I was given a copy of Under the Unpredictable Plant – an Exploration in Vocational Holiness as a Christmas present and read it over the weekend. I haven’t read many Petersen books and often found him on a different page to myself in many regards.
This book I enjoyed on many levels. It is not a [...]
In March Steve Timmis is coming to Perth. I have never met Steve, but as I read this article I feel a strong resonance with the vibe of what he is doing. It sounds quite a bit like us!
I’ll post dates of where he’ll be and what he’ll be doing up here soon.
I am 41.
That is not young, and by today’s standards I should have at least around 40 decent years left.
I am also a bit obsessive about fitness (I would say ‘health’ but my diet betrays me on that one!) however over the last few years my body has been falling apart.
As a result of some [...]
The monthly WA Baptist newspaper came out this week. Sarah Green does a great job compiling a newspaper that is actually interesting and well worth reading.
This month’s has a great story on Marisa one of our new Forge interns as well as an article on blogging.
If you’d like to enter the wide weird world of [...]
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of preaching around the place with quite a bit more to come.
Strangely enough, the last few times I have been to church have left me feeling like I am missing something in my own experience at the moment. I have very much enjoyed being involved with the three churches [...]
I woke this morning and realised I don’t want to buy into someone else’s argument like I did yesterday with the Driscoll / McClaren post.
While I am happy to give my opinion, (and still find the whole censorship thing absurd) I found myself actually enjoying the biffo more than I should. A bit sick I [...]
Well here we go…
I will risk an all out assault from the fundy fringe by asking the question, is the Jonah story a legitimate historical account or is it allegorical in nature, or are there other options? You are not allowed to answer with ‘does it matter?’!
We are about to explore it in our [...]
I find this funny.
watch seven pounds in divx
A few momths back I started a looking back series and then got distracted. It continues here…
I was 26 when I started in youth ministry at Scarborough Baptist Church, my home church, a place where I stayed another 5 years.
In the second year of youth min I also took up a job teaching at [...]
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