In 2010 we hosted a debate for our theological college: Will the real Mars Hill please stand up? The debate invited the audience to compare and contrast two well-known American megachurches and the leaders behind them, Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll, whom we saw as representing powerful and differing forces […]
Katie, a med student, has been feeling torn between the profession she’s studying and the spiritual needs she sees around her: ‘People say they’re meant to line up, but I’m struggling to see how that works!’ The answers she’s looking for haven’t been all that easy to find, and we’ve […]
Here’s a couple of sermons we gave in Adelaide and Melbourne during the last six months, attempting to ground our partner churches in a common identity with Tanzanian Christians. I looked at how some of Jesus’ teaching might open up the question of ‘changing the world’: You are the light […]
Elliot was given a collection of Dr Seuss books for Christmas. I chose, Oh the places you’ll go! to read to him first because it seemed appropriate for a Third Culture Kid. As it turned out, I found it pertinent to myself too. Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off […]
This year’s National Training Event had me mulling over ‘the sheep and the goats’, especially after hearing it performed — thanks Simon Camilleri! To think more about it, I’ve turned to the compendium on Jesus’ parables by Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent. I always appreciate his careful and apt scholarly judgements, and the […]
This Christmas, I’m feeling a bit sad. I’m sad that Red Twin is far away. We skyped her in while we watched the carols last night, but in some ways, her virtual presence just made the reality of her physical absence more real. You can’t hug a computer. I’m sad […]
We started a discussion here about how we talk about the professions and ‘full time vocational ministry’. It seems that a great deal of the motivation behind the push for people to go into full time vocational ministry is that we are living in the last days. This is the […]
Meet Jesus at uni 