More Non Rocket Science Insights

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been doing some reflecting on this whole thing we call evangelism, what it is, how to do it more naturally and what it actually means to ‘evangelise’.
But I want to offer my very very simple thought on the most common reason I believe we struggle to speak of Jesus [...]

The number one middle class disease

Thanks to Peter B for inviting me to guest blog here. Now I need to tell you something, I am totally middle class; I have a nice house, a nice car, an iPod and a nice set of golf clubs. And I am also suffering from Comfortitis: the number one disease amongst the middle [...]

Mark

Mark Brown is currently the CEO of Bible Society New Zealand. He was CEO of SU New Zealand before that and pre-that he was part of the scene here in Western Australia having been involved with Youthcare and a variety of other local ministries. Mark is pretty passionate about seeing people engaging with the Bible [...]

I’m SURE you are an evangelist…

I understand that people sometimes feel ill at ease sharing their faith, but my guess is that we are actually all evangelists in some aspects of our lives.
No really!
A few years ago we discovered VOIP telephones, (voice over internet protocol) and were amazed at how much money we saved. Our phone bill dropped from $90.00 [...]

SU’s Senior First Aid Course

Hey guys, I realise this is late notice but I thought I would let you know about SU’s up-coming Senior First Aid Course. There are still 8 spots available and are open to any SU volunteers, others interested can also inquire about attending.
Heres the details:
Course dates: The course runs over 2 days, Saturday 21st [...]

Compulsory

I was checking out blogs in my lunch break when I came across this story.
While I immediately thought about my own encounters with bureaucratic frustration I quickly thought about whether SU was guilty of implementing frustration on others.
Jim Collins who wrote “Good to Great”, (a must read for anyone involved in the management or leadership [...]

Words are… OK!

There is a saying attributed to St Francis which goes like this: “Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary use words”.
It has become something of a mantra for many in the current Christian world, but as I observe it I occasionally wonder if it hasn’t also served as something of an excuse.
These days I [...]

Light live

SU England and Wales have put their Sunday School resources online at Lightlive.
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No matter whether we have missional faith communities or we are part of the local church when we get activities up and running we need to put together content and that can be a challenge. Buying resources only goes so far as I [...]

Fear What?

I remember reading some time ago that only 5% of those in churches are actually gifted as evangelists. (Do you ever wonder who works this stuff out?!)
At first I accepted this information as ‘fact’. Even though I didn’t know the research methodology, the figures seemed to ring true. Very few people claim to have [...]

Act, belong commit

So does this make it official? Can I say that the State Government would endorse being a committed member of SU is good for your Mental Health?
Mentally Healthy WA has a campaign called Act Belong Commit. It is interesting that the campaign identifies that as your commitment to a cause, sport, activity, church grows from [...]