What is Loam?

Kate, a member of Loam, wrote this description of us.
Loam is a small community of people who, through action and reflection, are committed to discerning what it means to follow Jesus in and around the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston. Loam believes that hospitality is a central aspect of faith, and that food can bridge [...]

Where’s Tim?

As is so often the case I’ve been notably absent from the blogosphere. I have been doing a few interesting bits and pieces though.
- Baby business is coming along well. The beautiful Jay is 36 weeks today so the little man (Tuss) is due to arrive any time in the next 4 weeks.
- I’ve started [...]

Whose standards do we seek to hold each other to?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the fact that people are at different points in their journey towards Jesus. Even people I have similar values to will make different decisions to me at times. But I have noticed a tendency for us to be frustrated when people don’t meet the standards we have for ourselves.
I [...]

Life’s ups and downs

So much has happened in my little world since I posted that I hardly know where to begin.
Jay and I no longer work at Northern Community Church of Christ. During the year it became clear that there were some significant differences in leadership and ministry philosophy and we decided that it would be better if [...]

‘House’ and ‘church’

Kate over at Born to Kneel has written this great post about a recent night at our community here in Preston.
When we arrive at ‘church’ in a Preston lounge room on Wednesday night, the minister greets us with a kiss, passes us a hymn book and Bible, and we settle quietly in the pews to [...]

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 [...]

Forge North Gathering

Clearly I’ve been quite absent lately.
One of the things I’ve been doing is starting to organise some Forge business in the northern suburbs. This is our first gathering, come along if you can make it.

Update

hmmmmm … so it’s been a while.
I’ve been on holidays in Queensland for some of the time, at a family funeral, getting my hair dreaded, partying at a Buck’s do, doing some schoolwork, reading some books, hanging out with the locals, being a groomsman in a wedding and just generally having a good time of [...]

Kingdom Dreaming …

I’ve been reading Jesus Creed and one thing I’ve taken from it so far is the significance of the Lord’s Prayer. I’ve started using it to shape my personal prayers. So this morning as I finished my breakfast I was praying that God’s kingdom would come in our suburb and street. I think God must [...]

Creative Reflection

I had to write a creative reflection for uni about what I would do mission/ministry wise if I knew the world was ending in five years. It’s pretty long, but I thought I’d post it anyway.

What would I do if the world were ending in five years?
I believe that people’s lives are transformed as they [...]