Making sense of the struggle
As I have been studying the Psalms over the last few weeks I've been struck by how the lament Psalms help us express and respond to the difficulties of life.
How do we make sense of the daily struggle in life?
Pop-Up Church Hutt Valley
Often I am frustrated that our church doesn't have a building of our own. A home to host all our services and ministries that we can leave set up and ready to use.
But our lack of a permanent base does mean that we can be nimble and flexible and do things a bit more creatively.
So, this weekend we're loading up the church van and taking Morning Church on the road with POP-UP CHURCH in the Hutt Valley. […]
Grief at not gathering
A really challenging part of life at the moment is dealing with constantly changing rules and expectations.
Sometimes those changes are small and of little consequence.
'Do I need to wear a mask here?'
'Is my favourite cafe open yet?'
There are some changes that do have a significant impact on our lives.
'Can the kids go back to school or can I go back to the office?'
Feeling fatigued?
It is right about now that the fatigue starts to set in.
The novelty of lockdown has worn off, the joys of spending time at home are becoming to feel a bit more like imprisonment, we begin to miss the things we love doing outside the house, there is only so much Zoom you can handle and yet the finish line isn't quite in sight. […]