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It seems like ages ago now, but on the weekend before Easter (7th-9th April), a group of 50 of us went up to Halls Gap in the Grampians for our youth camp. Every two years we have one of these camps where the aim is to get all the different groups in our ministry together for […]

A fairly damning, but surprisingly honest, article appears in todays Age newspaper about the state of Christianity in the USA. Much of Australian culture is shaped by what happens in the USA, but interestingly the ‘religious’ stuff is ignored almost entirely. It seems your average American will say they’re a Christian, whilst your average Australian would […]

Recently my interns did a session on personality type and ministry, using a scaled down version of the Myers-Briggs personality type test. Everytime I’ve done this, I’ve come back as an INTJ. Here’s a general profile of the type - if you know me, how close do you reckon it is?

INTJ Profile
To outsiders, INTJs may […]

Doing what I do gives me glimpses into parts of our community that normally go unnoticed. Mitcham lies smack in the center of middle-class Melbourne and generally paints itself as a community that is welcoming and safe. But not far under the surface is a community that is hurting.
Even though they have been ignored, there has […]

Back from camp (sensational time - more later) and find the blog has been bombarded by spam. Apologies if you’ve read something offensive -  I’m trying to get rid of it all at the moment…
Does anyone Know of a way to protect a blog against spam? Wordpress has some protection built in, but stuff still […]

Continuing our series on the spiritual disciplines, but concluding the shorter series on prayer, Cam tackled the “Why Doesnt God Answer When I Pray?” question. Again, if I’m honest, there’s been numerous times when I’ve thought this. Answers have been hard to see and sometimes it seems like God isn’t listening.
Cam started of by describing […]

This article appears in todays Age newspaper.
An interesting read. Even more interesting how its release coincides nicely with Easter and the realease of the Da Vinci Code movie….