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 [...]

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 [...]

The answers to Spiritual Formation?

An interesting post on the Christianity Today Blog about spiritual formation. It’s probably nothing new if you’ve been thinking about the possibilities of recapturing some of the power of the monastic movement. The idea is somewhat connected to what’s been going on at Northern, which should get going properly next week. It’s going to be [...]

Traumatic day at the office

Because I don’t get paid to run Loam I have to do something else to get money. I run a work for the dole project for Mission Australia at Northern Community Church of Christ. Today at Northern I had the most horrible day so far. Without going too much into the details of my day [...]

Where are we up to?

Given it has been so long since I posted on what is happening here in Preston I thought a general update might be helpful.
Jay and I have officially finished our work at our old church. We finished with a level of sadness as God has used this community greatly to shape us and encourage us [...]

Joining the Northern Ministry Team

I’m down on the Peninsula this evening for a Ministry Team Retreat for Northern. It’s a strange feeling to be away on this kind of retreat with people that I mostly don’t know. Strange because the issues being faced are similar to some that I’ve come across before in other ministry positions and strange because [...]

A new beginning

Well tonight was the first time our new team met to get to know one another a little better and begin planning for the launch of our church plant in early 2006. I’m very pleased to say it was great. A really encouraging time of learning how we each came to the point of joining [...]