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Thoreau: “to live deliberately”
He wasn't a believer, but Henry David Thoreau was a thoughtful and articulate man. This piece from Walden inspires and intrigues me. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not
School leavers and formal ministry training
Australia recognises the value of competency and improvement in the workforce. We have regulation and training options for almost every industry application and education itself is a major industry. Our cultural attitude to education has direct application to the systems and processes that we have established for formal instruction in theology. For this post, I would like to talk about school leavers investigating formal training in ministry/theology. Obviously I will be talking in generalisations. But
Church music training
Last weekend I attended a training seminar on church music, provided through a local Bible institute. Over fifty people attended from various independent churches, including a couple from Melbourne. The topics included the Bible's emphases on music in the church, musicianship, audio/visual/technical support, and leading church music for congregation, choir, and special programs. Steve Mayo from Cornerstone Baptist Church preached a closing message from Isaiah 66, pointing out God's infinite nature and our need for
Our country. Our responsibility.
Over the years, an insidious notion has periodically expressed itself in our circles. The notion is that God is working in the 10/40 window, but he isn't up to much here in Australia. This mentality has led to the idea that our churches can be handled by the rich Americans. We'd much rather pour our time, energy, money, and leaders into some exotic mission field where the pickin's aren't so slim. It's time that we