Category: general discussions

I am trying to imagine church in a different way, with a different set of priorities and practices. What if… We were more concerned about, and motivated by, God’s kingdom priorities than the church priorities? We saw each day as an opportunity to demonstrate God’s value system in how we lived life – seeing church…

I want to spend some time reflecting on the idea of church, recognizing and celebrating the Lord’s good plan for the church. Jesus was not anti-church, He used the word twice to describe the community He would build [Matthew 16:18], and the community that would support His followers in their kingdom witness and work [Matthew 18:17]. The…

Please note, I am wrestling with the idea of ‘church’, and some of my reflections may seem overly negative and critical. I include myself in the indictment, I am as much a part of the ‘church’ problem. My intent is not just to bash church, but to rediscover Jesus’ priorities (He only mentioned ‘church’ twice,…

Not sure if you know who Michael Moore is, or if you have seen any of his movies/documentaries. We just watched “Bowling For Columbine” this weekend, which challenges the American love affair with guns and violence. Other movies include “Fahrenheit 9/11” (critical view of George Bush and the War on Terror) and “Sicko” (critical view…

Someone sent this to me, does it sound correct? does it sound right? If you compare the world with a village of 100 inhabitants, including all the nations of the world, there would be: 57 persons from Asia 21 persons from Europe 14 persons from the Americas 8 persons from Africa 52 would be women…

Having grown up in a tradition that talks a lot about comfort (afterall, ‘what is my only comfort in life and in death’), I wonder whether we’ve become too comfortable?

Have you ever read Psalm 151? Probably not, since it hasn’t been written… yet! Psalm 151 is my psalm, your psalm, anyone’s psalm. Its our own personal response to God’s presence, power or purpose in our life. Just as David wrote psalms to express his own faith and struggle, we can also do the same. It can…

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. [Psalm 37:7] Sometimes the world can be so discouraging. If I allow my mind to dwell on how much suffering is going on all over the world – some of…

For with you is the fountain of life… [Psalm 36:9] ‘Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’ By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus…