Tuesday, November 10, 2009
::Politics & Humanity - Australia's Refugee/Asylum Seeker Debate Got this email from the inimitable Ross Farley (who I work with at Tear Australia). He does what I do in that he takes two bits of information that you may not normally put together, and then he puts them together with dramatic/sarcastic/deadpan yet so painfully obvious kind of way that it makes us squirm at our own stupidity and inhumanity. Thanks Ross!
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Hi,
There is lots of public discussion about asylum seekers so I thought I would get up to date on the current statistics. Then I thought I may as well pass on this information. So here is what I discovered.
_1. Refugees_
* There are currently about 10.5 million refugees in the world.
* The UNHCR has a resettlement program that finds new countries for
refugees. Various countries allocate the number of refugees they
are willing to take every year. (Australia has recently increased
its allocation to 13,500 places.) Unfortunately the total number
of places made available to the UNHCR for refugee resettlement is
only 76,740 per year.
* Many argue that all refugees should apply to the UNHCR and wait
for processing. It is a matter of simple arithmatic that they
would have to wait an average of 136 years to be resettled. (10.5
million refugees divided by 76,740 places) That is a very long
queue. (That figure of 136 years also assumes that there are no
more wars or natural disasters in the next 136 years to add to the
refugee numbers.)
* If the 100 wealthiest countries took an extra, one-off intake of
about 105,000 refugees each, then the argument that refugees
should wait their turn could begin to have some validity. After
that every wealthy country would also need to dramatically
increase the number of refugees they were willing to accept.
_Visa overstayers_
* Visa overstayers are illegal immigrants who came to Australia on
tourist visas and do not leave.
* The countries of origon with largest numbers of these illegal
immigrants are UK and USA.
* In 2007-2008, the number of visa overstayers was 48,500 compared
to 25 boat people arrivals. They outnumbered boat people by 1,904
to 1.
* Of the last 12 years, 2000-2001 had the most boat people arrivals.
That same year Australia had 60,000 visa overstayers. They
outnumbered boat people 14 to 1.
* Consider the differences. Asylum seekers usually enter Australia
openly and hand themselves over to the authorities and ask for
asylum. Visa overstayers pretend to come for a holiday when the
intend to stay. Refugees are also fleeing danger. What is so
dangerous in the UK and USA?
* Why is there such a public outcry about refugees but not about
visa overstayers?
I hope this is helpful and maybe I have saved you some research time.
Thanks,
Ross
_Sources
_www.immi.gov.au
www.unhcr.org
www.refugeecouncil.org.au
*****************************************************
Hi,
There is lots of public discussion about asylum seekers so I thought I would get up to date on the current statistics. Then I thought I may as well pass on this information. So here is what I discovered.
_1. Refugees_
* There are currently about 10.5 million refugees in the world.
* The UNHCR has a resettlement program that finds new countries for
refugees. Various countries allocate the number of refugees they
are willing to take every year. (Australia has recently increased
its allocation to 13,500 places.) Unfortunately the total number
of places made available to the UNHCR for refugee resettlement is
only 76,740 per year.
* Many argue that all refugees should apply to the UNHCR and wait
for processing. It is a matter of simple arithmatic that they
would have to wait an average of 136 years to be resettled. (10.5
million refugees divided by 76,740 places) That is a very long
queue. (That figure of 136 years also assumes that there are no
more wars or natural disasters in the next 136 years to add to the
refugee numbers.)
* If the 100 wealthiest countries took an extra, one-off intake of
about 105,000 refugees each, then the argument that refugees
should wait their turn could begin to have some validity. After
that every wealthy country would also need to dramatically
increase the number of refugees they were willing to accept.
_Visa overstayers_
* Visa overstayers are illegal immigrants who came to Australia on
tourist visas and do not leave.
* The countries of origon with largest numbers of these illegal
immigrants are UK and USA.
* In 2007-2008, the number of visa overstayers was 48,500 compared
to 25 boat people arrivals. They outnumbered boat people by 1,904
to 1.
* Of the last 12 years, 2000-2001 had the most boat people arrivals.
That same year Australia had 60,000 visa overstayers. They
outnumbered boat people 14 to 1.
* Consider the differences. Asylum seekers usually enter Australia
openly and hand themselves over to the authorities and ask for
asylum. Visa overstayers pretend to come for a holiday when the
intend to stay. Refugees are also fleeing danger. What is so
dangerous in the UK and USA?
* Why is there such a public outcry about refugees but not about
visa overstayers?
I hope this is helpful and maybe I have saved you some research time.
Thanks,
Ross
_Sources
_www.immi.gov.au
www.unhcr.org
www.refugeecouncil.org.au
Labels: Asylum Seekers, Culture, Discipleship, Faith, Humour, Refugees, Resources, Tear, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 4:53 PM 0 comments Thursday, March 12, 2009
::Rants-Global Financial Crisis? Been thinking allot about the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) or the US term, GFM (Global Financial Meltdown). I have been thinking about it because since I returned from Bangladesh in January, I have found myself thinking about the many people who I met in that country who's lives are affected far more dramatically, than people here in Australia.
It is a difficult conversation, because you can easily find yourself comparing misery with misery. That is not my intention. Having been made redundant three times in my life means I am aquainted with the pain that financial uncertainty brings. However, in each situation, we were ok. We have an incredible series of safety nets to fall back on in times of financial distress in a place like Australia.
Not so in Bangladesh. The nation is very poor, and so many individuals I met face pretty bleak futures, because of the GFC.
However, the thing I found most difficult to cope with is the term we give the phenomenon. Global: Well, that's a no brainer. Financial: it effects all kinds of financial systems, or the various parts of the one global financial system. Crisis: hmmmm, this is where it gets interesting.
In the early 2000's, George Bush had his administration use the term "Climate Change" as oppossed to the aforementioned "Global Warming". The term "Global Warming" alarmed people, as it probably should! So the administration, in a master stroke of spin, had the crisis "rebranded". Enter: Climate Change. Sounds more like a holiday than a crisis requiring attention.
The same treatment has been given to the GFC. To call it something benign like the Global Financial Crisis takes attention away from two very important issues. The first is that it is not a crisis in the sense that this thing appeared from out of nowhere like some random act of nature. Due to the incredibly unregulated financial markets in the US, financial institutions were able to act in an incredibly cavalier fashion, essentially lying to existing regulation authorities (including the international markets) in order to appear more profitable than they actually were.
