Beware of any religious types who roll up in a DeLorean promising time travel to either a nostalgic past or a pristine future (James KA Smith) One of the biggest traps earnest Christians fall into in their search for authentic expressions of church, is to follow the siren call of those who offer an expression […]
Ok, So I haven’t blogged for a bit. That’s unusual for me. I’m a blog a day kinda guy and that has fallen by the wayside the last month. I haven’t blogged for a bit is like me not going for a run for a bit. It doesn’t happen. Except at the moment it is […]
We’ve all gone down some rabbit holes during lockdown. My particular rabbit hole has been music reaction videos. That’s right. I’ve spent way too much time locked up at home watching funky young hip hop and rap dudes reacting to classic rock and pop songs that were delivered way before they were. And being astounded […]
What happens to love in a time of war? Do we become more compassionate and loving towards others or less so? What about this COVID-19 pandemic? What has it revealed about the way we love, what we love, and if, as David Brooks asserts in the New York Times, “pandemics kill compassion too”? Here’s the […]
Here’s a selection of the latest material on the Third Space website. First up, a new podcast hosted on the Eternity Podcast site, called Life in Wartime, featuring me with my colleague from Third Space, David Robertson. In this introductory episode we explore the similarities (and differences0 between our time in COVID-19 and the start […]
It seems sadly ironic that the national review announced today into the history of abuse by leadership within The Crowded House church network contains ten points. Why so? Because The Crowded House itself has historically had a list of ten values that it claimed shaped its life and ministry. The list of ten – a […]
Should churches, as not-for-profits, access the Australian Government’s JobKeeper scheme in order to keep staff if their giving decreases during the COVIC-19 shutdown and beyond? That’s a question that I have heard doing the rounds. Is it the right thing to do? Is it the wrong thing to do? What is at stake if we […]
I have devoted this guest post to a friend of mine, Talia. I have not read anything as moving, as heartbreaking, or as soul-enriching this year. This is her account of how her fourth child with her husband Dave, has deepened her understanding of God, even – and especially in the midst of deep pain. […]
So do we just get on with life after Easter in these COVID-19 times? Check out the latest from The Panic Room as we discuss the question, is it just another Manic Monday?
Just imagine if one man said he was both able and willing to suffer and die from COVID-19 in place of all the sufferers in the world, releasing the planet from the fear of this terrible scourge? How liberating would that be? Wouldn’t we just burst out of our doors laughing and crying with […]
