Yesterday our church ‘team’ got together and went through a process called “Team Management Systems”. Basically we all filled out an online questionnaire that asked us about how we prefer to work and interact with people. We were then given a pretty detailed report on our ‘work preference style’. The importance, for our team, came [...]

Today’s challenge for the 31 days to build a better blog challenge is to write a list post, so here it is: As you have no doubt picked up, I am keen on building community. I think one of the best ways to build community is to eat together, so here is my list of [...]

Did you know that the word translated as ‘church’ in the New Testament, ekklesia, literally means a group of people? It had no religious connotations and was a common word used in society for any group of people that met together. Many Christians have begun to question the role and function of the church in [...]

I have been thinking recently about Christian social justice in the post-Christendom world. Here is a definition of Christendom. In short Post-Christendom is where we find ourselves in Australia. The church can no longer dictate its morals and standards and expect society to live up to them. If Christians define their morality and by extension [...]

Today I went out for lunch with some friends. We had some time before an appointment and so we decided to walk down to the train station to watch while some buildings were demolished. We decided to walk down an alleyway and through a piazza (or square) at the back of the shop where we [...]

Had a chat to some friends today and we got to discussing communication in community, of course after the obligatory discussion about the weekend’s football action. Whilst having this discussion a very basic concept hit me in the face. It is so basic a concept that we often over look it. Community, Communication, Commune, Communion, [...]