What is it about a New Year that compels us toward new beginnings and resolutions with born again fervour? Why not birthdays which are personal New Years or Sundays, the start of a new week offering the opportunity to start… Read More ›
Christianity
Jesus On TV (Christmas Edition): What would Ted Lasso do?
Is Apple TV’s Ted Lasso a Christ figure that inspires us to live like Jesus? Or does he represent a Christless Christianity that sells us God’s kingdom without the king? Did Ted Lasso do what Jesus would do this Christmas?
The New Rock Stars: How cowboy theology is reinventing apostles as entrepreneurs
Yesterday’s heroes were the cowboy and rock star. Today’s hero is the entrepeneur. Our heroes tell us who we are in the age we live. But can they interpret Christian life and mission? Are apostles also entrepeneurs?
Peace, Love & The Beatles. Part II – Mad Men and the soul factory of desire
Can mony buy us love? Or make us happy? The Sixties revolution promised love and peace but then sold out to the market. The hippies grew up into boomer yuppies. Their children defined by demographics and brands. Can we still find love without money?
The Post Covid Church. Part III – The crisis in church leadership
Church authority has devolved from the Pope in Rome to the Protestant clergy industry. The increased fragmentation of denominations in a post Covid church will precipitate a further crisis in church leadership and denominational authority. How might church leadership change and adapt in the post Covid church?
The Post Covid Church. Part II – Bursting the old wineskins of denominational structures
It’s not just churches that are dying. Covid will hit church denominations as we emerge into a new post Covid world. Increased volatility will disrupt denominational structures throwing up new challenges for church leaders.
Our Sabbath Work: Why we forgot how to rest
Working from home in Covid lockdown has seen an increase in work productivity. We seem to be caught up in an endless cycle of work without reprieve. It seems harder than ever to rest when you can’t even take a holiday away in lockdown! Have we forgotten the meaning of Sabbath? 6 minute read
The Divided Church: Overcoming the politics of fear
Welcome to Melbourne. The most locked down city in the world. Us Aussies are a compliant lot, but a year and a half of six lock downs are taking their toll on the easy going ‘she’ll be right mate’ attitude…. Read More ›
Ground Zero 20 Years On: 9/11 and the return of the king
Where were you when you heard the news on September 11? And where are we 20 years later? We have seen the rise of the politics of tribes and rights. And the demand of the people for the return of the king. But which king will save us now? 9 minute read.
Church Economics 104 – The myth that we have always paid for our church buildings
We didn’t always pay for our church buildings through private funding. And our churches have changed a lot since Christ commissioned the disciples. What can we learn from church history to fund future church mission? 6 minutes read
Sacred Cash Cows 