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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. Labels: Discipleship, Environment, Justice, Theology 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. Labels: Discipleship, Environment, Faith, Justice, Theology 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 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...
If you are interested in getting involved in activity like this, check out http://www.tear.org.au/getinvolved/change-makers/ 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 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:
Labels: Discipleship, Justice, Missiology, Pneumatology, Spirituality, UNOH |
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About MeI am National Youth Coordinator with TEAR Australia, spending most of my time helping Christian young adults come to terms with being disciples "in" Pop Culture, rather than disciples "of" Pop Culture. In addition, I am part of the leadership team of missio Dei, a faith community based in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and I am a sessional lecturer with Tabor College Victoria and ACOM. Husband to Lisa and father to Harry and Noah. Founding member of the Melbourne Victory FC. 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