Backyardmissionary is a Driscoll Free Zone
I don’t know Mark Driscoll and have never had anything to do with him, but lately my Facebook news feed has been buzzing with people’s assessments of his failures in ministry and the possible...
View ArticleFear, Terror and a Bloke With a Pie
Fear. Its in the air… everywhere… And its destructive. Evil even. Seriously… Last night on our local community Facebook site a woman posted a disturbing message about how the previous evening she had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Radicalise
Yesterday in church I felt it important to pick up on the current ‘terror alert’ story that is slowly escalating and generating all sorts of disturbing behaviour around the place....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Ongoing Crucifixion of Rob Bell
I read once that when it comes to issues of faith some folks are ‘pioneers’ and others are ‘settlers’. Some will venture out into new territory theologically and practically, while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worth a Fight?
Recently my old mate Scott posted this image on his Facebook page and took some heat for it. We had coffee that afternoon and he mentioned to me that he hadn’t seen the words at the top...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Doing a Tony Abbott’
‘Doing a Tony Abbott’… I wonder if a phrase of this ilk is going to enter our Christian parlance? This week Abbott spoke at the annual Margaret Thatcher lecture and announced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Weep With Those Who Weep
‘Want to go see ‘Chasing Asylum’ with me?’ Danelle asked a few weeks back. ‘Dunno…’ I replied. ‘Why dunno?’ ‘Because I already know the story and I’ll probably just end up pissed off,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Vote
On Saturday Australia votes and (broadly speaking) as a result we will get the government we deserve. Vote like a donkey (i.e. do not fill in the forms) and expect to be governed by donkeys. Vote...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Under His Eye
I haven’t had a heap of work lately so I did a binge watch of the Handmaids Tale over the last few days, a novel I had never got around to reading, but a very good mini series and chilling...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nuance
I opened the envelope and sat down at my desk to cast my opinion (because it isn’t a vote – its an ‘opinion poll’), but as I was about to tick a box I hesitated. Because ‘Yes’ doesn’t...
View Article