The topic of making a pilgrimage, a kind of sacred journey has come up in conversations around me a lot recently. The themes underpinning those chats reminded me of this movie, The Way, released in 2011 and starring Martin Sheen and his son, Emilio Estevez. It's all about the Camino...
Read More360 Project seminars coming up...
Looking to sign up for a 360 Project seminar somewhere near you?
Here's what's coming up in the next few months...Feel free to sign up if you live locally or anywhere nearby. Of course, anyone can go to any of these no matter where they are!
Each is free and runs from 9-3.30pm. Rego details available by...
Read MoreLearning to contemplate...
Many of us are so absorbed and taken up with life, and all its minute by minute demands, we may well ask “why bother?” with Christian contemplation. Martin Laird’s recounting of the story of a young male prisoner with a habit of self-harming made my mind up in a way nothing else ever has.
Read MoreLent for adults, teens and younger people too!
Love Life Live Lent is a unique booklet that helps you change the world for the better during Lent one small action at a time ! LLLL offers 40 simple choices and actions for each day of Lent to make the world a better place.
Read MoreWho's in charge of the church?
The Church needs to change in order to fulfil its vocation. Instead of a monarchy, what about Church as an open space of freedom? This book, then, is a...
Read MoreDiocesan Book Club - Read with us now...
he book for the next get-together of Reading with Spiritual Eyes, the diocesan book club is The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose.
The idea is that you can use this book with your local book club, or start one for that purpose in your parish. Then, we all get together on...
Read MoreLent book by Paula Gooder
Paula Gooder continues her popular series on the seasons of the Christian year with this daily companion for the six weeks of Lent, leading readers deeper into the spirit of the season and opening up the scriptures that are read in churches during this period.
Read MoreFree Storytelling Course
One way of referring to Christians is that we are People of the Story. The gospel that we live is the ultimate story in many respects, because it shows how all of the others fit together. Storytelling is one of the arts that clergy and other religious educators try to master because their natural task is to show how people's stories and God's big story connect.
Read MoreUseful for Lent, week by week...
Reminders of the journey of Lent are useful day by day as we approach Holy Week. These videos, could be used in worship or just posted to parishioners for inspiration during the 40 days...Or you could watch them now for your devotions...
Read MoreSilence, by Martin Scorcese
Martin Scorsese has always been a filmmaker whose work has showcased a dialogue with faith, or more correctly a struggle with it, the kind of challenging journey every Christian is on: working to reconcile ambiguity of a sometimes seemingly silent God with day to day experience....
Read MoreOther Lenten ideas for 2017
Here's info about a book and the link for the new ABM materials for Lent this year...
Read MoreThe Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2017
In his first full-length book Justin Welby looks at the subject of money and materialism. Designed for study in the weeks of Lent leading up to Easter, Dethroning Mammon reflects on the impact of...
Read MoreWhat's up with the 360 Project?
Free webinar to prepare for Lent
The Building Faith website has been making some great resources for faith formation lately and here's another one. This free webinar is a middle-of-the-night thing for us here but normally registering for webinars means you can access the material at your own leisure after it's done. Here's the details from them...
Read MoreFree pictures to use in your ministry...
Using visuals in worship is a no-brainer tool for our congregations. We use them in everything from worship booklets to PowerPoint presentations, posters and flyers.
But where can you get copyright free images to use in these instances?
Read MoreReviewing your day with God
So many of us go to bed at night with the day racing through our minds. We need a way to both reflect and let go. A daily examen is one way to to this. By reviewing the day that has passed, and preparing for tomorrow with the expectation of God’s continued care, we create the habit of...
Read MoreTeaching about the Trinity using art
Every now and then there comes a time for filling a gap in your work with children and young people in the Sunday School/Children's church program. The good people over at Building Faith website offer ideas here and there to help us with such moments.
This lesson from a year or two ago helps young people to think about the idea of...
Read MoreSome films worth seeing that you might have missed in 2016
2017 has well and truly started and we’ve seen some great films released already (LaLa Land anyone?) But you might have missed these in the heady rush of 2016. Look out for them on DVD or through your streaming service of choice...
Read MoreAdvent Ideas for you
Here's a bunch of advent ideas and resources to browse...
Read MoreBIBLE360: Introduction to the Bible in Gympie
Want to learn more about the central book to your faith? Want to discover some tools which help with reading and understanding? How did they put this book together, anyway?
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