Broken

Broken

Nov 9, 2016 | , | 0 |

I have loved following the U.S. election. It has been great entertainment. It has had a great villain (or two, if that’s how you feel), and it has be fun to watch and hold on to the sure fact that sanity will prevail. The good guys will win in the end. Today as I watched the election results it all seemed surreal. How could this happen? Everyone said it wouldn’t. The polls, the experts, the internet, everyone was sure the racist, sexist, lying, boastful abuser wouldn’t get in. But he did. I’ve spend most of the night trying not...

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The Cathedrals

The Cathedrals

May 17, 2016 | , | 0 |

Recently my local shopping centre, Eastland, has been making improvements. When we first moved into the area it was in the process of getting demolished. It used to feel like a sad, 90s shopping centre, just ripe for a few factory outlets, closing down sales and small time drug deals. Now it has been rejuvenated. Like a butterfly, it has been destroyed only to be reborn as a magnificent, architectural wonder. It really is a beautiful shopping centre. When it opened I was all ready to think of it as just another shiny, ho-hum shopping centre, but it isn’t....

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Psychopath Test

Psychopath Test

Jan 27, 2016 | | 2 |

So a long time ago I put out a call for people to give me suggestions for things to blog about. I said I’d blog about each and every one of them. I intend to complete the entire list before I die. I’m almost 33 and my life expectancy at birth was 72 years, so I guess by 1983 standards I should aim to have this completed in the next 39 years. That should be enough time. Anyway, Lesley suggested that I do the psychopath test and blog about the results. I did the test here. I’m a bit...

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Those Who Leave

Those Who Leave

Jan 20, 2016 | , | 11 |

Lately, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about those who leave the church. Having been in ministry for almost fifteen years now I’ve had the chance to lead many excellent young people in youth group. I still get to keep up with most of my former young people, many of them on Facebook, and some of them in real life. As far as I can tell they’ve grown up to be excellent adults. So many of them are doing impressive things and being kind, loving people to boot – it’s excellent! In addition to this, through my time in...

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The Force Awakens a New Hope

The Force Awakens a New Hope

Dec 18, 2015 | | 0 |

Warning spoilers below. I mean it. I tell you the whole plot of two Star Wars films. I saw The Force Awakens at the midnight screening on Thursday morning with some friends from church. I went dressed as Princess Leia, Em went as Han Solo. It was one of the most enjoyable movie watching experiences of my life. I remember watching the prequels, so excited to see Star Wars at the movies, and finding them so unsatisfying. I went to the midnight screenings for two out of the three, the lining up, the people cosplaying, that was a whole...

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Was Jesus a Rubbish Carpenter?

Was Jesus a Rubbish Carpenter?

Sep 25, 2015 | , | 2 |

So here’s a question that’s been floating around my head for a while, “What kind of a carpenter was Jesus? Could he have been terrible?” I know we often think of Jesus as being excellent, and he is. He was sinless, he was a great teacher, he did awesome miracles, he died for the sins of the world, he rose to eternal life, he is God! He’s pretty amazing! But none of these things mean that he is necessarily going to be an excellent carpenter. It’s not sinful to be terrible at carpentry, at least I hope it’s not....

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Bible Christians and the Social Justice Jesus

Bible Christians and the Social Justice Jesus

Jun 2, 2015 | , , | 1 |

When I get asked about churches and what they’re like I sometimes describe them as being either a “Bibley church” or a “social justicey church”. I feel a little bit silly when I do so, because I know that it’s a false dichotomy. Or at least, it should be. You shouldn’t be either a Bible Christian or a Social Justice Christian. Being a Bible-believing Christian should lead to being concerned about mercy and compassion in the world, and if you are a concerned about social justice there is no better place to look than Biblical faith. Unfortunately when we...

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How to Break a Church Plant

How to Break a Church Plant

May 26, 2015 | , , | 0 |

It’s been over nine months since we pulled the plug on Recom. Since then, everything has changed. If I was a woman, I could have had a baby in this time. I’m not and I didn’t, so that didn’t change, but everything else has, and a lot of that change is because of the end of Recom. One thing that we (Scotty – co-pastor and I) did after we ended the church planting adventure was to sit down and debrief what actually happened, and what we felt went wrong. Of course in any pursuit as spiritualised as church planting...

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The Podcast is Back

The Podcast is Back

May 26, 2015 | | 0 |

Since coming to Melbourne I’m preaching a lot more. Just over half the Sundays in the year are preaching Sundays for me, so I thought I’d restart my old podcast so people who want to hear me preach can. You can subscribe through iTunes here, Android here or listen online here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...

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