EXPLORE ~ DISCOVER ~ THRIVE
NEXT is a unmatched experience of friendship, discipleship and personal development delivered through an accredited Diploma. Quite simply, it is a year like no other, tailor made for young adults.
When God Is Not Being Clear
As we launch our new program – NEXT2 – we are exploring purpose, vocation, calling and discerning the way ahead through our blog. This week, we are re-posting a blog written by Rowan Lewis, team leader at NEXT, that explores God’s Will and finding our way when things aren’t clear. We will be going deeper […]
OPEN NIGHT (2015) REDUX
If you couldn’t make it to NEXT’s Open Night, you can now watch and engage online. Through the NEXT Open Night you will discover the heart behind NEXT, the way we approach discipleship and formation, the options you have available and how you can join us for 2015. There’s also a special Spoken Word / Slam Poetry piece […]
Bend, Don’t Break: The Importance of a Flexible Faith
I’ve heard some people say that the opposite of faith is not doubt but certainty. While I agree that doubt is definitely not the opposite of faith, I’m not so sure that certainty is either. Having said that, I am sure that equating certainty with faith is highly problematic. Here are some interesting thoughts from […]
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Choosing your Future … Not Chancing it
I was talking to a year 12 graduate just before Christmas. He had received his ATAR score and was now hoping for a University offer. Like many year 12s, he had some idea about a future career, but was mostly very uncertain. So this young man had hedged his bets and made preferences that were […]
Finding Faith @ NEXT
I thought the main reason I came to NEXT was to gain direction around my career choice. However, I soon discovered that my faith and beliefs had only ever come from others.
Developing Your Ministry is not about Technique
A new unit is being offered this semester at Whitley DP2010W / DP9010W Personal Formation for Generational Ministry. It focuses NOT on the techniques of ministry, but on the person of the minister and their formation. Here’s the details … ENROL NOW I don’t know about you, but sometimes being involved in ministry frightens the heck […]
Ash Wednesday: Befriending Fragility and the Beginning of Lent
Today is the day I get to acknowledge that I am not strong, that I am not perfect, that I am hurt, I am fearful, I am sad, I have doubts, I feel small, that I am not a person of limitless ability or competency and that I absolutely do not have it all together. […]
Study Youth and Young Adult Spirituality
Understand the spiritual journeys’ of young people Discover how faith begins, grows and changes across the life course Learn how to accompany young people amidst a faith crisis The Basics: This semester, we are running a class examining the spiritual lives of younger people – both youth and young adults. It is a class […]
Adulting
ADULTING – it is now a verb … or participle. Like walking or swimming, there is now adulting. Adulthood has become differentiated as something that is no longer automatic. We all grow older equally, but not all grow up equally. Adulthood is not simply something that happens by virtue of age – it is […]
