I am persuaded by the dandelion
to take the wings of the updrift
to parachute into enemy country
to fall to the ground
to be walked upon
to love beauty
to die
and so give birth
to a whole generation of flyers
(on the wall of St Martins Collingwood)

I have a few beta invites available for the new Microsoft Windows msn messnger 8 beta. If anyone would like one please email me.

An article in the age today recounts the life and times of Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls, a footballer, activist, minister and leader in the Aboriginal community.  He is set to be honoured with a statue of him and his wife Gladys near parliament house in Victoria.  Phil has memories of pushing Pastor Sir Doug into […]

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch’s forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
A new missional order
A key initiative that we are keen to implement is the development of our kaleo team into a kaleo missional order within Northern. […]

We are thinking of having a signposts readers drinks or even a meal in a local café or pub for those interested. Obviously, this will be held in Melbourne, Australia so it might be a little hard for some of our readers to come.
Would anyone be interested?
If any international or interstate readers would like to […]

Every now and then I catch up with my Messianic Muslim friend. This time we caught up we both realised it had been far too long between drinks!
We shared a bowl of soup and some bread from Northern’s new soup kitchen that launched today. It was great to spend some time with him and hear […]

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch’s forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
kaleo team
Over the past five years we have run an intern program at Northern called kaleo. Kaleo is the Greek word for called and this describes […]

Alan has pointed out this story and asked that we post it up, in light of the attention that has been paid around these parts to allegations of Hillsong’s mismanagement of public funds.  The Salvation Army’s Employment Plus agency has repaid around $9M as a result of an investigation into allegations that Job Network members were inflating […]

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch’s forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Baptism classes
At the time of baptism for people, we have classes that explore the fundamentals of the faith, the characteristics of Churches of Christ, the meaning […]

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch’s forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here

small congregations
One of the strategies for discipleship at Northern has been deliberately planting congregations that are small in number. We are still focused on growing the […]