by admin | Sep 2, 2022 | Discipleship, RESOURCES
Last Saturday I spent time with a church council, and a perennial question was raised. “Why aren’t more people interested in Bible Study?” We were discussing what it means for a church to see faith formation at the heart of its life together. Is...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | PROJECTS, Uncategorized
Across our synod there is rapid population growth on the fringe of greater Melbourne and in regional cities and towns – including Ballarat, Bendigo, Phillip Island, Inverloch, greater Geelong, the surf coast. The rate of growth of new housing estates in our presbytery...
by admin | Aug 5, 2022 | Discipleship, Leadership, RESOURCES
Thomas Groome’s work on Shared Christian Praxis is one of the most influential things in Christian Education since the 1980s (Harper & Row, 1980). The field of practical theology covers a range of approaches to theological reflection, including...
by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | MUSIC
Tim Beale and I wrote this song in 1998 for the 1999 National Christian Youth Convention. There was a slight error in the music score in the NCYC songbook (which Tim repeats here!). Here are the correct words and an audio recording by Tim. The music score is also in...
by admin | Jul 28, 2022 | Bible, RESOURCES, Spirituality
Take yourself back into the Bible narratives through contemplative reimagining of the sights, sounds and other senses. As an exercise in prayer, look and listen to what God might say to you as you experience these events. This is a book of guided prayer meditations...