In short:
The second issue that went through to the keeper is the one of international trade. For decades, the World Bank/International Monetary Fund has been telling the governments of developing countries that if they want loans and investment, then they cannot prop up failing businesses. If a business or corporation fails in their country, they just need to let the market do it's work, which effectivley means, indigenous corporations fail and international (read corporations from places like the USA, UK, Australia and the like) move in and take up the market share.
Failing businesses and corporations in developing nations means incredible pain for workers in parts of the world that do not have the kinds of safety nets that places like the USA, the UK and Australia do.
So, the "GFC" hits, US car manufacturing companies begin to fall over and what happens, they go to their government and ask to be bailed out with tax payer funds. The American senate responds with packages.
So the USA effectivley declares to the world that there are two sets of rules, one for developing nations (who have no negotiating power and have to accept the raw deal given them) and one for developing nations (who have the power to do whatever they want).
The net result of all of the above, is that the communities and the individuals who are most vulnerable, are those in developing countries, and specifically, those from poor communities.
I have been struggling, particularly during this time of Lent, to know how I as an individual follower of Jesus, can somehow respond to this incredibly overwhelming set of unjust systems that wreak havoc on poor communities. As I have contemplated a response, one thought was to share it with others. And so I have.
Grace.
It is a difficult conversation, because you can easily find yourself comparing misery with misery. That is not my intention. Having been made redundant three times in my life means I am aquainted with the pain that financial uncertainty brings. However, in each situation, we were ok. We have an incredible series of safety nets to fall back on in times of financial distress in a place like Australia.
Not so in Bangladesh. The nation is very poor, and so many individuals I met face pretty bleak futures, because of the GFC.
However, the thing I found most difficult to cope with is the term we give the phenomenon. Global: Well, that's a no brainer. Financial: it effects all kinds of financial systems, or the various parts of the one global financial system. Crisis: hmmmm, this is where it gets interesting.
In the early 2000's, George Bush had his administration use the term "Climate Change" as oppossed to the aforementioned "Global Warming". The term "Global Warming" alarmed people, as it probably should! So the administration, in a master stroke of spin, had the crisis "rebranded". Enter: Climate Change. Sounds more like a holiday than a crisis requiring attention.
The same treatment has been given to the GFC. To call it something benign like the Global Financial Crisis takes attention away from two very important issues. The first is that it is not a crisis in the sense that this thing appeared from out of nowhere like some random act of nature. Due to the incredibly unregulated financial markets in the US, financial institutions were able to act in an incredibly cavalier fashion, essentially lying to existing regulation authorities (including the international markets) in order to appear more profitable than they actually were.
In short:
- Banks lent incredibly irresponsibly to people whom the banks knew were not in a position to pay back such house mortgages.
- The bank leaders and managers did so in order to sell more banking products.
- The reason they needed to sell products, was in order to make greater profits.
- The driving force is the greed of the few.
The second issue that went through to the keeper is the one of international trade. For decades, the World Bank/International Monetary Fund has been telling the governments of developing countries that if they want loans and investment, then they cannot prop up failing businesses. If a business or corporation fails in their country, they just need to let the market do it's work, which effectivley means, indigenous corporations fail and international (read corporations from places like the USA, UK, Australia and the like) move in and take up the market share.
Failing businesses and corporations in developing nations means incredible pain for workers in parts of the world that do not have the kinds of safety nets that places like the USA, the UK and Australia do.
So, the "GFC" hits, US car manufacturing companies begin to fall over and what happens, they go to their government and ask to be bailed out with tax payer funds. The American senate responds with packages.
So the USA effectivley declares to the world that there are two sets of rules, one for developing nations (who have no negotiating power and have to accept the raw deal given them) and one for developing nations (who have the power to do whatever they want).
The net result of all of the above, is that the communities and the individuals who are most vulnerable, are those in developing countries, and specifically, those from poor communities.
I have been struggling, particularly during this time of Lent, to know how I as an individual follower of Jesus, can somehow respond to this incredibly overwhelming set of unjust systems that wreak havoc on poor communities. As I have contemplated a response, one thought was to share it with others. And so I have.
Grace.
Labels: Culture, Discipleship, Faith, Justice, Theology, Trade
Posted by Stephen @ 9:46 PM 0 comments Monday, March 02, 2009
::Rants-Slum Dog Middle Incomers Saw this article in the Age on Saturday. These guys are Tear field workers. Lisa and I actually stayed with them for a few days in 2002 (I think it was)? Great story, good read.
Labels: Discipleship, India, Lifestyle
Posted by Stephen @ 9:53 AM 1 comments Tuesday, February 10, 2009
::Rants-Danny Nilliah Boycott I am still in Queensland trying to do what I can to help a few people who I know, and many I do not. I joined Twitter to try and lend a hand where I can. I cannot believe how so many people are using social networking tools to coordinate relief efforts, pass on information about the fires, road closures and the like, and generally trying to use information to make a meaningful response.
Lisa, my magnificent partner will be working both today and tomorrow in one of the council based relief centres. In addition, she registered us to host a family whose home was destroyed. If you live close to one of the affected areas, can I encourage you to do the same? It would make so much difference to a family who has kids who are enrolled in schools, who have jobs they need to get back to in order to organise financial stability in their lives and such. Call 1800 006 468 to register your home.
I am so proud of so many other followers of Jesus who are faithfully and humbly trying to respond to this unprecedented disaster.
However, I am also deeply ashamed to be associated with a Christian brother of mine, Danny Nilliah of Catch the Fire Ministries. Today he released a statement that is nothing short of mindless, heartless, absolute stupidity, crass callousness, and revealing an incredibly shallow and superficial grasp on theology and the God of all the universe.
He claims that he had a dream that showed Victoria in flames as a result of passing the recent abortion laws. He talks about a god (lower case "g" deliberate as the god he describes is not the God of all the universe, simply one of petty, narrow minded and ignorant, small men who believe that their view of the world is correct and everyone else needs to conform to their twisted views), that has removed his protection from Victoria because of a legislative decision.
