It’s very easy to be critical. Very easy. I’m a master at the art. If I stick around something long enough and I can carefully go about showing just how bad the thing is. Over the years I’ve understood that this practice is very limiting in its capacity to bring about the real joy of […]
Read More Finding The FaithfulCarry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2) There is something about this verse that has huge consequences for how we relate with brothers and sisters in Christ. It’s also got to impact how we spend our time with each other. For Paul to say that this […]
Read More Carrying Each Other’s BurdensI am not a fan of uniform types of church – one style and size must fit all. I mean by that a uniformed format of how the ‘service’ should take place, and all the ingredients done in the same order. It just does not make sense to me. I found it interesting reading about the David and Goliath […]
Read More In Fitting With Who You AreThis weekend a very dear friend of mine challenged me. There are a group of churches in a geographical region who are lacking in numbers. Meanwhile other churches have more numbers and could certainly do with giving some of their members the opportunity to serve elsewhere. My genius idea was to offer the opportunity to […]
Read More Are We Set Up To Be Fruitful?The offer that Jesus made to the fishermen who formed a significant part of his apostolic team, remains an interesting one. My church background is one which has historically struggled in producing fishers of men. The typical progression route of males in the organisation is they’ll be in the children’s activities, and some will stick […]
Read More Fishers of MenThis post acts as a complimentary piece to one I wrote earlier stating that You Have A Voice. One of the things I enjoy about the gathering I frequent is that because there is no ‘official’ leader our times together are marked by as many members contributing as possible. This is not the norm for […]
Read More You Have A Pair Of EarsNot long ago I had the pleasure of exploring the book of Acts with some good folks. It’s one thing to read something on your own, it’s a lot of fun to open things up for others to share. Now the clue is in the name of the book. Acts suggests it’s about things people […]
Read More You Have A VoiceMinistry is an interesting concept in thought and practice. The model of ‘ministry’ I saw growing up consisted of the main man having to be bi-vocational as there wasn’t enough income to make him a ‘full-time’ minister. So they had the week job, then come church day, they’d have to roll out the main event […]
Read More Family & Community: Ministry MattersIt was a cold building. The joke was that it was warmer outside than it was inside. Only thing being, it wasn’t so funny for the older folks who had gathered and suffered from ailments such as arthritis. It was tough expecting them to accept such conditions. Still, the congregation gathered in the most suitable […]
Read More September Sojourn: Enjoying God TogetherJohn chapter four begins with information of the growing popularity of Jesus’ message and subsequent baptisms. What I found intriguing is the small note that it was not Jesus baptising but his disciples. In other gospel accounts we see Jesus commissioning his disciples to go out and put what they’ve seen in action. There’s very […]
Read More September Sojourn: Learning By Doing
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