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I was sitting in the food court at Box Hill this morning, sharing a chocolate milk and some biscuits with my not-yet-three-year- old son Thomas.
Suddenly a look of intense concentration came over his face. With a mouthful of biscuit, he looked at me and said,
“Daddy, are we blessed?”
“Yes Thomas. We are very blessed.”
“Daddy. Did God […]

Kerry Packer has died. He always struck me as a grumpy, ugly, fat, rich guy who seemed to be able to do whatever he wanted. Anyway, many fellow cartoonists (and journo’s etc) hated him with a passion and it’s interesting to see the ‘obituaries’ floating around the blogsphere!
I’ve never worked for any of his magazines […]

Heard an interesting story the other day. One of our schools workers was talking to some students at lunch time when his MPH wristband was noticed. The student said, “They are so cool!”
The worker replied, “Do you know what poverty means?”
“No idea,” the student replied.
Hmm. There’s still some work to do….Anyway, see the review […]

In this post over at Signposts, Lionfish asked the question, “When is a Church really a business?”
Good question, and one that I think relates to the session on innovation at the Forge Intensive a few weeks ago.
In my mind, if a church is nurturing faith as a revenue raising exercise, then it has lost […]

On Sunday morning I spoke on a theme that seems to have come up for me often at this time of year - the pain of Christmas. Of course, it is a time for celebration and joy, but for many of us it is a time of grief and loss. As we reflect on the […]

The Wild Man lives in every man. He is beautiful and divine. He has enormous fundamental energy and a great love for the world. He is just as much a nurturer and protector and creator as any female figure, but he will do that nurturing and protecting in his own masculine way. It is time […]

Just plain stupid.

If you’re unaware of the recent events on Australia’s Eastern shore, take a look here. What follows is a prayer request originally forwarded by the brother of the pastor at Cronulla Baptist Church.
Dear friends,
I am forwarding this prayer request from Martin Schmid, an elder in one of our Sydney Baptist churches, who is the brother […]

Let me say upfront that I like U2. I have a couple of CD’s that get a good working out from time to time and when a U2 song comes on the radio the volume gets turned up a bit.
But I have been absolutely stunned by how many emerging church people have gone absolutely crazy […]