Easter – Fact or Fiction
Join us in the weeks leading up to Easter 2020 for our services live-streamed on our site, and via Facebook as we explore questions surrounding Jesus – his life and death.
Each service […]
Why toilet paper makes me think of Easter
As I write, one theme is dominating the news headlines – toilet paper supplies in our supermarkets are running low as a result of “panic buying” by large numbers of the Australian population.
Why is this?
One reason suggested is […]
Rechurching the Church
Scanning through my FB feed one morning, I came across a link to a page announcing itself as the “Unchurching Community”. The initiative comes from a former pastor, Richard Jacobson, who left his role as a pastor in 2003, […]
Are you really listening to me?
I was asked recently to speak at a seminar on The Five Love Languages and my topic was Quality Time.
Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages describes Quality Time as “giving someone your undivided attention” and that it is a “powerful emotional communicator […]
Spending quality time together as friends
The Philosopher, Plato, once quoted a story from Greek mythology that said human beings “were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.” […]
Marriage meets our deepest needs
I mentioned last month about how we have become obsessed in our culture with programs like Married at First Sight or the new kid on the block, Date Night.
As I also said, I do not watch these programs, […]
Marriage is not a fairytale ending
I can honestly say that I have never watched a single episode of Married at First Sight or The Farmer Wants a Wife and I do not intend to – the advertisements are enough!
What strikes me is that […]
Light in the Darkness
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis describes the ship sailing into an unearthly, inky blackness and rescuing a sailor who had been lost in the darkness for years. Taking the man onboard, the crew begins […]
The Meaning of Marriage
In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll describes a conversation between Alice and Humpty Dumpty on the topic of words and their meaning. It goes like this: […]
Bringing the best you to your relationships
Becky Turney will never forget the day she married Kelly, the man of her dreams.
The two were married recently in Alaska but the day would contain some sadness for Becky because in October 2015 her 19 year old […]