Blessings We Didn’t Want
Most of us are addicted to achieving results and success, and it is crippling us. Jesus leads us towards an unexpected and almost unrecognisable freedom.
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Are We Of Any Use?
It is with the love of Christ taking charge of us, that we can venture into combat with the wrongs of our time without being dragged down by the very same demons that we oppose.
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When Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Jesus possesses an astonishing freedom in God and will not be used to justify causes of nation, religion, status quo, or even his own family and friends.
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From little things big things grow
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which…
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By a Different Route
What is God challenging you to return to? Will you be a witness to the joy and love, and the possibilities of the alternative world heralded by Jesus?
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Listening, learning, growing
Jesus models for us a willingness to listen, learn and grow rather than a domineering certainty that insists on knowing who’s right and who’s wrong.
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For Christmas hope and healing, look to the shadows
It is not from the halls of power but from humble places that the love which offers wholeness and healing and peace erupts into life.
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Upending the World as We Know It
The baby whose coming is awaited will turn the world upside down (not just the lives of its parents!), and our counter-cultural observance of Advent is a necessary preparation of ourselves for that reality.
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Could Hannah Gadsby be the Messiah?
Angry prophets who tell us the hard-to-hear truth about ourselves pave the way for a new world to emerge.
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The Wilderness Way
The task of being changed into what God calls us to be involves a radical break with the established norms of our world.
