Last week’s article dealt complexities that relate to our giving to support ministry. This month we will tackle some of those that relate to mission and poor-care. I’ve decided to address these two together because in many ways the common questions raised and issues that need addressing relate equally to both, but also because often the two go together. To repeat a common illustration: …
Hey friends! 10 flipping weeks out here- int that crazy! Just two more weeks until we are splitting off into our outreach teams and heading into the nations. I will catch you up on my last two weeks before telling you a little bit more about what I will be doing for the next 3 …
Secrets can be tricky things; knowing when to keep one and when to tell someone else about it isn’t always clear. If you’ve ever wondered how many secrets you can keep, science allegedly has an answer: According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology most people keep around 13, five of …
Midlife Transition Retreat June 21st & 22nd 2019 House of The Open Door Retreat Centre I recall being told by a business mentor “If you really want a progressive career you have to come to head office before your early forties”. The inference was that my career was to peak in my mid to late …
January is always a difficult month for people struggling to make ends meet after the Christmas break. January was busy to say the least with the full impact of Christmas pressure taking effect – the volunteers in the Foodbank gave out 100 food parcels in January alone with enough food to feed 123 children and …
Let justice roll on like a river… “So come move, let justice roll on like a river, Let worship turn into revival, Lord, lead us back to you.” These are words found in a new song we have recently begun to sing at ACC. The words are taken from Amos 5:24, which says, “But let …
Last week’s article dealt with what we should do with the money we don’t spend on ourselves and argued that the Bible instructs us to give to three broad areas: ministry, mission and poor-care (with a fourth principle that justice is better than charity). However, that does not end all the questions! Each of these areas provoke complexities that require working through. This month …
Giving: what to? Last week’s article dealt with the question of “how much should I give?”, or, for those who read the blog, “how much should I keep?”. This is the most important question to get to work on, but once you have engaged with Jesus, realised you own nothing and made some decisions about how much you’re …
Giving: How much? If you’ve been reading the last couple of articles, you’ll know that we’ve spent them examining various principles that we find in the Bible that provide the context within which we should make decisions about what we do with our money! To repeat what was said last month, it is in holding these …
Happy Sunday everyone! It has been a busy two weeks since my last post- so heres a brief update.. We finished off the forgiveness and repentance topic last week, which was a heavy week but was really good and we were taught about how God hates sin because it separates us from him. The weekend …
EPH 2.11-22 “The challenge early christians faced was one built on thousands of years of cultural and racial devision between Jews and Gentiles. So extreme a devision, arguably we still see it today in anti-semitism the world over. At the time of Christ jews had built themselves a wall around the Temple and God, inscribed …
What ho everybody! Hope you all had lovely and refreshing Christmases and New Years (it has been a while since I did my last prayer letter!). If you are suffering from some January blues, then never fear, because I am here to dispel/contribute to them. Click to read my PDF