A number of people have asked for a copy of the final service at the National Youth Worker’s Inservice this year (2005) that I decided that I’d have to spend some time writing up the “liturgy” for the service. I was even surprised to see that the service was mentioned on the front page of [...]
Mobile Theology… Liturgy for Closing Service of Youth Ministry Conference
July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sunday – An Alternative Worship Experience
July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BlackStump 2007 saw the Sacred Space team create a worship experience based around our experiences of church, the installations focused on a different action, icon, sacrament, story, place of our church experiences. From confession to the offering and intercession each station allows the participants to reflect on God, Christ, their experiences of church and what [...]
Beautiful Interruptions / Unwanted Distractions
May 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
Last week I participated in the NSW Synod Lay Preachers / Lay Pastors / Lay Ministry / Youth Workers / Children Ministry Workers Inservice, a week with people contemplating ministry, recovering from busy lives, learning from each other, sharing stories… I also finally met Steve Taylor, someone who I was beginning to think was a [...]
Luke 1:26-38 : Year B (Advent 4) – Hail Mary
December 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
Given the sort of risk and physical crap the bible says Mary had to survive in order to have a baby I’ve always thought that Lara Croft (from the video game Tomb Raider) might be a more appropriate image of the mother of Christ rather than domesticated, insipidly pale faced, blue veiled, watery eyed portraits [...]
Advent 4 – Colouring within the Lines
December 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
2 Samuel 7: 1-17 Have you ever sat in a kindergarten class? Watched kids attempt to gain control over the paint and pencils and stencils? Heard the teacher’s prompting and the kids consternation about colouring in the lines? I like colouring in the lines – I like the neat tidy ordered controlled aspects – the [...]
Advent 3 – Year B
December 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Posted by Darren: 1 Thes 5:16-24 Psalm 851-2, 8-13 John 1:1-8 1:6-8, 19-28 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Song ideas for the week: Together To Celebrate I’ve got to stop reading and thinking the same things as Larli, she’s written a great reflection on this week’s reading from Isaiah… Anna suggests that the intended audience of the [...]
Year B – Advent 3
December 10, 2008 By 1 Comment
1 Thes 5:16-24 Psalm 851-2, 8-13 John 1:1-8 1:6-8, 19-28 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Song ideas for the week: Together To Celebrate So here we are – back in Jerusalem. We were inspired back here by a prophet whose poetry could carry us on the desert journey back up the Euphrates through the heat…but even more [...]
Year B / Advent 1
December 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Alternative DigitalOrthodoxy Reflections on Year B / Advent 1: a) Pathways Readings for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Isaiah 64:1-9 (NRSV) 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (NRSV) Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (NRSV) Mark 13:24-37 (NRSV) Song ideas for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Together To Celebrate: Year B / Advent 1 Lectionary Song: Year [...]
Year B / Advent 1
November 24, 2008 By 2 Comments
Alternative DigitalOrthodoxy Reflections on Year B / Advent 1: a) Snapshots from the War on Drugs Readings for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Isaiah 64:1-9 (NRSV) 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (NRSV) Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (NRSV) Mark 13:24-37 (NRSV) Song ideas for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Together To Celebrate: Year B / [...]
Year B / Advent 1
November 24, 2008 By 2 Comments
Alternative DigitalOrthodoxy Reflections on Year B / Advent 1: a) Pathways Readings for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Isaiah 64:1-9 (NRSV) 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (NRSV) Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (NRSV) Mark 13:24-37 (NRSV) Song ideas for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Together To Celebrate: Year B / Advent 1 Lectionary Song: Year [...]
