Eden had a 10-month growth spurt last week. For the non-parents, it means for a few days she ate heaps and slept more, which is not too different to adults on some days (maybe we can use the same excuse for eating and sleeping – “sorry just having a growth spurt”…)! Cheryl and I have …
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The other congregation this St Patrick’s Day
Tomorrow morning, there’ll be plenty of Christian saints meeting in churches across New Zealand to celebrate that Jesus died and rose. Yet there’ll probably be more people meeting in pubs across New Zealand to celebrate “St. Patrick’s Day” with much drunken revelry. If you get the opportunity to start a conversation, here are two four …
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Web curations (15 Mar)
#worldview How we view the world we live in (our worldview) underpins every part of our life. Cameron Blair created an infographic with a summary of the major worldviews that exist today, with helpful 2-ways-to-live-styled diagrams (our associate pastor also taught a lengthy series on a biblical worldview). World view of a different sort: An …
Worshipping a crucified man?
Christians are often openly mocked for ascribing honour and worth to Jesus Christ. To skeptics and enemies of Christianity, it seems an absurd idea to worship a Jewish carpenter whose greatest accomplishment (humanly speaking) was to incite a riot and get himself executed. Yet John Stott points out that this derision is not new: “…Whether …
Rock of Ages (Ruth Buchanan version)
A couple of reasons why I appreciate this arrangement: It’s very singable. Cheryl and I first heard this at YLC conference, and picked it up reasonably quickly. It matches the words better. In my opinion, Thomas Hasting’s original “Toplady” tune and Richard Redhead’s Petra variation both sound a bit too bright and chirpy, compared with the …