Archive for February, 2007

forums

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Dan and I have been thinking for a while about the value of implementing forums at signposts. We would like to know your thoughts.
The idea would be for the forum to be run on the same lines of the signposts blog. It would operate on a subdomain of signposts and be accessed through the signposts […]

baptist reinvention

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Reader ADHD Librarian gave me a heads-up to this article about the campaign by some US Baptists to distance themselves from the more conservative image of the Southern Baptist Convention.  Backed by Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the group aims to hold a convention next January:
Nashville-based Baptist Center for Ethics executive director Robert Parham, an […]

A single authoritative position

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Thought provoking article from Justin Whelan in the latest Online Opinion, responding to Tony Abbott’s recent statement to the young liberals convention “There is not a single, authoritative Christian position on the Iraq War, climate change or border protection.”  Justin disagrees.

This statement will surprise the churches, whose public statements on each of these issues have […]

Forge Transition Stream

Friday, February 9th, 2007

I have posted about the Forge transition year before but thought it was timely to do so again. We are in the final stages of forming our transition stream group for 2007. So, if you are interested you need to start thinking about it over the next few weeks.
Overview:
For much of forge’s history in Melbourne […]

new horizons

Friday, February 9th, 2007

“A church which pitches its tents without constantly looking out for new horizons, which does not continually strike camp, is being untrue to its calling…[We must] play down our ongoing for certainty, accept what is risky and live by improvisation and experiment”
Hans Kung, The Church as the People of God

I Stand by the door

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Some years ago, I heard this poem used in a sermon. It is a poem by Sam Shoemaker who was one of the spiritual leaders who helped draft the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A movement that has swept the world helping addicts receive support in beating their addictions.
I Stand at the Door
I stand […]

Amway and the Contemporary Church II

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Further to my earlier post on Amway and the Contemporary Church.
Riverview Church’s new acquisition “Destiny People” (now Riverview OC) has a founding a lead Pastor known as Wes Beavis.
 
I would like to know what theological qualification Mr. Beavis has – (we recently expressed some surprise at the theological contradictions made on his web site).
Anyway, theological precision […]

shall we sign?

Monday, February 5th, 2007

What do you reckon?
Shall we sign the letter and put our name to the Clergy Letter Project? Do you think that signposts reputation might be affected?

U2charists

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Scott over at Ranges Community gives me the heads up on U2charists:
“The Melbourne Anglicans are reporting that they are bringing the U2charist to Australia. Well, this might be enough for me to go back to Anglicanism!”
What a great idea! I mean we could do that at Northern and that would really get Dan believing that […]

playing

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

We are playing around with some adjustments to signposts at the moment.
Obviously, the color scheme is in a state of flux at the moment. In time, hopefully all the functionality that we had with the old site will be available.
One of the key features we need to get back is the recent comments as we […]