As you can tell, I am filled with rage, and I am doing my best to try and direct it towards his idiotic grasp on theology, rather than towards the man himself.
According to Danny, the nightmares that the heroic men and women of the CFA will have to live with for the rest of their lives, are a judgement of God. The images seared upon the imaginations of adults and children who have lost loved ones in the most horrific of ways, is a judgement of God. The sinister fury of a force of nature, so arbitrarily inflicted upon communities, families and individuals, greater than anything else this nation has ever experienced during peacetime, is a judgement of God.
Danny, your comments regarding Islam in the past have shown you to be an ignorant and fearful little man. Your comments regarding this tragedy, at this time, to me, simply reinforce your petty inferiorities. Fancy using this horrific moment in the lives of so many, to grab headlines for your petty and insigificant business that you call a ministry?
I have felt deep shame over your ignorant and uninformed opinions splashed across the media in the past. This most recent attempt at grabbing headlines fills me with so much shame and remorse.
A Franciscan by the name of Richard Rohr says that the only way we can critique the bad, is to practice the better. So I call on all of my brothers and sisters in Christ who are similarly outraged by this mindless and petty attempt to capitalise on the pain and suffering of others to grab a few headlines, to do two things:
Lisa, my magnificent partner will be working both today and tomorrow in one of the council based relief centres. In addition, she registered us to host a family whose home was destroyed. If you live close to one of the affected areas, can I encourage you to do the same? It would make so much difference to a family who has kids who are enrolled in schools, who have jobs they need to get back to in order to organise financial stability in their lives and such. Call 1800 006 468 to register your home.
I am so proud of so many other followers of Jesus who are faithfully and humbly trying to respond to this unprecedented disaster.
However, I am also deeply ashamed to be associated with a Christian brother of mine, Danny Nilliah of Catch the Fire Ministries. Today he released a statement that is nothing short of mindless, heartless, absolute stupidity, crass callousness, and revealing an incredibly shallow and superficial grasp on theology and the God of all the universe.
He claims that he had a dream that showed Victoria in flames as a result of passing the recent abortion laws. He talks about a god (lower case "g" deliberate as the god he describes is not the God of all the universe, simply one of petty, narrow minded and ignorant, small men who believe that their view of the world is correct and everyone else needs to conform to their twisted views), that has removed his protection from Victoria because of a legislative decision.
As you can tell, I am filled with rage, and I am doing my best to try and direct it towards his idiotic grasp on theology, rather than towards the man himself.
According to Danny, the nightmares that the heroic men and women of the CFA will have to live with for the rest of their lives, are a judgement of God. The images seared upon the imaginations of adults and children who have lost loved ones in the most horrific of ways, is a judgement of God. The sinister fury of a force of nature, so arbitrarily inflicted upon communities, families and individuals, greater than anything else this nation has ever experienced during peacetime, is a judgement of God.
Danny, your comments regarding Islam in the past have shown you to be an ignorant and fearful little man. Your comments regarding this tragedy, at this time, to me, simply reinforce your petty inferiorities. Fancy using this horrific moment in the lives of so many, to grab headlines for your petty and insigificant business that you call a ministry?
I have felt deep shame over your ignorant and uninformed opinions splashed across the media in the past. This most recent attempt at grabbing headlines fills me with so much shame and remorse.
A Franciscan by the name of Richard Rohr says that the only way we can critique the bad, is to practice the better. So I call on all of my brothers and sisters in Christ who are similarly outraged by this mindless and petty attempt to capitalise on the pain and suffering of others to grab a few headlines, to do two things:
- Ignore him. Just ignore him.
- Give money to the various appeals and open your homes (see above) to the victims.
Labels: Discipleship, Theology, Victorian Fires
Posted by Stephen @ 8:48 PM 12 comments Sunday, January 04, 2009
::Itinerary-Bangladesh 2009 Some of you may know that for the last three years, Tear has been working on developing a partnership with Christian schools in helping the learn from our partners in the third world. After three and a half years of work, we are seeing the next major milestone, taking a class of year 12's to Bangladesh to visit HEED.
I will be accompanying them for the next 2 weeks. you can see what we are up to on their blog created to chronicle that particular trip here... http://dccbangladesh.weblog.com/
I will be accompanying them for the next 2 weeks. you can see what we are up to on their blog created to chronicle that particular trip here... http://dccbangladesh.weblog.com/
Labels: Discipleship, Tear
Posted by Stephen @ 4:01 PM 0 comments Thursday, November 13, 2008
::Rants-http://www.climateofchange.tv/
I forgot that I could actually embed this video in my blog post so you don't have to travel off to another site to see it. This is Tear's latest video. I really urge you to check it out.
The "twist in the tail" is climate change from the perspective of poor communities. Very much worth 6 minutes and 18 seconds of your life.
I forgot that I could actually embed this video in my blog post so you don't have to travel off to another site to see it. This is Tear's latest video. I really urge you to check it out.
The "twist in the tail" is climate change from the perspective of poor communities. Very much worth 6 minutes and 18 seconds of your life.
Labels: Discipleship, Environment, Justice, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 2:37 PM 1 comments Tuesday, November 11, 2008
::Theology-Christians and Climate Change I am a little excited and optimistic these days that Christians are beginning to realise the importance of Climate Change as an issue and many I know are even beginning to act upon it.
At Tear Australia, one of the reasons we think it is important is because the group of people who are often *the* most vulnerable to climate change are the poorest communities on the planet.
With that in mind, Tear have released a new resource for the Australian (and broader) Christian community to give them some resources around Climate Change from perspective of it's impact on poor communities. Check it out here if you want more information.
At Tear Australia, one of the reasons we think it is important is because the group of people who are often *the* most vulnerable to climate change are the poorest communities on the planet.
With that in mind, Tear have released a new resource for the Australian (and broader) Christian community to give them some resources around Climate Change from perspective of it's impact on poor communities. Check it out here if you want more information.
Labels: Discipleship, Environment, Faith, Justice, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 4:13 PM 0 comments Monday, November 10, 2008
::Rants-Good facilitation I was reminded of what good facilitation is yesterday. A colleague of mine, Kate Conway, from Tear Australia lead missio Dei through a process of thinking about (a) how a community disciples kids and (b) how as part of the discipleship process, we can help kids learn about God's love for all the people in the world and how we can be practical in helping to make a difference.
