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Global Youth Spirituality Project
In 2008 I was involved in running focus groups in Adelaide as part of Search Institute's global youth spirituality project. The project involved a survey of nearly 7,000 young people and 175 focus groups across 17 countries. This was the first step in refining a survey...
Technoculture and Spirituality
A decade ago I suggested that research regarding the spirituality of young people gave insufficient attention to the place of technology in their lives. "Young peoples' innate desires for intimacy and self-transcendence are bound up in their daily use of technology. These...
Here is a Table
Here is a table a conversation with friends a connection of hearts a communion of spirit Here is a meal a morsel of peace an entré of justice a hunger for heaven Here is a promise firing our hope filling our faith focusing our vision Here we gather open table open hands open...
Young People & Well-Being
We have tomatillos growing in our garden. They can bear a lot of fruit, but the plants need support - not just a stake, but rather a kind of scaffold. The branches stretch out in all directions, and can't hold the weight of all the growing fruit. Young people need a scaffolding...
Mission Catalysts
Mission Catalysts are people with the gifts and call to foster a variety of new faith communities. In some places they are called pioneers. As a church, we are called to embody God's good news in word and deed in ways that offer new life to individuals and communities. This...
Pathways Workshop
Pathways is a 2-3 hour interactive workshop for church leaders originally designed by Ken Morgan from Church Resource Ministries. The session is designed to help leaders understand and explore the steps by which people might journey into connection with a Christian community,...
Regional Co-operation Framework
Regional Ministry & Mission is a mutli-faceted project in which I am involved with Port Phillip East Presbytery. The issues facing churches in our region are common across Australia, and many parts of the Western church. How do denominations respond to declining churches...
Diving Deep: Baptism and Confirmation
This interactive session focuses on the educational dimensions of preparing youth and adults for baptism and confirmation: our aims and understandings, a variety of approaches, mentors and companions, plus a range of print and multimedia resources including a preview of new UCA...
Childrens Spirituality – Discussion Cards
“A very simple definition of children’s spirituality might be God’s ways of being with children and children’s ways of being with God.” Rebecca Nye’s book Children’s Spirituality (London: Church House Publishing, 2009) is a brief but excellent introduction. She begins by...
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