A Revolutionary ‘Hail Mary’

Given the sort of physical risk the Bible implies Mary had to survive in order to have a baby, I’ve always thought that these images of revolutionary women might be more appropriate for the mother of Christ rather than the domesticated, insipidly pale faced, blue veiled, watery eyed portraits we’re used to. If you consider …

The Questions of Jesus

I have been working on a prayer response to a session on 'Questioning' by Peter Chapman for young people at this coming weekend's Common Rule Retreat .  This theme is one close to my heart as one of the queries we embrace as part of the Seeds Covenant  is: "How do the questions from the …

Wedding at Cana by Dave Fagg

Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 I was at a meeting of some school’s ministry leaders recently, and some were bemoaning the fact that my city wasn’t more Christian, that more people weren’t following Jesus. Now, I’m all for people following Jesus, but what got me was one leader’s insistence on ‘out-there’ miracles …

The Resonance & Otherness of Wild: Sermon/Rant

The theme of this service, the “Resonance and Otherness of Wild” comes from a story written by Cheryl Lawrie.  It’s about a road trip to Alice Springs in Central Austraila where as one travels north the dust gets redder and redder the coffee shops or ‘stops’ at least, become lesser and lesser. It’s tempting to …

Mark 3:7-35 Tweet List (@tweetinMark 2010, Week 4)

Welcome to Week 4. Here is some of the Tweet Action for Mark 3: 7-35 entitled “Strong Man Get’s Rolled! This is an experiment and we are finding that a static email does not easily capture the dynamic of Web 2.0 Social Media .  In response we are trying harder to Tweet in clearly named …

Mark 1:21-2:13 Tweet List (@tweetinMark 2010, Week 2)

Welcome to Week 2. These tweets below are the ones that have been Sent or re-tweeted by @tweetinMark for the week out of our Melbourne based context with Urban Seed and the Seeds Network.   Thankfully after last week I have found a way to email them in forward sequence so you can follow the flow …

Mark 2:1-12: Gospel of Vic Version (2001)

And after entering into Chadstone Shopping Center after some days it was reported that he was at home, 2 and so many people gathered together that there was no longer any room, not even in the space around the door. 3 And he was speaking the word to them. 4 And they came, bringing to …

City Walk Reading Site #3

Mark 1:29-31: The Healing of Simon's Mother in Law & The Collins Street Baptist Church Deacons’ Room If, as Ched Myers says in Say to this Mountain, “There is no case of healing and exorcism in Mark that does not also raise a larger question about social oppression.” What could possibly be the significance of the …

Mark 1:1-20 Tweet List (Week 1: @tweetinMark 2010)

The popular bible study experiment that is @tweetinMark has begun. These tweets below are the ones that have been Sent or Retweeted by @tweetinMark for the week. We were pretty excited Week One so there are a fair few tweets for Mark1:1-20 coming out of our Melbourne based context with Urban Seed and the Seeds Network...The …

City Walk Reading Site #2

Reading:Mark 1:12 And straightaway the spirit throws him out into the desert.  13  And he was in the desert forty days being tempted by Satan.  And he was with the wild beasts and the angels were ministering to him. (also Matthew 4:1-11) Queries/ Reflections: (Looking out over Melbourne skyline from Collins Street Baptist Church Rooftop, 9th …