After about one and a half hours, we had over 80 simple ideas that we could implement with our kids as families and households, and as a church community. ALL of the ideas came from people in the community.
The brilliance was that Kate was able to draw out what many of us already knew.
This is *good facilitation*.
Labels: Children, Discipleship, Family, Justice, Leadership
Posted by Stephen @ 1:23 PM 0 comments Wednesday, October 29, 2008
::Rants-Bunjilaka Spent this morning with my class at Bunjilaka at the Melbourne Museum. I teach a class on spiritual formation and I thought it would be pretty important to help the students come to terms with Australia's recent history and treatment of the indigenous peoples, and consequently, what this means for us as followers of the Prince of Peace and Reconcilliation, Jesus.
It was hard to get any indication from the guys and girls as to what was going on inside of them as we were a big group, and we were in a public setting. I have to say that I was really impressed with the museum's people who made themselves available at such short notice and getting an impromptu address from Caroline Martin, the manager of Bunjilaka, and daughter of one of Melbourne's elders, was wonderful.
I hope to debrief with the guys next week (if I can squeeze any more stuff into n already packed class) and I would love to share some of their observations with you.
In terms of my observations, well I just always seem to come away from the museum changed in another small way, which is what education should do. This time, three things were significant for me.
The first was reading the story of a child taken when he was only 4 years old. My whole being involuntarily imagined a scene where my little Harry (who only just turned 4) was taken from me whilst I was away from home, with no explaination and chance of me finding him in the future. I have experienced life very differently since becoming a dad. It moved me to tears.
The second observation was the fact that the Australian singer/song writer Archie Roach was taken when he was a child too. I knew him to be an activist as well as an artist but I did not know that he was one of the "Stolen Generation".
And probably the third and most disturbing of the observations was the students shock at discovering so much about the land in which they were born and raised, for the first time.
Thumbs up Museum of Victoria for helping shape our discipleship.
Labels: Culture, Discipleship, Indigenous Australians, Personal
Posted by Stephen @ 1:25 PM 0 comments Tuesday, October 28, 2008
::Rants-Observation I tend to get quite passionate about a few things. My kids for one. My relationship with Lisa. I take it very seriously, especially now that 13 marriages of people close to me have come to an end over the last 10 years. My work with Tear and Tabor are also things I take seriously, and of course my football (go Victory!).
I have had criticism in the past, about being over the top, emotional, too "full on" and the like. It bugs me. Our culture is one where you are not allowed to take anything seriously. If you get passionate about something, you are immediately categorised as an extremist of some description.
However, there are some things that you are allowed to be passionate about, and it is cool to do so. The issue is to know what it is socially acceptable to be "passionate" about, and to make sure you don't take it too far.
So the other day, I am making my way through the new temple of "i" (Westfield Doncaster) and see the consequences of their new marketing campaign. This and other images with the slogan "A fashion for passion" appear all over the place.
My brain locked up as I transcended each subsequent level of irony.
But not a passion for the inanimate. Idolatry makes us less human, as we value inanimate objects over living things. True workship is to value the animate over the inanimate. In this kind of radical worship, passion is necessary. It awakenes us from the dull lifelessless that is a life that revolves around "me". True worship will bring us to life. In order to become more human, and more alive, passion is necessary.
I have had criticism in the past, about being over the top, emotional, too "full on" and the like. It bugs me. Our culture is one where you are not allowed to take anything seriously. If you get passionate about something, you are immediately categorised as an extremist of some description.
However, there are some things that you are allowed to be passionate about, and it is cool to do so. The issue is to know what it is socially acceptable to be "passionate" about, and to make sure you don't take it too far.
So the other day, I am making my way through the new temple of "i" (Westfield Doncaster) and see the consequences of their new marketing campaign. This and other images with the slogan "A fashion for passion" appear all over the place.
My brain locked up as I transcended each subsequent level of irony.
- You are allowed to be passionate about fashion.
- You can be passionate about something that is superficial, fickle and fleeting.
- Your passion is indicated by the amount of money you spend on fashion.
- And most importantly, DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU ARE PASSIONATE. Let the clothes speak for you. As a matter of fact, don't give any indication of emotion at all, otherwise you blow your carefully constructed cool passion.
But not a passion for the inanimate. Idolatry makes us less human, as we value inanimate objects over living things. True workship is to value the animate over the inanimate. In this kind of radical worship, passion is necessary. It awakenes us from the dull lifelessless that is a life that revolves around "me". True worship will bring us to life. In order to become more human, and more alive, passion is necessary.
Labels: Consumerism, Culture, Discipleship, Economics, Gen Y, Missiology
Posted by Stephen @ 12:56 PM 3 comments Wednesday, July 30, 2008
::Politics-A change in mandatory detention laws? I was pretty excited to get this email from the Tear Changemankers network. Here is an excerpt...
We still need to lobby the minister for immigration, letting him know that we are aware that he is trying to see this law changed, and to continue to encourage him to take this positive action. Check out the website for how to get involved in that too.
If you are interested in getting involved in activity like this, check out http://www.tear.org.au/getinvolved/change-makers/Join the celebrations
After campaigning with others on refugee and asylum seeker issues since 2001, TEAR Australia ChangeMakers can join the celebrations. The Immigration Minister has proposed changes to make detention of aslyum-seekers a last resort and put in place clear boundaries so that it cannot be indefinite and unreviewable.
Asylum seekers coming by boat to one of the places that the previous Government excised from Australia's migration zone will now also have access to assistance and review of their cases – rights the former policy stripped them of.
We are very supportive of the Government's proposed changes. We hope and pray that we will never again see people (including many children) locked up for years, with all the associated mental and physical harm, while they seek protection in Australia.
We still need to lobby the minister for immigration, letting him know that we are aware that he is trying to see this law changed, and to continue to encourage him to take this positive action. Check out the website for how to get involved in that too.
Labels: Asylum Seekers, Celebration, Discipleship, Justice, Refugees
Posted by Stephen @ 2:25 PM 0 comments Sunday, July 27, 2008
::Rants-Reflections on the UNOH Conference
I spent last Friday at Surrender 08 conference. Then on the Sunday, some of us from our community, missio Dei spent the day there also. It was a great time to reconnect with some old friends in the radical discipleship movement, as well as a time of making some new ones. It is a time/place/space where, if I may borrow a phrase that Marcus Curnow often cites, I feel I am with "my people". As a matter of fact, Marcus was there!
