Posts under ‘Thoughts’

Opening worship service of the 28th Queensland Synod – what a fantastic celebration of the diversity of our church!
Keep up to date with all the news from the 28th Synod at www.journeyonline.com.au.

The Assembly YouTube channel has an interesting video with Rev Alistair Macrae elaborating on the changes to the preamble.
see it here: Rev Alistair Macrae on the preamble

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I just found this Beliefnet article looking at some of the spiritual and religious trends that have shaped pop culture over the last 10 years.
Read it here!
It includes things like the Harry Potter and Twilight phenomena’s, the George W Bush administration, and celebrities sporting religious tattoos (i.e. Britney’s misspelled Kabbalah and Angelina Jolie’s Buddhist text tattoos).
It also [...]

Does anyone else think it is odd that at the start of January there were Hot Cross Buns for sale in supermarkets around Australia?
Shops in some cities, Cairns for example, are already stocking Easter Eggs!
Here is an interesting article.
So, since there seems to be so much lead time for Easter, what can we do to [...]

Soccer superstar David Beckham has added a black and white image of Jesus Christ to his collection of 17 tattoos as a tribute to his grandfather, who recently died.
The new image, drawn on Beckham’s lower right abdomen, is based on a painting called ‘The Man Of Sorrows’ by Catholic artist Matthew Brooks.
Read the whole story [...]

This is a great story …
An Anglican priest in Canada has been handing out invites to come to church to peak-hour commuters.
Read the story here: http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/700283
She says we aren’t very good at inviting people to church.
I think she is right. I remember as a teenager when a friend asked to come to church on Christmas [...]

A SEVEN-year-old boy in Utah was apparently so desperate to avoid going to church that he stole a car and took police on a car chase.
Read the full story here.
So, how do we interest and engage young people in church?