Fruity Thoughts
Last Sunday, I preached about our freedom to choose and how we need to keep choosing freedom and choosing to live by the Spirit, rather than following our natural inclinations (see Galatians 5). I challenged our congregation to spend some time thinking about the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 and to rate [...]
Freedom
Freedom. It's a very emotive word, isn't it? It speaks to something deep within us that longs to be liberated, to live without restraint and hindrance, free of oppression, fear, burdens and enslavement. It is something we all want and yet, it is difficult to attain. We chase after many things we think will give [...]
The 67th Book
Each of us has a story – one filled with love, pain, disappointment, hope and faith, and one that God, if we let Him, is shaping, writing and using in His grand story of salvation for the world. The Bible is a collection of 66 books that contains ordinary people’s stories of faith – [...]
3 things I learnt about faith and God from being a mom
In honour of mother’s day I’ve been reflecting on how being a mother has changed my life. There aren’t really any words, of course, to sum up how it has changed me, but I do know that it has shaped my faith and helped me understand God more deeply in many ways. Here are a [...]
Freedom
Today, on Freedom day, we reflect on what it means to be free. We remember our national history of oppression and the violation of people's freedoms and rights and we continue to pray for our nation, but we also acknowledge that freedom is ultimately not something that can be granted by a government or any [...]
Who do YOU say I am?
We recently finished a series entitled "I AM" in which we looked at the seven "I am" statements Jesus makes in the Gospel of John. He says, "I am the bread of life", "I am the light of the world", "I am the door", "I am the Good Shepherd", "I am the way, the Truth [...]