I am coming to appreciate how calling a special time to come together to hear stories old and new, and to be inspired again, can be quite important. Lisa and I came away recommitting to being more intentional about our attempts to live a life of mission, committed to embracing those who live on the edges. So did a few of the missio guys also. It was a wonderful time.
Two of the highlights for me are as follows:
I am coming to appreciate how calling a special time to come together to hear stories old and new, and to be inspired again, can be quite important. Lisa and I came away recommitting to being more intentional about our attempts to live a life of mission, committed to embracing those who live on the edges. So did a few of the missio guys also. It was a wonderful time.
Two of the highlights for me are as follows:
- Harry (our almost 4 year old) is getting real curious about Aboriginal Australians. In my attempt to try and treat him as a person, instead of an utsy cutsy kid, I tried to explain to him about how Aboriginal people have been dispossessed of their land, and consequently their culture and dignity. He handled it pretty well, although my analogy of someone stealing someone else's house, while it worked, disturbed him a little. On the Sunday afternoon, the Jar Jum dance troop from Sydney closed the gathering, and Harry sat enthralled, as he experienced some of the rich culture of Australia's first people, for the first time. He is still talking about it. This encounter has done more in ne afternoon, than most of my attempts to tell him this part of Australia's history and story. So I am really pleased that it was transformational for Harry.
- The second reason it was somewhat moving for me, is, quite frankly, I am trying to figure out exactly how I understand and relate to the Holy Spirit, as a post charismatic/pentecostal. Notice the word "post", not "non". I am trying to figure out what it means to value Gods kingdom, and pursuing the values and principles of this Kingdom (like justice, compassion, mercy, love and forgiveness) in a charismatic/pentecostal way. I struggle with allot of the ritual that the charismatic/pentecostal experience is saddled with. So I have been on a journey of trying to figure out what a new pneumatology would look like. The focus of my reflections is the question, what would a life in the spirit, that pursues the invisible city of God look like? So it was with a deep sense of profundity, I listened to Jackie Pullinger. She talked about walking through the walled city of Hong Kong, and how, if she was to be involved in a sustainable ministry, she needed to see not only the city as it was, but the city as it should be. This was her metaphor. She would have had no idea that she was speaking straight into my question. A life in the spirit, has it's origins in being able to see not just what we would ordinarily see, but life as it would be when the invisible city of God eventually is established here on this earth. For me, it was a moving pointer to the beginnings of trying to flesh out a post charismatic, post pentecostal pneumatology. (In Christian theology pneumatology refers to the study of the Holy Spirit.)
Labels: Discipleship, Justice, Missiology, Pneumatology, Spirituality, UNOH
Posted by Stephen @ 8:17 PM 0 comments Saturday, July 26, 2008
::Resources-Prayer and Mission: The Coming of the Kingdom of God This presentation is from the Tear National Conference (from where I am currently blogging, I love internet access from anywhere! Well, anywhere Optus has coverage anyway) presentation that I made last night.
The workshop was called "Prayer and Mission: The coming of the Kingdom of God. It may not make allot of sense to those who did not participate in the workshop, yet here they are. Click here to download them.
The workshop was called "Prayer and Mission: The coming of the Kingdom of God. It may not make allot of sense to those who did not participate in the workshop, yet here they are. Click here to download them.
Labels: Discipleship, Faith, Lifestyle, Missiology, Politics, Prayer, Spirituality, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 7:39 PM 0 comments Monday, November 26, 2007
::Activism-Secret Society I have spoken to some of you about the secret society. We are starting to form for next year. If you are interested, email me asap so I can include you in on the formation process.
Labels: Discipleship, Lifestyle, Spirituality, Tear
Posted by Stephen @ 3:21 PM 0 comments Tuesday, November 13, 2007
::Resources-Internet Fund Raising 
This is a great idea by a mate of mine in Tasmania (and a few of his friends) to get as many individual $1 donations as possible. I think the calculation is something like: if they can get 10% of the worlds internet users to give $1AU, they can raise over $7.9 million dollars.
And of course, I like the fact that Tear is one of the handful of beneficiaries too!
Spread the word, AND MAKE SURE YOU GIVE YOUR $1 DONATION!
PS - THe url is www.onehitwonder.org...
This is a great idea by a mate of mine in Tasmania (and a few of his friends) to get as many individual $1 donations as possible. I think the calculation is something like: if they can get 10% of the worlds internet users to give $1AU, they can raise over $7.9 million dollars.And of course, I like the fact that Tear is one of the handful of beneficiaries too!
Spread the word, AND MAKE SURE YOU GIVE YOUR $1 DONATION!
PS - THe url is www.onehitwonder.org...
Labels: Discipleship, Environment, Events, Lifestyle, Social Justice, Spirituality, Tasmania
Posted by Stephen @ 10:23 AM 1 comments ::Resource-Fair Trade info in Australia I often get asked about where people can get information regarding Fair Trade and how to be involved in a meaningful way. Yvonne James (Tear Tasmania) has compiled this list. Thanks Yvonne!
Australia & New Zealand People for Fair Trade http://www.fairtrade.asn.au/
PFFT are suppliers of Fairtrade tea & coffee and give priority to products where value adding (processing & packaging) is done by local companies in the country of origin.
Fair Trade in
FTAANZ is the coordinating group for individuals and organisations in the fair trade movement in
aust@fairtrade.com.au (03) 9662 2919. The Australian FTAANZ office is in
Fair Trade Fortnight 2008
3rd - 18th MAY
Fair Trade Fortnight (FTF) is FTAANZ’s annual promotional event that runs in May across both
World Fair Trade Day 2008
Saturday 10th May
“FLO is an umbrella organization that unites 20 Labelling Initiatives in 21 countries and Producer Networks representing Fairtrade Certified Producer Organizations in Central and South America, Africa and
People for Fair Trade http://www.fairtrade.asn.au/
People for Fair Trade (PFFT) are a voluntary network of people in Australia who are committed to fair trade with producers of goods, through the support of education and alternative trade.
