Welcome to the last week of MAY!? May? Where did the first 5 months of this year go? Ok…well…June starts in just a few days, and I don’t know if you noticed in worship, but we’ve got a busy busy few weeks ahead of us…so let’s...
Happy Wednesday y’all! (probably Thursday for most of us) Apologies for this being delayed this week…lots going on, but here we are! What’s your favourite book of the Bible? Most folks have one…something that speaks to you every time you read it. Maybe one of the gospels...
Quickly before I head over to the Kooringal Hotel for our Living Water Family Dinner Out… Years ago I knew someone who would always read the last chapter of a novel first. I told them that was cheating. You can’t know the outcome before you know...
I'm in Sydney as I write these weekly notes...
It seems this is the season for elections. Canada just had one. Ours is this week. Next week the College of Cardinals will elect a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. In every case, once the results are in, things will either change a...
Happy Easter y’all! Yep…it’s not a day…it’s a lifestyle! Don’t let the public holidays this week lull you into thinking that all the excitement is over…Jesus is still risen & ruling & IS for all eternity. My Southern black church colleagues used to preach about “the great gettin’...
Welcome to Holy Week! In an earlier time, the Church referred to the Worship experiences of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter as “The Great Three Days.” They were seen as a unified whole, each essential in the context of the others in telling the good...
If there’s one thing we can say about the Bible…it consistently delivers a consistent word from God. That may sound obvious, but here’s what I’m learning because I see it over & over again in the Scripture… Ok…remember last week I said we should eliminate the...
Happy Tuesday/Wednesday everyone! No…I haven’t lost my mind. That title up there comes from a very common human malady…the problem of the “but.” Here’s what I mean…I’ve been reading Judges. As Judges opens, God has led his people into the land of his promise. They’ve been...
Gigantic thanks all around for your prayers & great help while I was away playing tour guide for friends from Texas & spending a few days with our church-planting gospel co-workers in Penrith. It’s a HUGE reassurance to be able to place the reins of...