of one of our citizens.

I returned from six weeks leave today and found a copy of our weekly newsletter on my desk. Supposedly!!! It was a mock up of the newsletter that Nigel and other members of our staff had contributed to with the purpose of scaring me that all that has been done in the last five and […]

Good article about the interaction of religion and science:
And the LORD God spoke unto Moses, “Write this: 16.3 billion years ago, I set the gravitational constant at 6.673 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2. Then I inserted an infinitely compressed drop of energy into a multidimensional time space continuum to make a Big Bang - Moses, why […]

Alan in the comments points out this article:
“Church of England bishops are calling for Christian leaders to apologize publicly, at a gathering attended by senior Muslims, for the war in Iraq.
Acknowledging that the British government is unlikely to apologize for the “gravely mistaken” war, the bishops suggest that churches should do so by making a […]

In continuing our look at mDNA, we now move to the next element of mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here

mDNA Element - Communitas not community
One of the characteristics of organic systems is the self-organisation of the system around the […]

Another Geoff Bullock rewrite - you can read the others here

Old version
Refresh My Heart
Words and Music by Geoff Bullock
Hillsong © 1991
Refresh my heart Lord
Renew my love
Pour Your Spirit into my soul
Refresh my heart
You set me apart lord
To make me new
By Your spirit lift me up Lord
Refresh my heart.
And I will worship You Lord
With all my […]

According to this article, Steve Bracks has announced that changes will be implemented to the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act to minimise frivolous claims:
Mr Bracks said that while the leaders backed the principle of the tolerance act, changes were needed to protect its integrity.
“The act was supported and endorsed today. The principle of it is […]

If you have ever wondered why the attacks on September 11 occurred, thanks to an email which arrived in my email inbox, we now have the answer:
In light of the many perversions and jokes we send along to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This “joke” today is not intended […]

An article we wrote has been posted to Spero News. It is an attempt to briefly highlight some of the characteristics of the “emerging church”, particularly for those that are not familiar with the concepts. Welcome to any visitors who have found us through the article.

This continues the look at mDNA - organic systems and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
This concludes a look at mDNA - organic systems and the Northern experience. Next in the series is mDNA Element - Communitas not community.
Challenges for Northern
Northern has demonstrated a commitment to […]