The blue print the map
Every good house has a blueprint. A plan. A solid, determined shape,before the building even begins. As the house begins to be build, sometimes problems arise and themaster builder has to improvise and rewrite the plans. But, if hes agood builder, the building will end up being just as solid as planned.The builder needs a … Read more
Simple wrath
reading isaiah and romans. God, in one way, is incredibly simple and straight forward. If you do things that please me (I.E live life the way we are designedto live it. Life in abundance. Filled with love and blessing) then youwill live great lives and have nothing to fear because I am good. If … Read more
without distortion begin
Distortion. was the graffiti on the side of a house we were walking around the community, hearing God and praying out what we were feeling. ‘It feels like we are walking through the jungle, but we are in the middle of the capital’ One of our team observed. We would walk past a hollowed out … Read more
We are the same.
We struggle with the same things. We enjoy the same things. We laugh at the same things. We get offended by the same things. We are beautiful and enjoyable to be around in the same ways. After 12 different countries it has finally dawned on me, humans are all the same. We are unique in … Read more
Catalyst Redeemers.
We are the catalyst redeemers. We aren’t the redeemers, as we are broken and sinful. We are the catalysts, the space makers, the co creators, the lynch pins that Jseus partners with to bring redemption to all. Justice, perfectly melded with Mercy is redemption. We are the catalyst redeemers, the captain planet of Mercy and … Read more
Our friendship with Justice and Mercy
The tension between justice and mercy is one that hurts and is filled with regret and broken relationships. Justice is sometimes misconstrued as a graceless use of the truth. Mercy is occasionally a misinformed use of grace, a love without intelligence. Jesus knew. Jesus loved. Jesus was just. Recently it was made more clear to … Read more
Earnest – GO-KART church.
I’ve been some freaky and different churches. But as we sat in a large bus with a crew of less then ten aboriginal kids with the promise of Go-karting later I chuckled. The pastor/ bus driver began talking about ‘earnestly seeking God’, I had become almost the summariser of the trip, looking for ways to … Read more
We will find out what we are made of.
I played a year of indoor hockey in a team of state rep players and soccer freaks. We won the season undefeated, I didn’t really improve in my playing that year because I was never really needed as a player. Except one game. We were playing a team of friends and half their team hadn’t … Read more
Wrestling With Why
Reblogged from toddtipton: In my many years as a Christian I’ve realized that we Christians do a great job at giving people rules but an incredibly poor job at explaining why. It’s as if the rules are an end to themselves.* However, the rules, as explained in the New Testament, were only introduced as guide … Read more
Radiant. Delightful.
“Could you take a punch to the face And not even blink an eye. Would you take a shot to the head Cause you know that Daddy will make it right.” Standing in the semi dark of a blue light disco in a pcyc in a small town is strangely hilarious. Earlier that day we … Read more
