by admin | Dec 16, 2025 | FEATURED, RESOURCES, Worship, Worship, WRITING
Twilight comes, and the rush of traffic and unfinished business is replaced by the babble of evening news, with its unending litany of shock and sorrow. With weary bodies and troubled souls, we gather here to welcome the night – to seek respite from the...
by admin | Dec 5, 2025 | FEATURED, Music, Worship
I’ve added a couple of newer songs for sale as sheet music for the Advent/Christmas season. Make a New Way is based on the cry of John the Baptist but set in Australia. Written with David MacGregor. Blessed Night, Blessed Light which explores God being present...
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 | 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 19, 2025 | Poems & Prose, RESOURCES, Spirituality
This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems. This wonderful book of poems by a remarkable poet is my companion on the back deck in the mornings. Wendell Berry is teaching me to pay attention to the land, to country, to Creation, and I am left humbled and speechless by...
