“God’s Kingdom is like a mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.” Every day Australians face…
St George’s Uniting Church, Eden, NSW We started our Garden of Eden Community Project in May 2006 to address the issues of merging community, ecology, cultural diversity and spirituality in our community. Our goal was to work with the community to create an eco-conscious and wonder-filled garden, and a lively community art and cultural centre to…
Doug Taylor is the director for strategic engagement and a lay preacher in his local uniting church congregation. In this second blog of a two-part series, he shares his thinking about some strategies that will be critically important for the church in the future in bringing to life the common good. In my last blog…
Doug Taylor is the Director for Strategic Engagement and a lay preacher in his local Uniting Church congregation. In this series of blogs he reflects on the call for the church to be people of the common good and what this means for the church’s future mission? During the mid-1990’s I worked as an outreach…