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LATEST POSTS
Who say’s I am worth it?
A flick of the perfectly styled hair, a knowing glance into the camera lens, and the model utters once again the iconic mantra: “Because I’m worth it”. And in our culture, it seems we
“Until John…”; Travel Guides and parsing Scripture
“The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.” (Luke 16:16 NET) We kind-of
Gasping for breath
Today is stormy. The howling wind is dramatic, and either invigorating or scary depending on your circumstances and your personality. In Scripture the Greek word “pneuma” does a lot of multitasking. It can mean wind,
A Change In Time
New Year is a good time to stop and take stock. A time to listen and reflect. A time to plan and dream. And 2018 was a dramatic year. My sense for 2018 was that
Thermometer or thermostat?
A few months ago I was leading worship at a conference and as I finished the speaker got up and spoke a prophetic word that has stuck with me ever since. The main reason it
Eating ahead of ourselves
Familiarity dulls the imagination, and perhaps the appetite. I was reading some thoughts on ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ recently and was intrigued to learn that the familiar phrase ‘our daily bread’ does not necessarily mean what
Welcome to our blog, here is a place where a number of different contributors share some thoughts, ideas and questions. We have a few categories around church, leadership, creativity and ministries. Take a look, feel free to share and get in touch – we would love to hear from you.
LATEST POSTS
Going to Galilee
What’s with resurrection and Galilee? The executed Jesus has been raised
Atonement: a narrative
The boy and his father walked happily together, hand in hand,
Judgement; who, how and the least of these (Mt 25:31-46)
Most of us don’t like to speak of judgement. So the
Central Command
We’ve begun to talk recently about how we make (and keep) Jesus truly central in our lives. We’ve started to explore the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which we tend to cling to control,
Striving to Face Forwards
Almost daily my phone prompts me to review my photos from ‘this day x years ago’. For me, the opportunity to recall moments from the past feels intensely bittersweet, and will often provoke a
Just In Time – Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog I argued that to view God as ‘outside of time’, in the way we usually imagine, effectively reduces God to the role of passive spectator, merely observing events