We’d like to invite you to think a bit harder this Christmas. It seems to me that there’s a part of the story of Jesus’ birth that we seldom dwell on, and we’d like to help your community enter into it. If you’re willing. A few weeks ago I participated in a conversation that gave [...]
Supporting materials for the Lenten study as it appears in the January/February and March/April 2005 issues of The Upper Room magazine. Each session is designed for an hour of group time. The material on this website supplements the sessions described in pages 70-75 of the regular-print edition of the magazine. This material is meant to [...]
Six studies are offered to build up those who seek to experience and share their experiences of Jesus Christ. Ideally, these sessions should be used in groups to encourage the formation of people as members of the Body of Christ. As people “build one another up in love” they will experience Jesus Christ in new [...]
These resources are offered to Uniting Church congregations in Queensland for study and reflection during Lent or at some other time during the year. The sessions link some biblical texts, passages from the Uniting Church Basis of Union and other writings, with a series of questions designed to focus the participants on their own and [...]
The change-maker bible study series produced by SU and Tear explores God’s call to justice and peace, exploring issues of hunger, war, discipleship, poverty and injustice in the bible and asking how we, as christians can choose to respond. I’ve found this series to be highly under-rated, the issues and the biblical and prayerful reflection [...]
Craig Mitchell wrote this study in 2001, originally as a lenten study to prepare people for worship during the lenten period. I remember using this a few years ago and how useful the process that the study uses was, and still is for bible study. The process involves three steps, My Story (focusing on myself), [...]
