Rev. Mark Faulkner is a Uniting Church Minister and has served in diverse roles within the life of the church. Mark believes that the future of the church will be found in smaller, diverse gatherings of Christians who are willing to ponder life and faith in grounded, relational ways. Through his work he also affirms his belief in the wider body of the church as a way of encouraging and connecting these relational communities of faith.
Let us read this passage, “you are the salt of the earth”, not as individuals, but to reflect on these words of Jesus being for the church; the Christian community. Welcome to Saltbush, Uniting the Scattered Community as we explore life and faith together.
Welcome to the account from the Gospel of Luke of the birth of Jesus. Luke invites us into this story, that like the shepherds, we might be amazed at this “thing that has taken place.” And, to be amazed, is to be transformed. Welcome to Word Around the Bush on this Christmas Day with Saltbush, Uniting the Scattered Community.
We continue in Advent as we begin to hear the voice crying out in the wilderness - John the Baptist. In our Word Around the Bush we think about our expectations and hopes alongside times of uncertainty and searching. In our liturgy for this week, we also use John's cry as our cry in prayer for others and the world.
Our Spring-Summer of Ruminations with the theme of “Expectations” has just been published. It is available in post and online!
Our theology and how we understand our ministry as Christians should be the foundation from which we proceed. Thinking around our Christology and the Way of Christ has been a intrinsic part of the unfolding and work of Saltbush over the past years. Our Christology and Ethos forms part of the conversation for the Saltbush Team on a near weekly basis which then informs who we are as ministers leading the reshaping of Uniting Christian community over a broad area to be grounded in the 21st. C and wider communities in which they find themselves.
What's inside...
Set in the Temple, surrounded by the beautiful enormity of the stones and building, Jesus reflects upon what is to come, the world we live in and the things we cling to. Can we hear what Jesus is saying here beyond the stones of the passage? Join us as we explore Luke 21 and the images of the destruction of the temple.
The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is wonderful in it’s challenge as much today as ever. This parable is not simply a comment on righteousness, which always comes as part of self righteousness, but this parable is an image of embrace and inclusion as the Way of Christ and the longing of God. Welcome to Word Around the Bush with Saltbush as we explore life and faith together.
What's inside....
What's inside...