Archive for January, 2007

ratting

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Chris who used to comment regularly on signposts - when we only had half a dozen readers has a letter in the age today.
When ‘ratting’ is the right thing to do
PICTURE this: We are at a party in the outer suburbs, a group of young blokes full of youthful confidence and fired with testosterone. The […]

What if….

Monday, January 29th, 2007

What if there really is a great and good and kind God, and we humans really are God’s creatures, though we lose our way sometimes? And what if our deepest dream is really true, that the God who really exists really loves us? … And what if for every obvious and sleazy religious huckster there […]

reflections on some reading about transitioning churches

Monday, January 29th, 2007

As I prepare for the start of the transition stream in Forge Victoria, I have been looking at some books that I think are helpful resources.
Unfreezing Moves by Bill Easum.

I reviewed Easum’s book for my book review earlier this year but it is worthy of inclusion in the list of books that have stimulated my […]

Praise the lord–and pass the holy iPod case

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

“Many of us already treat our iPods like holy objects of worship and if you do find yourself having accepted the iPod as your spiritual savior, the Hymn Book iPod case just might be for you. Oh, and for you blasphemers out there, No, your Zune won’t fit. [$TBD]”
Mmmm…
Check it out at Acquire (Via TUAW)

blogroll update

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Have just completed a long overdue update to the blogroll, removing dead links etc.  If you link to us and you aren’t on our blogroll, please let me know in the comments to this post.

Anthea Smitts; Urban Life Church - Sydney Forge Intensive III

Friday, January 26th, 2007

It’s been a while since I wrote up anything from the Sydney Intensives but seeing as though Anthea Smitts sessions were of particular interest to Phil I thought I’d better get to it.
Urban Life describes itself on it’s web site:
Having it’s origins in Christian Life Centre Ringwood, urbanlife began its journey as a church plant […]

transformation

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

During 2006 2007 our theme at Northern Community is transformation. We are seeking to challenge ourselves to be transformed by Jesus and to participate in God’s transformation of the world. In my reading this week I came across this quote that I thought was particularly apt for our calling to be transformed by Jesus.
“Let’s think […]

Woolworths

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Alan Matheson has written an article on online opinion worth reading in the light of the publicity surrounding Woolworths contribution to farmers in Australia suffering from drought.
“On January 23, 2006, the profits of all Woolworth’s supermarkets will be handed over to the Country Women’s Association (CWA), to assist farmers affected by the drought, and for […]

The church search

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Laura complains about me as she reflects on her search for a new church in Canberra:
The church search:
.”…Anyway, the upshot is that I don’t see myself attending that particular service again, though if they do start something different, I’d be definitely interested. I’m not writing this to put down this particular church, in fact, […]

hamo hangs his blog up

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Good mate Hamo has hung his blog up for at-least two years.
There is some sadness in this for me because it was through hamo’s blog and signposts that both of us developed our friendship. Meeting him for dinner when all I knew of him was from his blog and the comments he would leave here […]