I was having a conversation with a friend recently about her mum’s thoughts on being a Christian in middle class suburbia and how both natural and difficult it is. (Some of these are my extended thoughts).
The Church and Christian events such as conferences are exceptional at preaching the ‘go get out there’. There is nothing [...]
It is a difficult thing to talk about Christianity in Australia. So much of the Christian tradition, structure and even culture in this country has been imported: historically from Britain and Europe and more recently like the rest of the western world from the US of A. It’s a difficult thing to do, therefore, to [...]
I’m back from honeymooning, and we’ll be kicking back off here soon. But to keep you interested, I thought I’d better post this tidbit from the wider blogosphere:
I recently heard someone say that the motto of Christianity nowadays is
“And now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is truth.” [...]
*WARNING* - You are reading a post on politics by a self-confessed lefty. Be careful.
At the moment, in Australia (where lots of your Amateur Theologians are living), we are in the midst of a Federal election campaign. I’m also aware that our poor cousins in the You-nited States are revving up for a big presidential [...]
I’m currently re-thinking my beliefs about the role and nature of leadership, and I thought it might be interesting to share some of those ideas here.
While I’ve learned a lot about the values and traits that make ‘good’ leaders from church and family, most of what I’ve learned about the [...]