A Clear Call for Evangelism in Adelaide
The Uniting Church in Australia national Network for Mission & Evangelism, for which I’m deputy convenor, just hosted a weekend conference on evangelism in Adelaide. Attended by 120 people from...
View ArticleUniting Church Discussion on Theology of Marriage
The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly Doctrine Working Group has released a discussion paper on theology marriage, in response to the 13th Assembly, using the official Uniting Church marriage...
View ArticleWhat to call a college
In my role as Director of the Uniting Learning Network, in the Uniting Church in NSW/ACT, I’m exploring the possibility of renaming the theological college based at 16 Masons Drive, North Parramatta....
View ArticleWorship Education in the Uniting Church
I’ve just spent two days in Adelaide meeting with a range of people with a responsibility for education of worship leaders across the Uniting Church in Australia. Hosted by the Assembly Worship Working...
View ArticleWho do we say that you are?
Here’s the prayer of adoration and confession I used in the opening worship service at United Theological College on Monday. The gospel reading was Mark 8:31-38, including the questions Jesus asks his...
View ArticleOn Assembling in Perth
It’s a week now since I returned from a week spent at the Uniting Church in Australia’s triennial Assembly, held at University of Western Australia. I was there as a member elected by the NSW/ACT...
View ArticleDisillusionment Reality and Rejuvenation
Tonight in Being The Church, the subject Chris Walker and I are teaching at United Theological College this semester, we looked at Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s reflections on disillusionment in his little...
View ArticleBuilt for Change
Wow. It’s almost a year since I posted anything here on the Postkiwi blog. I’ve come back to start a new series on books I’m reading in relation to my work as Uniting Learning Network Director for the...
View ArticleStarting again in Melbourne
After five years living in North Parramatta, Ennis and I have moved to live in Melbourne. We’re no strangers to moving. Together we’ve lived in Invercargill, Katikati, Dunedin, Tokoroa and Wellington...
View ArticleTips for broadcasting and live-streaming worship
Many congregations in my patch, the Port Phillip East Presbytery in Melbourne, are having a go at running online versions of their worship services for the benefit of members staying at home during the...
View Article