Book: Psalms

Psalm 16 began as a farmer’s prayer about good land and steady faith — and became something bigger without leaving the earth behind.

The desire for a fair universe is real and grief-filled – but Jesus steps outside that framework entirely, and invites us into something better.

A church discerns its new name while remembering that identity is not possession, but a journey of love shaped by God’s call to be a blessing.

In both the Christian church as well as the wider world, there is increasing division. Is there a way we can become genuine peacemakers in both church and world?

Salvation – reconciliation with God and with one another – is relational rather than transactional, and it begins with a willingness to see, listen and learn.

At New Year we are called to see God’s grand vision of fullness and abundance for all the world, and reset our sense of mission accordingly.

Confused feelings in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre are a window into the ongoing need for healing and transformation in our own hearts.

The saints of God are engaged in a war between conflicting empires battling for control of the world, but Jesus has radically transformed our understanding of how we fight.

Healthy spirituality requires an honesty about our experience of pain and confusion in the real world, and that means that lamentation is a part of healthy prayer.

There is a fundamental culture clash between those who put their trust in God and those who pursue wealth, comfort and celebrity.

In calling us into the culture of God, Jesus calls us to give up our addictions to tribalism, competitive grief, and selective compassion.

God’s love for us is so all-consuming that he accepts us as soon as we accept him and is happy for our behaviours to be sorted out in the transforming experience of love.