PFFT are suppliers of Fairtrade tea & coffee and give priority to products where value adding (processing & packaging) is done by local companies in the country of origin.
Contacts for Fair Trade Fortnight 2008
Qld - Shannon Sheedy enquiries@thedharmadoor.com.au
NSW - Joanna Jouinn joannajouin@bigair.com.au
Vic - Victoria Schladetsch victoria_sch@msn.com
SA - Karen Wahlstrom shop50@oxfamshop.org.au
WA - Bob Roberts robert@fairgotrading.com.au
Labels: Discipleship, Environment, Lifestyle, Social Justice, Spirituality
Posted by Stephen @ 10:16 AM 0 comments Tuesday, September 25, 2007
::Rants-An 80's Education I am trying to introduce my Gen Y house mate into the richness that was 80's movies. Below is a compilation of movies that we are including in our "80's Movie Festival" to give him a snapshot of 80's pop culture. Yes there is a bias towards sci fi, but that is me.
With that in mind, I wonder what your thoughts are? Will he be getting a quintessential snapshot of the 80's? What would you lose/include?
fyi - We used www.boxofficemojo.com ad lookes at the top 50 from each year and tried to narrow it down to 3, 4 at a pinch. Let me know what you reckon. We start with Close Encounters this week!
1980:
With that in mind, I wonder what your thoughts are? Will he be getting a quintessential snapshot of the 80's? What would you lose/include?
fyi - We used www.boxofficemojo.com ad lookes at the top 50 from each year and tried to narrow it down to 3, 4 at a pinch. Let me know what you reckon. We start with Close Encounters this week!
1980:
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Empire Strikes Back
- Fame
- Escape from New York
- American Werewolf in London
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Blade Runner
- First Blood
- Gandhi
- Scarface
- The Outsiders
- Wargames
- 16 Candles
- The Last Starfighter
- Karate Kid
- The Breakfast Club
- The Goonies
- Back to the Future
- Pretty in Pink
- Ferris Beuller's Day Off
- Aliens
- Top Gun
- The Lost Boys
- Wall Street
- Predator
- Good Morning Vietnam
- Mississippi Burning
- Cocktail
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- A Weekend at Bernie's
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Field of Dreams
- Dead Poets Society
Labels: 80's, Culture, Discipleship
Posted by Stephen @ 12:28 PM 9 comments Monday, August 27, 2007
::Rants-Bible Rewrite The Sheep and the Goats doesn't get a whole lot of airplay. Maybe a bit more now but very little when I first came to faith. A significant contributor to my formation was a rewrite of the Sheep and the Goats that looked something like this:
I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger, thankyou.It impacted me to such a degree that I thought that I had to do something to give it the same gravity to the young adults that I spend time with, that the original had upon me. Here is my humble version...
I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release.
I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance.
I was sick and you knelt and thanked God for your health.
I was homeless and you preached to me of a spiritual shelter of the love of God.
I was lonely and you left me alone to pray for me.
You seemed so holy, so close to God, but I am still very hungry and lonely and cold.
For I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink. So we found a water table and drilled a well. But Coca Cola Amatil came to our city and outbid us for access to our own water. They use it to make your Coca Cola. They outbid us with the profits they made from selling you their product.I would be interested in your thoughts...
I was imprisoned in my own country, so I fled in desperation with nothing except the money that I was able to get in exchange for everything I ever owned. I managed to get to your country, even though the people smugglers told me I was going to England! When I got to your country, you put me into another prison. Except you call yours a detention centre?
I was naked, and you did not clothe me. So we had to find work in order to buy our own clothes. I found work, in a factory. I worked every day from 7am till 9pm with very few breaks, 7 days a week. It was hard work. I rarely got to see my family, life was very hard. This kind of life made me very sad. The factory I worked in made clothes that were sold to you.
I was sick. I agonized as many of my family, friends and especially the children in my community die from things like diarrhoea and simple infections. I was afraid I would die in this horrible way too. Day after day, month after month, year after year. This happened whilst every now and then, you would give thanks to your God for your health.
I was homeless and I read in one of your Christian books that if I applied myself and worked hard enough, I could have whatever I could conjure up enough faith for. I have been praying and believing for a home for my family. I cannot wait for God to answer that prayer.
I was lonely, hoping for someone to visit. Often I saw your aeroplanes flying overhead. I suspect that you were probably on your way to London, or Paris to see things that were very important and special.
You seemed so blessed with so many things. You must be very holy for God to bless you with so many good things. I am still very hungry and lonely and cold.
Labels: Culture, Discipleship, Lifestyle, Rants, Social Justice, Spirituality, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 4:35 PM 16 comments Tuesday, August 14, 2007
::Rants-Social Justice is the new Emergent Social Justice is the new black. Apparently.
Seems as though (in the Australian context anyway) that "cool" for Christians is involvement in social justice. Emergent has worn off a while ago it would seem.
The problem I find with interest in social justice is (as I have blogged before) it's consumed just as quickly as any fad. "Social Justice" becomes another t shirt, wrist band or some other consumer product that gives someone a feeling of involvement.
In the same way that social commentators refer to Gen Y's experience of community as "pseudo community", so too the social action engaged in is "pseudo social justice".
The issue, once again becomes the ability to hold the information or an idea in our head whilst living out contradictory actions, and at some level considering this to be belief.
One of the biggest issues I find is the long term nature of living a life in response to the injustice that grips so many levels of our world. It requires continuous action, every hour of every day. Our purchases, our interactions with people, our interactions in the systems which we inhabit, it is never ending.
In this context, I find Paul's encouragement to "not become weary in doing good" (Gal 6:9). There is recognition that the task of remaking the world is a long term one, requiring several million small acts each week, that may at certain points, really annoy you because you sometimes will feel like giving up and buying into the prevailing culture.
Seems as though (in the Australian context anyway) that "cool" for Christians is involvement in social justice. Emergent has worn off a while ago it would seem.
The problem I find with interest in social justice is (as I have blogged before) it's consumed just as quickly as any fad. "Social Justice" becomes another t shirt, wrist band or some other consumer product that gives someone a feeling of involvement.
In the same way that social commentators refer to Gen Y's experience of community as "pseudo community", so too the social action engaged in is "pseudo social justice".
