Hospitangelism

We were chatting the other night at Loam about hospitality. Kate ran the night and has also written this great article that is well worth a read. During the discussion we of course covered many topics and as we did my mind kept flicking over to the role of hospitality in evangelism. I was struck [...]

Are Australians really searching for meaning in our churches?

I’ve just been reading this article online while I watch the cricket and I have to say that it’s disturbing me.
Australians searching for meaning: churches
    * April 08, 2007
A NEW search for meaning in the modern world has been the catalyst for bumper attendances at Easter church services in Melbourne, church leaders said today.
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A resurection story

The Rev has returned (started posting again) and has kicked off with this cracker of an Easter reflection.
Jesus of Nazareth, a working class man, from a poor neighborhood in a rebellious and troublesome part of the Roman Empire begins at thirty years of age to announce the kingdom of God.  This man rises from total [...]

A Scot McKnight Good Friday Reflection

As you may have noticed I think that studying the background, the context of the biblical stories that we know and love is really important. So when I stumbled across this piece by Scot McKnight I had to share.
We need to reconsider why it was that Jesus chose Passover (a night of celebrating and remembering [...]

Happy 2nd Birthday Blog!

I just realised that today is the 2nd birthday of this blog. I’ve really enjoyed writing it and imagine I’ll keep on doing so for the next little while. I find blogging to be a helpful process of getting ideas, questions, problems out of my head and onto a page. This helps me articulate what [...]

How good would this be as an assignment?

I’ve been reading Ryan Bolger’s Blog and came across this awesome assignment he set for his class. If I wasn’t so busy doing my own assignments I think I’d do this one just for fun!
Continuing Jesus’ Mission into the World (Part Two):
Piggy-backing on my last post on Continuing Jesus’ Mission into the World, I wanted [...]