Details of our Afternoon Tea gatherings in August. […]
Afternoon Tea!
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What is the point in going to church? – Audio
Last night at the WITPIGTC gathering we heard from 3 people who gave us their take on the question. Stephen, Asha, and Matt (R) each spoke for about 5 minutes. Here are the audio recordings… stephen (2.4MB) Asha (2.4MB) matt (2.5MB) […]
Widows in Nalerigu
Home is supporting The Dorcas Foundation which helps widows in northern Ghana to improve their livelihoods and provide a better life for their children. The first contribution to Dorcas from Home has been made this month.
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Coda
(This is the last of the four posts I did for the Cityside Resurrection Blog. ) My oldest son often shouts “Action Jackson” when we’re about to do something. Seeing as ‘action’ was a key theme at the beginning I think it might be best to finish there. Sadly there has been a prefix […]
Making a Space. Making a Start
(This is the second to last of four blog entries I did for the Cityside Resurrection blog. It was first published in early May.) I’d say that I don’t know what happened to last week’s entry, but I think I know. Somehow life did that thing and got in the way. It was combined with […]
‘What is the point in going to church?’
Details of our new cycle exploring the place and meaning of church in today’s world […]
‘Into the Music’ – Matt’s talk
The text of a talk Matt gave in the ‘Into the Music’ cycle based on Van Morrison’s classic 1979 album. […]
Mending the cloak
(This blog entry is a copy of a series that I have been asked to write for Cityside Baptist Church in Auckland, New Zealand. This series is entitled ‘Resurrection Jesus’.) Steve Taylor, the American Christian singer and satirist most known for his songs I want to be a clone and I blew up the clinic […]
Resurrection Leaves
(This blog entry is a copy of a series that I have been asked to write for Cityside Baptist Church in Auckland, New Zealand. This series is entitled ‘Resurrection Jesus’.) A confession to begin with: the subject of the Resurrection is not something I have actively thought about in some time. To be honest, I’ve […]
The Lord’s Prayer – chant for new cycle
We are going to be singing this version of the Lord’s Prayer at our ‘Into the Music’ cycle gatherings (beginning Sunday April 22nd). If you’re a Home regular here’s your opportunity to get ahead of the game and learn it! Thanks to Brian McLaren for making it available. […]
‘Into the Music’
In this cycle we explored the relationship between spirituality and music […]
Lucinda Williams – ‘Blessed’
Tess’s contribution to our ‘open-source’ gathering yesterday was a song by Lucinda Williams called ‘Blessed’ which made a big impression on me, both musically (love extended outros!) but particularly lyrically. The idea of blessedness coming though broken-ness is very powerful and one of the key themes we have been exploring through our ‘Falling Down’ cycle […]