The issue, once again becomes the ability to hold the information or an idea in our head whilst living out contradictory actions, and at some level considering this to be belief.
One of the biggest issues I find is the long term nature of living a life in response to the injustice that grips so many levels of our world. It requires continuous action, every hour of every day. Our purchases, our interactions with people, our interactions in the systems which we inhabit, it is never ending.
In this context, I find Paul's encouragement to "not become weary in doing good" (Gal 6:9). There is recognition that the task of remaking the world is a long term one, requiring several million small acts each week, that may at certain points, really annoy you because you sometimes will feel like giving up and buying into the prevailing culture.
Labels: Culture, Discipleship, Mission, Rants, Social Justice, Spirituality
Posted by Stephen @ 10:34 AM 7 comments Wednesday, July 18, 2007
::Rants-Still in Queensland 
In Brisbane at the moment. I have been involved in the Forge Intensive on Spirituality for Mission. It was a great conversation held at Bracken Ridge Baptist.
On Sunday night, I spent the evening with Joshua Tree, Steve Turner's tribe on the Sunshine Coast. It was a good evening, having conversations around money and mission, and catching up with some old (and new) friends.
Yesterday morning I had breakfast with the crew from City Wesleyan, the community presided over by the luminous Ken and Leanne Baker. Had a great time conversing around the artificial gap placed by the Western Church between Evangelism and Social Justice.
Today I spent the morning at YMIS. We reflected theologically on the nature of conversion and its practical ramifications, as well as
some good reflection on the Kingdom of God narratives understood by the early church.
I am getting to the point of exhaustion. So I am really looking forward to meeting up with Ralph (ex-Tear) and then picking up Lisa and Harry from the Gold Coast Airport tonight. I have not seen either of them since last Thursday and miss them crazily.
So I will be signing off for a week and a half, devouring re-runs of the X-Files on my laptop and reading the 14 books I have brought with me on holidays!
In Brisbane at the moment. I have been involved in the Forge Intensive on Spirituality for Mission. It was a great conversation held at Bracken Ridge Baptist.On Sunday night, I spent the evening with Joshua Tree, Steve Turner's tribe on the Sunshine Coast. It was a good evening, having conversations around money and mission, and catching up with some old (and new) friends.
Yesterday morning I had breakfast with the crew from City Wesleyan, the community presided over by the luminous Ken and Leanne Baker. Had a great time conversing around the artificial gap placed by the Western Church between Evangelism and Social Justice.
Today I spent the morning at YMIS. We reflected theologically on the nature of conversion and its practical ramifications, as well as
some good reflection on the Kingdom of God narratives understood by the early church.
I am getting to the point of exhaustion. So I am really looking forward to meeting up with Ralph (ex-Tear) and then picking up Lisa and Harry from the Gold Coast Airport tonight. I have not seen either of them since last Thursday and miss them crazily.
So I will be signing off for a week and a half, devouring re-runs of the X-Files on my laptop and reading the 14 books I have brought with me on holidays!
Labels: Blogging, Discipleship, Events, Itinerary, Mission, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 1:27 PM 2 comments Friday, June 15, 2007
::Chuch-Why we make it hard for people to come... I have had quite a few discussions (dare I say arguments?) with people recently regarding the way we go about doing missio Dei. I was having an email conversation with someone about this (don't worry, it was quite civil) and I wrote this to respond to some of their questions. I thought it would make a good blog entry...
We use some strange terminology, like initiation, I know. One of the main reasons we do this is because a few of us do a bit of public speaking and preaching outside of our community. Consequently it is easy to attract Christian people who want to check things out. If we are not careful, it would be pretty easy to get a crowd of Christians who want to come and consume what we are trying to do. Before we know it, we will be running services for Christians coming from other churches. After a while, they will probably move on, and then we find ourselves with something that we shaped for Christians moving through.
We wanted to put priority on engaging with unchurched people in our local communities. We hope that Christians who want to connect with us, realise that the gathering is not a place of excitement and entertainment, rather it is a place of intentional formation that is contrary to the culture in which we find ourselves.
Over the years, inspired by the old monasticism, we are trying to develop what is being described globally as new monasticism. A set of simple practices that help us to continue to be oriented towards the least, the lost and the last. These practices hopefully not only challenge and change our behavior, but also our beliefs and understanding.
We have had uninitiated people come into community gatherings in the past, and the conversation moves very quickly to "what I need" or "what I am looking for in a church". So we find that right from the outset, we have discussions about better sermons, more teaching, better worship etc.
We decided early on that this is not what we were called to do. So initiation is about trying to orient people to a missional life style before they begin to participate in the gatherings. Once people get oriented, and start to experience their world in terms of being called by God to create something of his Kingdom here on this earth, well, let's just say that when they participate in a gathering *after* initiation, the conversations are very different.
Labels: Church, Culture, Discipleship, Lifestyle, Mission, Spirituality
Posted by Stephen @ 2:14 PM 0 comments Tuesday, March 27, 2007
::Rants-NepalDEEP This will be a cracker! I was a part of designing the Tear Short Term program and this trip to Nepal is part of the overall program. I can guarantee that involvement in NepalDEEP will be hazardous to your faith!
Wish I was leading it!
Keep an eye on this link for more details as they become available...
Wish I was leading it!
Keep an eye on this link for more details as they become available...
Labels: Culture, Discipleship, Lifestyle, Rants, Tear
Posted by Stephen @ 4:24 PM 1 comments Friday, March 09, 2007
::Spirituality-Lent Hurts I am two weeks into lent and it's a hurting.
The way we practice Lent is in the week leading up to Lent, we encourage people to ask God what it is that he wants us to give up. For me, for the last 7 years, I have felt God ask me to give up cynicism.
This year, I kind of felt that God was asking me to give up something that was hiding behind my cynicism. I chose cynicism again, knowing that there was something a little deeper this time around, and as is the case with many of us who practice Lent in this way, things were revealed this week to me in a very Pearl Harbour kind of fashion.
There were four (count 'em! Four!) incidents where I have discovered that in my bluntness and directness, I have hurt people with my approach. Some quite deeply, and some superficially.
As an educator, your intention is *never* to do harm. Your hope is that a good space for learning would be created and that everyone grows.
