# Roundup: Luther, PNG spirituality, what awaits NFPs, the church and Tonga, beatbox nativity, more from the Wayside, Christmas Bowl and waiting for Jesus

> Five centuries before Facebook and the Arab spring, social media helped bring about the Reformation.

23 December 2011 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-luther-png-spirituality-what-awaits-nfps-the-church-and-tonga-beatbox-nativity-more-from-the-wayside-christmas-bowl-and-waiting-for-jesus/

## [How Luther went viral](https://www.economist.com/node/21541719)

Five centuries before Facebook and the Arab spring, social media helped bring about the Reformation.

## [Getting to know our neighbours](https://commontheology.com/spring2011/getting-to-know-our-neighbours/)

Indigenous spiritualities exist today alongside a multiplicity of ideologies and beliefs, including the secular mythos of the modern industrialised world.

## [New world dawning as reform comes to not for profit sector](https://www.smh.com.au/business/new-world-dawning-as-reform-comes-to-not-for-profit-sector-20111222-1p718.html)

Change is in the wind and those organisations that embrace it are the ones that will be most successful, writes David Knowles.

## [Pacific destiny on different shore](https://www.smh.com.au/national/pacific-destiny-on-different-shore-20111222-1p739.html)

“When we come to Australia, we look for something that is familiar to us, so the church is the first thing we turn to. That is why the church plays a very important role in maintaining Tongan language and culture.”

## [Beatbox nativity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyuzSzdpE38)

A Church of England minister has gained notoriety after he created a video of himself rapping and beatboxing to the story of Jesus’ birth.

## [Christmas lightened by charitable face of Janus](https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/christmas-lightened-by-charitable-face-of-janus-20111222-1p73b.html)

“I just knew there was another part of me that was up for the next challenge. I now feel like the right version of myself.”

## [Behind the Wayside](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LOr4Jgbo0Js)

A rare insight into life behind the scenes.

## [Christmas Bowl 2011](https://www.actforpeace.org.au/Ways_To_Give/The_Christmas_Bowl/Resources_Events/PowerPoint_Presentations_Video.aspx)

PowerPoint, video & clip art for Sunday’s service!

## [Being Christ in a consumer Christmas](https://www.whatwouldjesusbuy.org.au/christmas.htm)

Christmas is God’s way of constantly reminding humanity, “In all of your joy and in all of your struggle … I am here with you.”