Magnificat

Glen Powell is a singer-songwriter from Sydney, and shares this wonderful video of his song Magnificat. The lyrics and score are available from his website here. There is also a lyric video if you want people to sing along with the performance. Thanks to Glen for...

Christmas in an Outback Aussie Shed

Christmas in the Shed was a Christmas Eve event that I co-ordinated for Blackwood Uniting Church in 2018. It was based around music written and collected by Leigh Newton in two books/albums, and the prose and art book by Norm Habel and Pro Hart, Outback Christmas. The...

Gather ’round, for hope is coming’

Hold on now, good earth, all creation; hold on now, it won’t be long. God has heard and will not abandon: gather ‘round, for hope is coming. Ah! Ah! Beautiful is the promise Ah! Ah! Beautiful is the peace.excerpt excerpt from ‘Beautiful Promise’ –...

God Gives Christmas Songs

Nine Christmas songs from the classic Australian series God Gives have been made available free of charge with the permission of the publisher (Uniting Church Assembly) and the authors. Thanks to the work of Mal Graetz, the audio recordings are available online along...

Blue Stars for the Christmas Tree

Many churches run Blue Christmas events in the le;ad up to Christmas as a time of contemplation, remembrance, comfort for people for whom Christmas will be a difficult experience, particularly because of loss, grief or separation. I’ve been involved in giving...