To find out that I have actually been the obstacle, and further still, to have caused someone pain is deeply disturbing to me.
Don't get me wrong, I know that in the course of life, when you take a stand on some things, it will cause some people pain, and a pain that leads to growth. That is not what I am talking about.
What I am talking about is in conversation/presentation, when you have the option to use the cynical comment that you might think is witty, that choice leads to creating unnecessary pain in the life of those who have entrusted their learning journey to you, and you in fact cause destructive pain in the lives of people whose lives have become part of your own.
That knowledge hurts me deeply. Not the deathly kind of debilitating pain. Rather the pain that comes when you realise that without having any kind of intention to harm, you have in actual fact done that.
So I am struggling with that thought today.
Lisa has been wonderful in helping me think through this. She is a 7 on the enneagram and therefor my path to redemption. I have asked her to look at the presentations that I need to make in the next few weeks so that she could help me see how a 7 would convey the same sentiments. She has agreed to do this, so I will be fascinated to see how this will change my approach.
Also, tossing and turning last night, and trying to hear God's way for me, my mind has settled on a thought that I will contemplate for the rest of Lent.
It is based in a fable by Aesop. It is the story of the North Wind and the Sun. In an effort to win a competition that the North Wind initiated, to get a man walking on the earth to remove his coat, the wind blustered and blew. This only succeeded in getting the man to pull his coat more tightly to himself.
In response to the North Winds challenge, the Sun shone warmly. The man feeling the warmth of the Sun, removes his coat of his own volition.
Last night, as I wrestled with these thoughts, I felt God encourage me to:
At least at this point!
The way we practice Lent is in the week leading up to Lent, we encourage people to ask God what it is that he wants us to give up. For me, for the last 7 years, I have felt God ask me to give up cynicism.
This year, I kind of felt that God was asking me to give up something that was hiding behind my cynicism. I chose cynicism again, knowing that there was something a little deeper this time around, and as is the case with many of us who practice Lent in this way, things were revealed this week to me in a very Pearl Harbour kind of fashion.
There were four (count 'em! Four!) incidents where I have discovered that in my bluntness and directness, I have hurt people with my approach. Some quite deeply, and some superficially.
As an educator, your intention is *never* to do harm. Your hope is that a good space for learning would be created and that everyone grows.
To find out that I have actually been the obstacle, and further still, to have caused someone pain is deeply disturbing to me.
Don't get me wrong, I know that in the course of life, when you take a stand on some things, it will cause some people pain, and a pain that leads to growth. That is not what I am talking about.
What I am talking about is in conversation/presentation, when you have the option to use the cynical comment that you might think is witty, that choice leads to creating unnecessary pain in the life of those who have entrusted their learning journey to you, and you in fact cause destructive pain in the lives of people whose lives have become part of your own.
That knowledge hurts me deeply. Not the deathly kind of debilitating pain. Rather the pain that comes when you realise that without having any kind of intention to harm, you have in actual fact done that.
So I am struggling with that thought today.
Lisa has been wonderful in helping me think through this. She is a 7 on the enneagram and therefor my path to redemption. I have asked her to look at the presentations that I need to make in the next few weeks so that she could help me see how a 7 would convey the same sentiments. She has agreed to do this, so I will be fascinated to see how this will change my approach.
Also, tossing and turning last night, and trying to hear God's way for me, my mind has settled on a thought that I will contemplate for the rest of Lent.
It is based in a fable by Aesop. It is the story of the North Wind and the Sun. In an effort to win a competition that the North Wind initiated, to get a man walking on the earth to remove his coat, the wind blustered and blew. This only succeeded in getting the man to pull his coat more tightly to himself.
In response to the North Winds challenge, the Sun shone warmly. The man feeling the warmth of the Sun, removes his coat of his own volition.
Last night, as I wrestled with these thoughts, I felt God encourage me to:
- Be the Sun, loving warmly.
At least at this point!
Labels: Discipleship, Lent, Spirituality
Posted by Stephen @ 7:53 AM 5 comments Thursday, February 08, 2007
::Rants-Where's Seddy? Been away for a three day retreat. As part of my work with ACOM, I facilitate what they call a Formation Group. Formation is actually a subject that students have to take for the three years (full time) that they study, or three times over the course of part time study.
It is a fantastic idea where students essentially are thrown together with a group of strangers who are at similar places, and then they intentionally and deliberately share their lives together. The first part of the process is to gather together for three days and everyone in the group (each group has an average of 4 to 5 people) tells their story.
I have had the privilege for the last four days, of spending some time with who I now consider to be four of the most remarkable people I have ever met. The honesty, the tragedy, beauty, wonder and grace has left me quite punch drunk.
It will make me look at people I meet for the next few weeks anyway, quite differently.
Everyone has a story. Imagine what our world would look like were we all to make time to treat each other humanly, hear each others stories and being invited, as we invite others, into each others stories?
It is a fantastic idea where students essentially are thrown together with a group of strangers who are at similar places, and then they intentionally and deliberately share their lives together. The first part of the process is to gather together for three days and everyone in the group (each group has an average of 4 to 5 people) tells their story.
I have had the privilege for the last four days, of spending some time with who I now consider to be four of the most remarkable people I have ever met. The honesty, the tragedy, beauty, wonder and grace has left me quite punch drunk.
It will make me look at people I meet for the next few weeks anyway, quite differently.
Everyone has a story. Imagine what our world would look like were we all to make time to treat each other humanly, hear each others stories and being invited, as we invite others, into each others stories?
Labels: Discipleship, Rants, Spirituality, Theology
Posted by Stephen @ 10:02 AM 3 comments Wednesday, January 31, 2007
::Discipleship-Technology Recycling On the left, my old MP3 player in a box. On the right, my new MP3 player. Why is my old one in a box? My tech savy inlaws organised a new MP3 player for Christmas. It is a 2GB LG model. The old 256MB model is being recycled. I have organised it to go to friends of mine who will make good use of it, including the dozen Richard Rohr MP3's on the device already.
I am keen to ensure that my ecological footprint is reduced at every opportunity, including my technology footprint.
I am keen to ensure that my ecological footprint is reduced at every opportunity, including my technology footprint.
Labels: Discipleship, Lifestyle
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