The number one question for many of us in church leadership this last year has been, what will church look like coming out of Covid lockdown into a new kind of normal? Will we recover and get back to a… Read More ›
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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.
The End Of Apocalypse: The Matrix, Žižek, and Life After God
The Matrix has been analysed to death but life in COVID lock down is a good time to re-visit this cyberpunk, sci-fi retelling of apocalypse and ask the question – is there still hope? 10 minute read
When Is A Chair Not A Chair? And when can we real-ly know the truth about COVID-19?
Nothing is what it seems. A chair is not just a prop nor is a bug just a virus. How do we know what’s real from fake? A fun intro to metaphysics that won’t hurt your brain. 8 minute read.
Anxiety As Symptom: On moral failure and why zebras are losing their stripes
With everything going on in the world right now there is a lot to worry about – COVID, Afghanistan, climate change. Should we keep worrying or is it possible to save the world and stop zebras from losing their stripes? 10 minute read.
The Bug
a poem to wake the soul
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
Church Economics 103: What funds mission – market scarcity or redemptive abundance?
Church giving is dropping as attendance continues to decline. How can we turn the tide and move from scarcity to abundance in church mission and finance? 5 minute read
Church Economics 102: The gospel of the consumer church market
Is our evangelism growing the church or are we competing to attract the same religious consumers in a shrinking market for souls?
