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I had an article printed in the Sunday Age on Sunday - it was about stripping away what i believe, in the realisation that all i believe of God is not enough, and that much of what I believe about God is wrong.  It was inspired by the song on the Ikon Dubh Cd: "God, rid me of God".

The article is meant to be going on the Age website. i’ll stick a link up here when it does.

There’s been an interesting response from people. Hesitation from quite a few church people, real resonance from some members of "the public"… and an interest in finding communities / spaces that would be exploring that kind of path - faith that doesn’t begin with belief. My favourite response was a phone call from a woman who had had to go to quite a bit of trouble to find my number. She’s nearly 80… she said the article expressed just what she’d started thinking, and she was wondering where she could find some company on the journey.

I don’t quite know how to make that kind of support / community happen yet (it feels like much of my job is surrounded with that feeling at the moment!) but it feels really important to try.

I seem to spend a fair bit of time on this blog saying "this is something we’re about to get around to". There are a couple of new things that have actually begun, but I won’t write about them up here until things are a little more stable, and i’ve the permission of the people involved. It’s a pretty exciting time…

Due to popular demand (and other more selfish reasons) we’re starting a new series of events, which we’re (tentatively!) calling "lost in faith". It’s for people who no longer ‘believe’, but still have faith. If you get what that means, then it’s probably for you!

It will begin with sacred space each evening in Holy Week from 4-6 on the mezzanine at 130 Little Collins Street. We’re calling it Re:lent.