by craig | Sep 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’ve just discovered the wonderful community development work of the Tamarack Institute at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Their Five Interconnected Practices for Community Change are spot on for considering a range of work that we are doing both...
by craig | 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 craig | May 5, 2022 | Children, RESOURCES, Uncategorized
Here’s a game that I made up for Alive@5 on the theme of saying sorry and forgiveness. It’s designed for a mixed group of parents and primary school age children. Sit in a circle. A volunteer stands in the middle – they are the spinning pointer. This...
by craig | May 3, 2022 | Bible, RESOURCES, Spirituality, Uncategorized
The story of the blind man at the pool of Siloam is well-known to readers of John’s Gospel. This is an audio recording of a guided mediation that I wrote for the book Encounters with Jesus. I’ve done this recording so that people can undertake the...
by craig | Jan 9, 2022 | Uncategorized, WRITING
Palm Sunday We hope for a leader to make our world right more than a six o’clock news sound bite of wisdom, not slogans of hope, not hollow integrity, not inconsistency just humanity, not hubris This humble rider seems no firm decider no simple spin no solid plan not...
