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INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED jazz musician James Morrison is remarkably down to earth when talking about his 28 year career. Playing professionally since the age of 13 and with more than 19 recordings under his belt, Mr Morrison has played with jazz legends including Dizzy Gillespie, B.B. King and Wynton Marsalis. His new album, Christmas, provides a magical blend of Christmas carols ...

Advertising blogger Duncan Macleod asks what we should do about Christmas marketing JUDGING BY the amount of paper coming through our mailboxes and Christmas-related advertising on the radio at the moment, the Christmas season is good news for advertising agencies. Some of the advertising takes the standard line of “buy your presents from our store”. But there are exceptions. The ...

Rassel Chisango is not your average 25-year-old.  He is the Chief Projects Officer and one of the founders of a Zimbabwean not-for-profit organisation the Royal Youth Organisation (RYO) which provides projects that aim to empower the youth of Zimbabwe to meaningfully participate in critical development issues including the Millennium Development Goals. He is also a star of the most popular ...

Known as the Father of modern contemporary praise and worship music Graham Kendrick is continuing to make an impact on today’s worship music scene. The likes of Matt Redman, Paul Baloche and Martin Smith of Delirious have all been influenced by him in their songwriting and worship leading. Graham recently hit Australian shores and shared some of his insights into ...

Praying with open hands was the title of the sermon given at the special meeting of the Queensland Synod on 27th October 2007 by the Moderator Rev Dr David Pitman. Many people have asked for the text and Journey is pleased to publish Dr Pitman’s sermon here. The texts for the sermon were Psalm 65: 1-13 and Luke 18: 9-14. ...

WHETHER IT’S at the end of Year 12 or some other time before or after that date, the inevitability is that young people will eventually leave home. But leaving home is not just walking out the door with a suitcase in each hand; it’s a significant part of the journey to adult status that can be as painful for the ...

A special three hour meeting of Uniting Church members and ministers from across Queensland today appointed Rev Douglas Jones as the next General Secretary of the Synod. Chairperson of the Nominating Committee Rev Stuart Cameron described Mr Jones as having the ability to hold the big picture and detail in creative tension. “Douglas has not been afraid to prophetically speak ...

November is the whirlwind month of activity around the end of Year 12 as more than 40 000 young Queenslanders finalise their study program; attend graduations; head for Schoolies Week; and negotiate jobs, university entrance, Gap Years, college or other life changes. It is also the time when young people sweat on their OP scores and renegotiate their relationship with parents ...

On Sunday afternoon, Kevin Rudd confirmed that his official election campaign will be the vanity exercise, the gutless appeal to a shallow and disaffected electorate, that most of us suspected it would be. Positioned against the ubiquitous sky-blue billboard – which now bears the rather pretentious slogan “New Leadership” – Rudd could have cashed in a little of his electoral ...

One hundred people attended the Rollie Busch Memorial Lecture last Friday evening which was also part of the Conference, Theological Reflections on the Diakonia held on the weekend at Mr Gravatt. The Rollie Busch Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr John N. Collins and titled “Diakonia, From Scripture to…? Pastoral pitfalls or insights for Deacons.” You can download and listen ...