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Friday 25 January 2008
Resistance to innovation...
on Friday 25 January 2008 - 11:47:43 | by Glen Powell
Hi all,
A friend sent me these... you might find them helpful, funny, or just a bit too much like a council of the church.
http://nofatclips.com/02008/01/17/stone/Fire.mp4
http://nofatclips.com/02008/01/17/stone/Wheel.mp4
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Discussion on Religion Report
on Friday 25 January 2008 - 11:47:05 | by Glen Powell
http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/player_launch.pl?s=rn/religionreport&d=rn/religionreport/audio&r=rrt_23012008_2856.ram&w=rrt_23012008_28M.asx&t=Wednesday 23 January 2008&p=1
An interesting discussion on Mark's gospel and its relevance to non-Christians with John Carroll, Professor of sociology at La Trobe University.
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Tuesday 11 September 2007
Staff ch-ch-ch-changes
on Tuesday 11 September 2007 - 15:38:32 | by Glen Powell
Beres has resigned to pursue his wife and music career to Berlin, Germany...
Meanwhile, Glen has been in Germany and the UK exploring the missional and emerging church experience over there... he is now back, and keen to get back to work.
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Thursday 16 August 2007
Converse event: A Churchless Faith?
on Thursday 16 August 2007 - 13:39:04 | by Admin
The next Converse event is titled "A Churchless Faith - Disown it, or nurture it?"
It will be on Sept. 26th at Ultimo Uniting Church.
Click on read more to see the promotional ad for this event...
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Coalface Gathering - Sept. 26
on Thursday 16 August 2007 - 13:36:25 | by Admin
The next 'face-to-face' Coalface gathering will be on Wed. the 26th of Sept.
Contact Beres for more information: (02) 8267 4361, beresj@nsw.uca.org.au
Thursday 12 July 2007
Beyond the Fringe
on Thursday 12 July 2007 - 11:45:07 | by Beres Jackson
Here is some old news: the mainstream churches are in numerical decline. Not only have many people left the churches but, as the NCLS 2001 confirmed, there are many on the fringe of church life who are in the process of drifting away. Participation in traditional forms of worship and church activities is no longer meeting their needs or aspirations and they are gradually letting go of their church involvement...
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Church or Experiencing God
on Thursday 12 July 2007 - 10:47:53 | by Beres Jackson
It is interesting to note that Abraham had no church affiliation, no denomination and no spiritual designation other then “Man Who Knows God.” His children and his children's children had no religion either. Abraham had a running conversation with God for well over 25-years, yet God never felt it necessary to tell him how to live, how to worship or how to raise his children through a set of rules.
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Tuesday 15 May 2007
A Conversation with Brian McLaren - Part 2
on Tuesday 15 May 2007 - 11:40:32 | by Admin
So what's a Christian to do with an election coming up and it seems like we have to choose between the lesser of two evils?...
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A Conversation with Brian McLaren - Part 1
on Tuesday 15 May 2007 - 11:35:02 | by Admin
I had a conversation with author and pastor Brian McLaren about his latest book, A Generous Orthodoxy. We dove headlong into some controversial issues like politics, marketing and Islam. While we will be pulling out some bite-size quotes, it seemed especially helpful to see the conversation in its entirety...
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Friday 11 May 2007
The Good Soldier
on Friday 11 May 2007 - 14:05:14 | by Admin
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