morepraxis

i’ve been writing, writing, writing… everywhere but here.
i have 15000 words which are the beginnings of a book about the work we do in prisons. I’m at that quagmired stage. The best editor I’ve worked with said to me once, ‘when you think a sentence you’ve written is clever, you need to go back and [...]

A perspective on our new PM from MOIRA RAYNER – Eureka Street.
It’s a girl! (cross to three wise men looking bewildered)
At 9.35 this morning I twinged pre-emptively for Julia Gillard. Being Prime Minister is not so much grasping a poisoned chalice as throwing yourself at Damocles’ throne. Rudd was thrust onto rather than fell upon [...]

We are currently talking to some rural congregations about the connection they have with the prisons in their community, and how we might develop those relationships more fully. I’ll talk more about that down the track – it’s a really exciting new direction – but a lovely part of the process at the moment is [...]

I’m running a workshop on alt worship for the CTM in Parkville on August 14. Details and a registration form are available here:
Alt wship wshop Registration form

I suspect I’ll regret posting this, but i’ll throw it up anyway. It’s time for a confession. I have this unhealthy obsession with uber-fundamentalist christian blogs. It began a few years ago when i realised that i didn’t get what people in the emerging church were emerging from, and where the fights about theology were [...]

just thought i’d throw this out there to see what anyone thinks… it’s a draft of a paragraph in the book i’m writing for the prison.
Christian witness sometimes confuses hope with optimism, and pastoral care with making people feel better; and the harder a situation is, the more desperately we cling to the belief we [...]

Ok guys now is the time to pull back the bow and let some arrows rip! -Age
The call out from Robin back in Sherwood…
Two months ago we asked Robin Hood supporters to write to Treasurer Wayne Swan and urge him to consider a financial transactions tax. An incredible 2,500 of you responded, filling out an [...]

[Christop and Craig have more comprehensive wrap ups of Just Worship, including photos... Craig's blog includes more detailed stuff about Peter Majendie and Dave White's presentations]

[photo stolen shamelessly from Christop]
I am back in Melbourne which is deliciously balmy after Christchurch. I had a fabulous time. It’s really good to be home.
Just Worship was a [...]