ministry of presence

Practitioner of innovative forms of worship and church community, internationally acclaimed liturgist and proclaimer of the Sacred Story.

I may be an ordained Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church, but I’m not a minister like those in days of old … 

In winter 2023, I am providing Supply at Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide, South Australia, helping to lead worship gatherings to cover for one of the team on Long Service Leave.

From August 2023, I am Minister in Placement with Christ Church Uniting, Wayville, in Adelaide South Australia.

Ordained as a Minister of the Word in December 2010, I have enjoyed placements with Belair Uniting Church in Adelaide, and Wesley Uniting Church in Canberra. I have been a freelance minister, writing, preaching, and leading worship in various locations across Edinburgh and Adelaide.

I have supported others experimenting with fresh expressions of church, including as Chaplain and member of the Advisory Committee for Rise Enterprises.

Church groups of all kinds invite me to lead a retreat, prayer-writing, life story, and reading the bible aloud or storytelling workshops.

I am a creative collaborator with MediaCom Publishing and Education. In 2022 and 2023 I composed liturgy for both their resources, Words for Worship, and L3: Lay Leaders LiturgyI have also been a writer and editor for Seasons of the Spirit / Seasons Fusion (Woodlake).

My liturgy has also featured in Fig Trees and Furnaces, Winter, and The Wild Goose Big Book of Liturgies volume 2 (all with Wild Goose), and as e-liturgies with Wild Goose Publications. Learn more on the Books page.

I have been the lead for two alternative church experiments, Black Wood Jazz and The Esther Project.

Find sermons and reflections on #ThisMinistryLife here or listen to the Easter sermon at left.

Ministry of Presence

ministry of presence

Read my new thoughts in the Ministry of Presence blog.

Pray the Story

Pray the Story brings together all elements of my vocation as storyteller – poet – minister.