Why should we expect to emerge unscathed?

I read this quote the other day: “Marriage, see, was God’s idea. It’s one of the most potent metaphors in all of Scripture for the way God loves us and the way we’re to let ourselves be loved by him. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. To the contrary, it’s fraught with peril. Any good …

Off to Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) for year 2

We’re flying out this weekend to Christchurch for the Youth Leadership Conference. It’s been a year since we were introduced to this unique, week-long conference – where we learn to read and prepare a study from bible passage. It’s run by a network of (ed:  mostly) evangelical Anglicans (rare as hen’s teeth in Western countries!) …

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – DC take 2, travelling back, final reflections

DC take 2 We spent another day visiting Washington DC, the capital of the US. We got to see the US Capitol Building, didn’t end up doing the visitor’s tour because of their inconvenient security requirements (no water bottles, even if they’re empty!) A real highlight was visiting the Library of Congress (first seen in …