In last week’s questions I was asked what I would say to someone who wanted to wait till the ‘eleventh hour’ to follow Jesus. This question follows up the story Jesus told about a landowner who recruited different people throughout the day to work on his farm, and then he decided to pay everyone a […]
Reflecting on leaders The coming of the king brings ___________ The Mount of Olives is not a ___________ The ‘last days’ events are happening ___ Jesus no longer hides his ________ as king Jesus cleanses the ______ The prophecy of Zechariah was being _________ Jesus _______ the praise of the children The fig tree ______, […]
Over the last week we have seen our news sources cover a flood crisis in Australia and a war in Eastern Europe. Just as we celebrated the removal of pandemic restrictions, we now watched our world become battered by battles and floodwaters. This week our Archbishop wrote to our churches, as he reflected on these […]
Fair’s fair? The kingdom of God is not ____ A landowner hires workers at the start of the ___ The landowner hires people throughout the ___ Everyone got paid the ____ The boss simply wanted to be ________ Sadly, this jealousy is ______ We have deeply-held values of ________ The story is about true _________ […]
I remember our AGM in 2020, which was only days before things changed forever in the life of our world and our church as the pandemic started to spread across the globe. Within weeks we were watching church through livestream, and learning how to do ‘social distancing,’ wear a mask without fogging up glasses, and […]
Managing the symptoms We’ve got a big problem with our _____ Jesus travels to the heart of ______ land The Jewish rulers try and ____ Jesus Divorce is not to be taken _______ Marriage exists to enjoy our ___________ Moses allowed divorce because of our _____ problem Jesus would not let them treat marriage _______ […]
I wonder if you’ve noticed how often we encourage others to “stay safe?” In a way, it’s an obvious and nice thing to say, especially as we endure this once-in-a-generation global pandemic. Yet, the idea of personal safety for believers in Jesus is barely mentioned throughout the New Testament. Three times that it seems to […]
The need for vision Orthodox, Anglican, missional, intergenerational, village and heritage. Our goal shouldn’t be higher __________ at our church “That each person in our village, valley and region knows how to follow Jesus and why it matters.” Being a gospel speaker is ___________ Gospel preachers are ______ to Christ Some will ____ our ministry […]
If you could sum up with one sentence your prayers and hopes for our church ministry, then what would you write? As I considered this myself, I recently came up with this vision: “That every person in our village, valley and region would know how to follow Jesus and why it matters.” As I’ve been […]
A dead body We are ‘The Church of the ____________’ It’s about coming back from the ____ It’s about escaping God’s _____ All ____ came from God Humans are beings with a ______ Relationships were ______ everywhere _____ entered creation There was distant ____ God gave hope to _____ and his family God’s ________ were […]