This morning, I have been searching for some inspiration for two Easter messages that I am doing. I stumbled across these words in my searching that articulated well, how I was thinking about coming up with something for our Good Friday service at Northern, as well as a easter reflection I am doing at our […]

“Our Father… who always stands with the weak, the powerless, the poor, the abandoned, the sick, the aged, the very young, the unborn, and those who by victim of circumstance, bear the heat of the day.
Who is in heaven… where everything will be reversed, where the first will be last and […]

Psalm 139
Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
You see me, whether I am confessing or denying you.
Even before I speak, you already know what I will say.
You are all around me on every side;
you protect me with […]

emergent-us have an article in their latest email newsletter by Daniel B. Clendenin, PhD where he writes:

“The lectionary (Latin, lectio, to read) is simply a schedule of Bible readings that includes a passage from the Old Testament, the Psalms, an epistle, and then, in pride of place, the Gospels.  Believers who attend a daily mass or […]

At the Brian McLaren postcards event the other night, the Rev asked what Brian’s reaction was to the recent criticism of Emergent by DA Carson and others.  He responded by referring to this poem posted on his site, written by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, a Serbian Bishop who spoke out against Nazism, was arrested and sent to […]

Mike Todd has linked up a post by an Australian blogger who points out what he calls thirty essentail paintings for theologians’
Have a browse through – I recognised some of them but many were new to me.
You can see them here and here.

I am doing some research on access to daily readings and prayers via the internet. We are contemplating implementing a missional order at Northern Community and as a part of the commitment will be a daily office of prayers and readings.
The best I have found so far is Universalis that offers morning prayers, evening prayers, […]

Geoff Bullock writes on this thread in response to the hanging of  Nguyen Tuong Van.
today
today i saw my reflectionand i recoiled in shamei saw my soul in singaporeas humanity chose to blamei saw my face in the angerof those who turned to hatethose whose hearts had turned to stoneadding scorn to the debatei saw my […]

Lately I have been trying to work on one of our spiritual disciplines, that of engaging with the spirit. I often find this really difficult, as any reflection seems to find my mind wandering onto other things. After our Tangent Easter service on Tuesday, I wanted to intentionally set aside time this week […]

At our recent ministry and kaleo team meeting, we explored the story of Jesus healing the blind man in John 9. What struck me the most was the process of transformation that the blind man goes through in “seeing” who Jesus is. Even after his healing, when the blind man is asked who Jesus is, […]