Advent, days 8 & 9: Grace Advent could rightly be viewed as a discipline of active remembrance. Advent participation moves… Read more Active Remembrance
Category: Theological Reflection
Longfellow’s Christmas
Advent Day 5: God’s not Dead I’ve hit on this idea of exploring Advent-as-we-go. I’m keen to touch on the gritty… Read more Longfellow’s Christmas
Trusting God Without Borders
Advent Day 3: Waiting The documented events pre and post-birth of Jesus the Christ are about expectancy. This is on… Read more Trusting God Without Borders
Capturing Contrasts, Similarities & Truth
Today, I took a picture looking from the south part of a river across towards the north. At first I had accidentally inverted the image… Read more Capturing Contrasts, Similarities & Truth
Half-Truths & Cheap Grace
The word judgement is associated with the word criteria. Etymologically speaking they can be viewed as interconnected in the adjectival sense, such… Read more Half-Truths & Cheap Grace
Promise
Promise: [Noun] Ground for keeping hopeful about the future – [synonym] – anticipate; assure; call A verbal commitment by one… Read more Promise
Resolve
*** Christus Victor. In the stillness of this morning I kneel. Like a soldier before a King, spiritual… Read more Resolve
Of Pawns and Kings, Fathers and Sons
At the age of 13, I approached my father, showed him the latest batch of bruises and was promptly told… Read more Of Pawns and Kings, Fathers and Sons
A Fragment of Gratitude
Today was day one of two rostered days where I take care of the Home schooling. For term four we’ve been moving through Bethany Hamilton’s… Read more A Fragment of Gratitude
Sometimes I Forget the Things I’ve Prayed for
If I was asked for a top ten list of theme songs which might describe my experiences in life and with God,… Read more Sometimes I Forget the Things I’ve Prayed for