CRAIG MITCHELL

Welcome to my blog and portfolio. I’m an educator, facilitator, author, multimedia maker, event curator, church worker, musician, researcher and culinary explorer.

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Affirmation of Faith based on the Preamble

Affirmation of Faith based on the Preamble

In about 2011, Rev Jenny Tymms prepared an Affirmation of Faith based on the Revised Preamble to the Constitution of the Uniting Church in Australia. This was done in consultation with First Nations people so that the language would work well in ways that were...

The stunning guitar instrumental album "Reverie" by the impossibly talented Rob Timbs is now available for free on the "Songs of Faith and Hope and Love" website. It's been made to sound even better by the original engineer Chris Adams - who does this as a wonderful...

God-bearer

God-bearer

I was introduced to the description of Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer by Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster in their brilliant book about youth ministry, The Godbearing Life. The term comes from the Greek work theotokos, and the theological notion is more...

Video Series

Our Faith: Christian Beliefs in the Uniting Church

Six short videos produced as a national learning resource for the Uniting Church in Australia. A range of church leaders – local, state and national – open up Christian beliefs about God, the Bible, the Church and God’s Mission. Discussion guide for groups.

 

“Here is a book of invitations to deeper water – to open a strange story and live in its pages, to learn to sing a new song in a different land, to be seared by a burning bush, to board a weathered boat and push out into the depths.”
Deeper Water: Resources for Immersive Worship

 

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Mountain Masala – no longer active