CRAIG MITCHELL
Welcome to my blog and portfolio. I’m an educator, facilitator, author, multimedia maker, event curator, church worker, musician, researcher and culinary explorer.
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God, you are too human
Holy Week 2022 God, you are too human for you break in our choking grasp and yet we are but dust in your hands --- God, you are too weak Could you not stay alive one more hour? And yet it is we who slumber when you call --- God, you are too simple Could you not mount...
Forming Disciples in Mission
How are churches reframing Christian education in order to be effective in growing faith and engaging in mission in Australian society in the 21st century? This question was the basis for my doctoral research, completed in 2018, and now part of my ongoing work....
The Mission Pilot Process
Mission Pilot Launch from Craig Mitchell on Vimeo. In 2020 Port Phillip East Presbytery we commenced a Mission Pilot Process, part of a significant cultural change process within the presbytery called “Cultivating our Future” facilitated by Phil McCredden from...
Models for Rural Ministry
Ministry patterns are constantly changing. Most Uniting Churches are small and rural. Many no longer have their own resident minister. Different forms of ministry have been emerging over the last 25 years or so. What does effective ministry look like in these...
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...
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....
Songs for the Season
Video Series
Our Faith: Christian Beliefs in the Uniting Church
Six short videos produced as a national learning resource for the Uniting Church in Australia. A range of church leaders – local, state and national – open up Christian beliefs about God, the Bible, the Church and God’s Mission. Discussion guide for groups.
“Here is a book of invitations to deeper water – to open a strange story and live in its pages, to learn to sing a new song in a different land, to be seared by a burning bush, to board a weathered boat and push out into the depths.”
Deeper Water: Resources for Immersive Worship