Category: Honour

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“This one thing I do…”.

“This one thing I do…”.                Paul the Apostle, Philippians 3:13

Have you ever tried to focus your eyes on two things at the same time? It’s impossible! In order to focus on one thing, we have to let the other focal point go. Often as leaders we can feel an inner drive to be great at everything we do. Whether it’s raising our kids and running our home, as well as leading our ministry and reaching friends at work, we want to give our all to it all! Life can pull us in so many different directions that at times we get left feeling spread thin. We can often spend our time distracted by the ‘urgent’ and miss the ‘best’ that God has for us.

We need singular focus. Continue reading ““This one thing I do…”.”

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Imagine the church unrestrained

I was reading some comments by contemporary theologian Walter Brueggemann (contributing editor to ‘Sojouner’) regarding the season of Pentecost and the collection of lectionary readings. He makes these comments firstly of the church
…. “It is not an institution, but rather a community of folk who are propelled by God’s own spirit, situated in Jesus’ own narrative, and alive in the world in alternative ways.” Continue reading “Imagine the church unrestrained”

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Invest love

Through the life and ministry of Jesus, Jesus invested his life, Jesus invested his love! Rather than moving away from people who were broken and even angry he moved toward them – toward us.

John 12:23-24 tells us he moved toward us willingly, and was completely and unequivocally prepared to die for those he loved. This act is an expression of the Father heart of God toward us. As I have said on this before, God’s actions in and through Jesus was a wilful act of God to deposit life, salvation, healing, strength into us.

God committed himself to us, with the hope that we might commit ourselves to him, that we might commit our lives toward one another. Continue reading “Invest love”