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The Tension of Individual Spirituality

I picked up a book from the Forge National Summit which I’d heard a little bit about: David Tacey’s “A Spirituality Revolution”. I’m only about a quarter of the way through, and I’m not sure that I’ll end up reading it all – once I’ve got the “big idea” behind non-fiction books like that I [...]

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Soul Survival

Got back from spending the weekend at Soul Survivor Melbourne which was another really great time for me personally as well as for our youth kiddies. It’s been pretty special seeing God really start to work through the lives of kids who you’ve thought at times haven’t got any reaction to this God stuff whatsoever. [...]

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The (emerging) Age

The Age (Melbourne’s broadsheet, respectable newspaper), has an article by Religious Editor Barney Zwartz. Seems to give a pretty accurate depiction of where emerging forms of church are at in Australia. Found via Gerrymander

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Prepare for some “Dangerous Stories”

Off to the Forge “Dangerous Stories 2″ National Summit this weekend. Expecting to have my brains splattered all around the walls of my skull. The plan is to involve the blog in the reconstruction effort afterwards. Stay tuned – it could get dangerous!
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Clean Up Australia Day

The church got out and involved in Clean Up Australia day on Sunday, and I was struck with just what a positive thing it is to be out there and doing this stuff. Seems to me that it’s times like those when you’re out getting involved in “doin’ the stuff”, that this whole community thing [...]

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