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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Saying Sorry Game
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 person closes...
John 9 Audio Meditation
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 meditation by...
Acts 2: Contemplative Reading
In your imagination, take yourself back a couple of thousand years to Jerusalem, the Jewish capital. Imagine the Middle Eastern city on a hill, the buildings of clay and stone, narrow streets, city walls, the hustle and bustle – streets filled with locals and...
Board Game: Who wants to be a Tribal Heir?
A board game about the book of Genesis? Yes. "Who Wants to Be a Tribal Heir?" is a game I developed as part of a Bible Study resource for young people about Children of the Bible. The resource was commissioned by the Women's Division of the General Board of Global...
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....
Featured Resources
VIDEO & DISCUSSION SERIES
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 and activity resources for groups here.
“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