We have vision, we have courage, we have guidance Te Ara Poutama Tuatahi Co-design Summary By Val Goold and Steve Taylor. Word Cloud created from responses to the summary of the project which began most conversations. We are seeking a roadmap for theological education and ministry training for the whole Church from 2020-2040.Te Kotahitanga By doing so we aim to transform training and formation to better reflect the needs of changing patterns of mission and a changing societal context for the mission of the church. This roadmap/strategy is intended to inform and guide Te Kotahitanga, and will ensure transparency in … [Read more...]
THEOLOGY SLAM
Photo by Gabriel Valdez on Unsplash Theology is exciting. It is about God’s word, God’s world and God’s people. It is vitally important for the church to nurture young Christians into thinking, speaking and writing about God and the world, and it is even more important that the Church listen to their voices. #TheologySlam encourages us to do just that: listen to God, listen to the world, and listen to the voices emerging within the Church, so we can join into God’s work in the world today. Archbishop Justin Welby Three young women won the The first Theology Slam on 7 March 2019 at St John’s, Hoxton. Hannah Barr spoke on Theology and #MeToo, Hannah Malcolm on … [Read more...]
Women’s Development Programme at Pacific Theological College
We are looking for a Coordinator of the Centre for Women’s Development Programme. This is a senior management staff of the College. The person appointed shall be an educator and committed to the theological education and advocacy for the dignity of women; is ecumenical, both in relation to the diverse Christian traditions and faiths; a leader with ability to lead and to achieve the ‘leadership for justice’ vision of the college; a team player and able to work with a diverse multi-cultural community, and is responsible for the sustainability of the Centre. Check out more details here. Pacific Theological College Celebrating over 55 years of theological education, 1965-2020 Based in … [Read more...]
Kindness is a Mode of Blessing
‘Perhaps we bless each other all the time, without even realizing it. When we show compassion or kindness to one another, we are setting blessing in train. There is a way in which an act of kindness done becomes an independent luminous thing, a kind of jewel box of light that might conceal itself for days or years until one day, when you are in desperate straits, you notice something at the floor at your feet. You reach for it and discover exactly the courage and vision for which you desperately hunger’. John O’Donoghue has written a whole book of blessings, called Benedictus. Published in 2007, this collection is remarkably suited to the spirit of our time, as we progress through … [Read more...]
