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Commitment without Coercion
How a visit to a local football derby made me think about the custodians of church culture
Sep 30
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Church Dropout Rates, Faith Retention, and the Questions We Haven't Asked Yet
A review of Dr Ruth Lukabyo's research on youth disaffiliation in Australia
Sep 14
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Five steps to a meaningful Father’s Day
Identifying milestones and taking intentional steps to make them opportunities for families to grow together in their faith.
Aug 24
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New Wine, Old Wineskins - How Movements Change Everything
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Aug 19
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Growing Disciples: Book by Book - GIRLS®
Freya India diagnoses the commercial ecosystem deforming young women. The cure she's reaching for points toward something the church already has.
Aug 10
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Colours of Life: Green is for Creation
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Three Intergenerational Ideas for Easter
Mar 17, 2025
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We’re Not Struggling with Overcommitment to Church
Nov 5, 2025
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Church Dropout Rates, Faith Retention, and the Questions We Haven't Asked Yet
A review of Dr Ruth Lukabyo's research on youth disaffiliation in Australia
Sep 14
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Tim Beilharz
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Growing Disciples: Book by Book — The Story We Tell Our Children
On telling children the true story — and forming them into it
Jun 22
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Tim Beilharz
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Contribution Is Not a Consolation Prize
On children, leadership, and what intergenerational ministry actually asks of the church
Jun 1
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Commitment without Coercion
How a visit to a local football derby made me think about the custodians of church culture
Sep 30
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Tim Beilharz
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New Wine, Old Wineskins - How Movements Change Everything
This week on The Shock Absorber
Aug 19
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Is Your Church an Event or a Community?
From Westerhoff's "other faithing selves" to Lefebvre's appropriated spaces — what sociology and theology together say about the kind of church that…
Jul 1
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Before I Disconnect: Holiday Reading Lists and What's Coming Next
Paul Kingsnorth nearly convinced me to join an Amish commune. Instead, I'm just taking a few weeks off.
Jul 8
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Is Your Church an Event or a Community?
From Westerhoff's "other faithing selves" to Lefebvre's appropriated spaces — what sociology and theology together say about the kind of church that…
Jul 1
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Why don't bad things happen to bad people?
A sermon on Habakkuk 2:2-20 and why Christians sing at injustice
Jun 26
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