Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to identify the poor when overseas but in our own country it’s so much harder? You’re not alone. Our inability to read our own culture is one of the most challenging issues facing us as disciples of Jesus, because some of …
Some people have said that community engagement is my thing, but that’s not actually true. My thing has always been Jesus and His church. Specifically, in regards to the church, what it is that we’re supposed to do as pastors and church leaders and how that should shape our …
I was 2 years into pastoring Grace when I had a conversation with the Holy Spirit that changed my life in ways I wasn’t expecting. I was lying on our bed at home listening to Debra recount her experience at a recent conference that she’d attended and how the …
This is how I started a message to our church a few weekends ago….
“Welcome to the change sheds!
This isn’t what church is all about.
Where you’ve come from and where you’re going after you leave this place today is what church is all about.
What …
Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can!
When our church bought the old Rokeby Tavern in November of 2015 we used up every cent we had and then promptly decided that we’d somehow turn our pub into a gift to our local community. People …
Too often in our churches the only things we measure are bums on seats on Sunday, how much money came in, in the offering, how many visitors we had, how many volunteers we’ve engaged in each service and the number of small groups that …
Mathew 28:16- 20
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make …
The anointing of the Holy Spirit was never meant to be an end in itself but rather an empowering for mission, a mission that is seen in, and through, the good works we do in community.
When Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit after his baptism we …
Matthew 9:10-13
Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy …