This post is part of a series. A few years ago, I was on a parish council which received a request from a Korean congregation: would we be open to them using our building? It didn’t sound like a merger or even a partnership, just a congregation looking for a […]
In Australia, what kind of church do you go to? A uni church? Church in a cinema? A night service, or maybe a family service? There are quite a few different choices, but I want to suggest here that there’s more to these configurations than just timetabling and location. In Australia we have […]
What’s the story you tell about yourself? In this series we’ve looked at three ‘iCatechisms’, digital summaries of Christianity: Two Ways to Live, ‘the big story’, and 321. Each of these iCatechisms takes a slightly different angle, but let’s return to a question I’ve been posing: why take one angle and […]
You might know the quote attributed to Francis of Assisi: Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary. You might also have heard that he didn’t exactly said that. The quote comes up for discussion because sometimes we’re concerned that words, and gospel preaching, might be downplayed. But […]
Some time ago I reviewed Practical Theology for Women. By His Wounds You Are Healed is the second offering from Wendy Horger Alsup and she kindly sent me a copy so that I could review it as well! ‘By His Wounds’ straddles genre in the sense that it’s more than a […]
Meet Jesus at uni 