Our Purpose Remains the Same

Whatever goes on in the world, the church’s purpose remains the same: Love God and Love Neighbour.

When You Change the Way You Look at Things… the Things You Look At, Change…

What if we viewed our churches though the lens of abundance instead of scarcity; what kind of energy and ministry would be unleashed?

Living in the Light

Connecting Remembrance Day, a child from Belfast in the 80s, the results of the USA election, Brené Brown, Rebecca Solnit, and 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-11.

A Little Meal.. a Little Oil…

450 grams of dry rice or some other grain. 50 grams of beans/lentils of some sort. 50 grams of oil. 5 grams of iodized salt. That is a day’s worth of emergency food aid. And this is what it looks like as one of three meals a day. As most of you know, I was…

Mission Possible!

What is the purpose of church buildings? And of worship?

Every Child Matters

Fearful people will do almost anything to ease fear and anxiety.
What if we put faith over fear?

Serve and Preserve

Serve and preserve… or use and abuse. What choice are we going to make?

Who Are You?

The ocean has always been a powerful symbol or metaphor for God for me. It’s the place that I connect with God most easily. Which is a bit surprising, because I didn’t grow up anywhere near the ocean… but the ocean means home. Whether it’s a warm summer day and the waves gently kiss the…

Trickery and Truth

Trickery, bribery, lies… the Bible has it all! You probably expected me to say that the movie had it all! 😉 And it does! One of the questions that rolled around in my head and heart this week was: Does the ends justify the means? Normally my answer would be no… but after I watched…