When I started off in this pastoral caper I was in a peer group of 6.

4 of those blokes are no longer serving in the ministry.

1 of them that left is now suffering with as serious sickness, but it does appear he is out of the worst of it.

He is 44.

Today I am off to Northam to pray for him with two of the other guys from my peer group.
Its an interesting and emotional day.

Why a bloke would post a picture of his new trailer on his blog.
Very light! 120kgs Just the right size for the power challenged Vitara.

Google “markedly’
Guess who comes up second, before the Webster dictionary! 🙂

Speaking on breaking free from those things that bind us…during December…

Going to speak on Moses….no turning back to Egypt

Elijah…turn your back on fear of people

Acts…turn your back on the denial of the supernatural..

When you become a Christian…there is no turning back! Burn those bridges!!!

and so much happening next year.
I feel like I am on a boogie board at dusk, and the wave is pushing me towards the shore…but there is another wave behind me….ready to pounce as the present wave runs out of puff….

Its a little scary, but I have nothing to complain about.

There are so many that are critical of the church, in a whole raft of ways.
However the keenest and most consistent of these are generally those who would call themselves Christians.

You don’t really hear the Muslims, the Bhuddists complaining about what a Church is doing…..and for that matter you don’t really hear the Christians bleeting about what the Muslim is doing…and I am talking about a question of degrees here, there are always exceptions.

I wonder how Jesus dealt with those who were critical of His ministry? Who were they, what did they look like? What did he say to them, and how did He treat them?

A fault I have is that I take criticism to heart, I take it personally.
Instead of focusing on that which is affirming, I focus on that which is critical.

There are so many great things about Inglewood Church…and our affect on the community. It feels like we are on a wave of blessing, expectation and fruitfulness.
My prayer is that I don’t get in the way of what the Holy Spirit is doing at the moment, but facilitate it.

I am repeating myself, but I did not like high school.
I felt trapped, I felt I could not be myself, and I did not really like myself either!

But today…I met up…for the first time…with a mate from high school days.
The first time I have met up with anyone from my time at Scarborough High.

It was a great experience, a really nice guy, and it made me feel like some of that time was redeemable. We had a great conversation abour our time at Scabs, some of the good times we had.. life, philosophy, spirituality.

We also talked about what some of the blokes from ‘our group’ are up to.
It feels like an age away now, but it was refreshing to have it brought into the present.