One of the things that stands out in Paul's letter to the Philippians is their deep affection for one another that stems from their partnership in the gospel.
'I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. […]
I've been spending much of this week thinking about the end of the world as I've been preparing Matthew 24. And as I've been doing that I've had R.E.M.'s It's The End Of The World As We Know It bouncing around in my head.
R.E.M.'s song runs like a stream of consciousness, not much of which makes any sense to me nor to the guy who wrote it who said it was inspired by a weird dream. […]
We're back in Matthew's Gospel this Sunday and we're tackling the sobering words of Jesus in chapter 23. Here Jesus doesn't pull his punches as he attacks religious hypocrisy, that is, those who say one thing and do another. Those who have the external appearance of religious devotion but on the inside, their hearts are far from God. […]
We're launching for the year this Sunday. It will be a great time when we, as a church whanau, focus together on what we're seeking in 2023.
Our theme for the year is be part of someone's story. Seek to play a part in others coming to know and grow as followers of Jesus.
When I think back to my own story […]
I'm excited to let you know that we have found a new venue for Night Church!
As Roger Moses said to me this morning, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose“. Or, if you don't speak French and aren't familiar with works of the French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, "The more things change, the more they stay the same". […]
Over the years I've had conversations with someone who says they're not feeling very well connected at church.
They don't think they've made any meaningful relationships or friends, they don't feel like they're engaged with the life of the church and they don't see that they're growing as a follower of Jesus.
As we poke around the issues more often than not these conversations have had one thing in common […]
