Psalm 139
Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
You see me, whether I am confessing or denying you.
Even before I speak, you already know what I will say.
You are all around me on every side;
you protect me with […]

“Better to light a candle than curse the darkness”
The Rev needs our help. He asks:
“Was wondering if you could help me …to figure out how to do offerings … I of course don’t believe in tithing, and won’t teach it, but I do think some of the existing people do tithe.
But I wanted to just […]

In a case of life imitating blog, I have been extremely conscious lately of the fact that I am a woman in a field sometimes dominated by men.  Dealing with the male female divide in the workplace is not always easy.  It is easy with co-workers and colleagues, provided you are not worried about standing […]

The national summit of forge australia last year was called dangerous stories and next year it is happening all over again - with the name dangerous stories two. Clever hey!
Seriously though this is not to be missed if you are interested in inspiritational speakers and engaging in discussion around aspects of the emerging missional church.
I […]

A DVD series created by a team of people from our jeebus congregation. They have had some of the series shown on Channel 31.
Come and support them at the launch of season one dvd. All proceeds go to our “fair go” fund used to support people in need.

There is a preview clip on the official […]

I have to admit something - perhaps even ask for forgiveness.
Last week when I was thinking of what I would do at our tangent congregation, it crossed my mind that it would be good to explore the developing conflict in the middle east between Israel and the Syrian-backed terror group Hezbollah in Palestine. It is […]

This is one of my favourite comics on the internet.  I particularly liked this one.  Whoops, I had to put it into the extended entry because it messes up the sidebar in crappy IE.

Well I thought it was a while since we outraged all of the women in the blogosphere and/or emerging church scene while simultaneously plunging the men of the blogosphere and/or emerging church scene into a discussion they can never seem to “win”. Plus there is always a real prospect in these discussions that people […]

Sam Metcalf has a great post about the role of orders:
“The primary engine of spiritual vigor and missional vision within Roman Catholicism has been the religious orders. the Benedictines, Dominicans, Franciscans, Sisters of Charity, Jesuits, etc … The orders, actually unnumbered, have been, and remain to this day, the backbone of the Catholic Church.
Figures are […]

At Tangent tonight we talked about the Jesus Creed. The Jesus Creed is a book written by Scott McKnight. When asked by an expert in the law where to begin with spiritual formation. Jesus answers by giving what Scott McKnight calls the Jesus creed. The Jesus creed defines how spiritual formation is done Jesus style.
The […]