by admin | May 17, 2024 | FEATURED, LEARNING, Media & Communication
Last night I hosted the first of a series of workshops for churches seeking to have an online presence through worship, as part of my current role with the Centre for Music, Liturgy and the Arts (within the Synod of South Australia, Uniting Church in Australia). We...
by admin | Jan 12, 2024 | Worship
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...
by admin | Jan 10, 2024 | Music, RESOURCES
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...
by admin | Dec 14, 2023 | RESOURCES, Worship
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...
by admin | Dec 8, 2023 | MUSIC
Here’s a new song from David MacGregor and myself. The lyrics were prompted by the narrative of John the Baptist in Mark 1, “Prepare the Way”, plus my ongoing reaction to the Voice Referendum in Australia, and the video interviews that I did with Rev...
