Colin Buchanan writes: (7) Spiritual Moonshine—Distilling The Hard Liquor of Kids Ministry
It’s about developing a reflex of thoughtfulness; passing it through your brain and your heart.
It’s about developing a reflex of thoughtfulness; passing it through your brain and your heart.
Without forsaking Functional Jesus, I need to see the man. The friend. The mate. Living, breathing, thinking, sleeping, working. Organic. Relating to us.
I turned eight in 1972, 44 years ago. Every Sunday morning my family attended a local southern Sydney suburban Methodist church. After a hymn or two and, perhaps, a short children’s talk by the minister, the children headed out to Sunday school. Being in the infants department, I headed downstairs and out the back to the separate, high-ceilinged white fibro classrooms. Actually, I have faint recollections of some singing with all the little kids before the big Year 2 kids—of which I was one—headed off to class. I have mainly misty mind-pictures of those Sunday School mornings: Uncooperative crayons, worn...
Obviously, Gary Millar, Chairman of TGCA and principal of QTC is overpaid. While I was being kindly hosted by Gary and Fiona on a recent trip to Brisbane I couldn’t help noticing that they had two kitchens in their home. Literally within metres of each other. Now, I know that we live in the Reno-vision age of butlers pantries, parents’ retreats and entertainment bunkers, but two kitchens seems a bit excessive—especially for the principal of a Presbyterian Theological College. But wait. I’ve failed to give you one key piece of information. Their first kitchen has all the usual features; oven, cooktop, fridge, pantry, sink and running water...