Off to Hamilton

Well Jay and I are going to be spending January in the fine town of Hamilton, Victoria. I’m not sure what that will mean with regards to my return to blogging. Potentially I could do more of it or maybe none at all. I guess we’ll see.

Whose standards do we seek to hold each other to?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the fact that people are at different points in their journey towards Jesus. Even people I have similar values to will make different decisions to me at times. But I have noticed a tendency for us to be frustrated when people don’t meet the standards we have for ourselves.
I [...]

Life’s ups and downs

So much has happened in my little world since I posted that I hardly know where to begin.
Jay and I no longer work at Northern Community Church of Christ. During the year it became clear that there were some significant differences in leadership and ministry philosophy and we decided that it would be better if [...]

we can.Be - Who Says?

I flogged this from we can.be but now can’t find the original link.
You say: “Nobody really loves me”
God says: I love you
(John 3:1 6 & John 3:34)
You say: “I feel all alone”
God says: I will never forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)
You say: “I’m afraid”
God says: Don’t have a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 1:7)
You say: “I’m always worried”
God [...]

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams critique of the use of violence.

The archbishop also criticised the use of violence as a political solution. He said it could too easily be “a quick discharge of frustration. It serves you. It does not serve the situation. Wherever people turn to violence what they do is temporarily release themselves from some sort of problem, but they help no one [...]

NT Wright - Emperors and Angels - A Reflection On Christmas

Isaiah 9.2–7; Luke 2.1–20a sermon at the Midnight Eucharist, Christmas Eve 2006
by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright
Sing a song of Christmas, of emperors and angels;
Sing a song of Christmas, of darkness now past;
Sing a song of starlight, of shepherds and of mangers;
Sing a song of Jesus, of peace come at last.
And don’t [...]