Category Archives: Poetry
Christian Conversion: What’s it like?

Christian Conversion: A view from the inside I thought I’d just whack down some thoughts about my own conversion to faith. It’s not expert poetry, it’s constructed with the simplest of metres and most elementary rhyme, but it suffices to carry the message.
- January 12, 2013
- / Category About the Author, Conversion, Ministry, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Big Fella and the Promise

“This life is very real to me, God” How many of us can stand with Big Fella and testify: “The promise is calling out to me to be a witness”? That’s precisely what the promise does, if we are to understand it properly.
- November 1, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Ministry, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 1 Comment.
Big Fella is “Justified by Faith”

Neither Death nor Life In a track that cries out about the ongoing toughness of the spiritual journey, Big Fella takes comfort from the sure knowledge that he is “justified by faith”, and concludes that “neither death nor life can separate us”. This is precisely the point! We do indeed have that assurance. Praise God.
- October 22, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Together we stand, with Big Fella

The problem isn’t skin, it’s sin, and everything that lies within Another (fairly early) track by Big Fella, with plenty in it that we can all learn from. A notable subtext is that the racial divide is very much a reality for Indigenous Australians, certainly in Ipswich. There are parts of Australia where you could […]
- October 12, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Can Christ “get a witness” in Big Fella?

Is your heart ready to deal with this? Here is a man who was so good at crime that his friends and family assumed he would be in it forever. Jesus took him out of that life, and now the call of Christ is: Are you built for this? Can you handle this? Is your […]
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Big Fella lays it all down, “In these Rhymes”

In These Rhymes Here’s another one from Big Fella. Notice in the lyrics that producing this work is part of the way in which God is working on the man: “Just layn’ it at your feet in these rhymes”.
- September 17, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Criminal Minds

What does the heart of a career criminal, converted to Christ, sound like? This friend of mine has been part of the Ipswich Mall ministry from the beginning. He knew nothing about music but was called by God to discover, learn, and create Gospel Rap music. It’s lonely In this song you will hear selected […]
- September 6, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Big Fella is “Moved by tha Spirit”

How’s your faith? This friend of mine has been part of the Ipswich Mall ministry from the beginning. He knew nothing about music but was called by God to discover, learn, and create Gospel Rap music. “My eyes have seen your salvation” Be encouraged. This is a genuine testimony. It’s happening in Ipswich, QLD. The […]
- September 1, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Whitefella God
Whitefella God For all of my Indigenous friends. This is for you: A voice.
- August 19, 2012
- / Category Ministry, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Chat Room

The End of an Era: Chat Room is to close The Chat Room at 241 Brisbane St, a drop-in centre serving three meals a week, closes down at the end of May 2012. I wrote this poem as an experiment. It contains my reflection on the Chat Room at what that community has shown me. […]
- May 10, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Mission to the Marginalised, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
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Big Fella is “Seeing the World Through God’s Eyes”
“No more jail cells. Bill’s been paid. No more ticket to hell” “I’m like a dealer on the street corner, pushing Christ to the junkies and the dope pushers: people I used to run with…” For Big Fella, it’s personal. He’s still got friends in the drug scene, and he wants to pluck them out, […]