by admin | Aug 21, 2025 | FEATURED, MUSIC, Music, RESOURCES, Worship
We’ve just made available the sheet music for “Spirit of Creation” – an excellent resource for the Season of Creation. Written by myself (words) and Leigh Newton (music), the song picks up the theme of the Spirit groaning in Romans 8 and...
by admin | Jul 20, 2025 | FEATURED, RESOURCES, Worship
Recently I preached on Luke 10 at my local church. It was also communion Sunday. The text has been popular among mission writers in recent years, The lectionary uses verse 1-11 and 16-20 and leave out some awkward words about judgement… I asked a retired builder...
by admin | Jun 16, 2025 | FEATURED, MUSIC
I have two little projects on the go. One is to try to write some short songs of blessing or sending. The second is to take some of the texts from my Deeper Water worship book and turn them into songs. It requires some additional work on the texts, but I’m...
by admin | May 21, 2025 | Discipleship, FEATURED, RESOURCES, Worship
Here is a page of resources from my recent Diving Deep workshops about preparing older youth to adults for baptism and confirmation. There are workshop notes, Uniting Church resources, and link to a bunch of resources from Australis and overseas. Some are free and...
by admin | May 12, 2025 | Discipleship, Faith Formation, FEATURED, LEARNING, RESOURCES
I am delighted to announce that The Belonging Kit is available as a free download courtesy of the UCA Assembly. The Belonging Kit is a comprehensive educational resource designed for preparing older youth to adults for baptism and confirmation. It was published by...
by admin | May 8, 2025 | FEATURED, MUSIC, Music, RESOURCES
There is a Thin Place is a Taize-style call to worship – a simple, contemplative melody with simple words. The arrangement allows for extra vocal and instrumental parts to be added. This song started as a Call to Worship written for Blackwood Uniting Church....
