Serious Hunger March 28, 2012

We’ve reached the end of semester and I have just handed in an essay, to celebrate, I escaped and went to the cinema on my own. I like doing this, I am not ashamed to say that I totally escape for three hours and my overactive imagination goes into, well, overdrive. Film du jour was [...]

Inside mob August 18, 2011

I’m a bit sad to see the riots happening in my home city, so I thought I’d share a… erm… a thought. When I look at the rioting I find my self hunting for an explanation of what is going on. When a society reaches a place of such disregard for it’s overall wellbeing that [...]

Tomorrow March 28, 2011

Jon Foreman: Tomorrow Song – Response V1// Tomorrow, where I will escape, the shadow of yesterday’s perceived great, Sorrow, so familiar and real, these aren’t the marks of tomorrow’s feel. Ch// Tomorrow you ever run from me, offering the promise of all I can be, I’ll pursue you, your distant dream rings true, I’ll pursue [...]

College related sabbatical February 20, 2011

As you may or may not know, I have just begun my studies for a Masters of Divinity at Morling College in Sydney, and because of this, and a part time job in a Bike shop, I have not had a great deal of spare writing time. So I have decided to put Paronymous Christos [...]

Digital Christmas December 27, 2010

A good friend of mine sent me this, made me smile…

Circles December 16, 2010

What is ministry? Ministry, for me… It’s all about circles. Pushing the boundaries on our circle of fear to live more in the circle that is God’s story for our lives.

The thought of Worship December 5, 2010

This is a considered and thoughtful article on the role of worship in our churches. I think it’s probably important to remind ourselves of the things described here from time to time. It perhaps links well with this recent entry from Donald Miller’s blog which I am enjoying a lot at the mo too. (Perhaps [...]

Loggerheads November 29, 2010

I can’t help but want to sit with the authors of articles like this and share a few stories of Jesus and the way he dealt with conflict or how he has worked in the lives of many around me. These issues are important, divisive and they are very real for our churches today and [...]

Doctor in November 25, 2010

I have been looking into theological study recently, you know, testing the waters, and one place requested I write down my doctrinal beliefs. I’ve never formalised my thoughts on this before, it’s quite an interesting exercise. Here are mine in my own language, they may need future revision though: I believe that God formed and [...]

My friend says November 17, 2010

Last night a friend told me this: It is better to be born twice and die once, than to be born once and die twice. I like it.

Ageing November 4, 2010

The older I get the more I realise that I cannot live without the outrageous grace of God. It’s not a choice anymore, I may have made a choice for Jesus about sixteen years ago, but the older I get the more I realise that I’m totally dependant on Him, Life does not work without [...]

I don’t think you ever feel ready for ministry October 27, 2010

Radio Silence September 23, 2010

Dear folk, I am sorry for the radio silence on PC over the last little while, I have been quite busy with my shifts at Manly Cycles (which is incidentally the funnest job like ever dude), but I have also been working on my sermon on Obadiah which was delivered to Northside Baptist’s evening congregations [...]

A Song of Praise August 30, 2010

My friend Ben and I have been working on a Worship song and here it is in all it’s technicolor glory. We wanted to write a song that worked well acoustically on a theme of corporately being inspired to praise. There’s a sense also, of wanting to inspire people to make use of the glorious [...]

Beauty August 20, 2010

Let beauty be what drives us to compassion. A vision for seeing beauty, inspired by Christ’s loving gaze at his people, by God’s intimate knowledge of the hairs on our heads will sustain in us a heart for compassion. When we grow towards seeing beauty as God Himself sees it, we will grow in our [...]