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 1, 2025 | FEATURED, Music, MUSIC, RESOURCES, Worship
Here’s a new song written by Leigh Newton and myself called “Lay Down Your Palms”. The writing began in Lent 2024 and has finally been finished in Lent 2025. The narrative goes from Palm Sunday to Jesus’ post-resurrection sending of his...
by admin | Mar 27, 2025 | FEATURED, RESOURCES, Worship
It seems that without even planning it, the Parable of the Lost Son (or the Two Sons) from Luke 15 has become a story that I’ve played with quite a bit in recent years. Rembrandt’s “Return of the Prodigal Son” About 20 years ago I bought a set...
by admin | Mar 24, 2025 | Music, RESOURCES, Worship
I’m please to announce that my worship book Deeper Water is once more available in print. I am now self-publishing the book. The price is now A$45 including postage Australia-wide. (Previously it was $40 excluding postage) I have also reduced the price of the...
by admin | Feb 10, 2025 | Faith Formation, FEATURED, Intergenerational, LEARNING, Mission, Worship
Yesterday I ran the first of two workshops for a small church community on what a monthly Brick Church [aka “Lego” TM] might look like. The background to this is that I have an interest in doing Brick Church and have previously run an activity-based faith...
