You can’t, but you have to.
“The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true,” – Daniel Okrent In reading, thinking and watching and hearing a lot of different perspectives and conclusions about the politics of recent times, I came to a place where I sms’d my best friend: “Yep, a tension. Between left and right, freedom and … Read more
In Eden, We are eclectic.
Sitting down to read through some of my journal from January this year when i flew into Cambodia. And then i opened up my new journal and i had already written something in the front. “In Eden, We are eclectic” We are ultimately free. Inside. But for some reason, we decide to be boring, unexciting … Read more
Christians, in fact humanity, is ultra boring.
We can change the world. We live in a society that apparently has a romance with the utopian ideal of free markets, but they are all built upon the backs of racist oppression. We could change that, we could go on creative adventure through innovating and inventing cool ways and means to actually liberate markets … Read more
Farming the disconnection out of the world.
I sat in a loungeroom with my German friend. Why are kids bored? He began telling a story about how he played computer games for three years, but compared to the years previous to that, spent adventuring in the forests with his brothers, the computer years were a waste of time. He told of making … Read more
Sour Fruit and Being Right.
If i was the best farmer on the planet. I knew all the best ways to farm, the best ways to prepare soil, the best ways to sell product, but when people ate my fruits, it made them want to throw up – does all my prior knowledge and rightness get me anything? If i … Read more
The other cult of perfection.
I got out of the cab at five am. It was still dark and I walked through the glass doors that would change my life over the next year. I fell into a bunk in a dark room only to wake two hours later to begin a strange adventure. Fast forward half a day and … Read more
Kingdom Quote
“For the last 6 years I have been blessed to be apart of The Chariot, a place where God has taught me to create and worship freely. I am most thankful for the relationships I have been blessed with; my brothers in The Chariot, and the countless friendships that I have gained all over the … Read more
The Cult of Perfection.
I think i was 18, drunk on the gospel. Excited by life and people. I wanted to get more people to know Jesus so i wanted to create a larger belonging. A space in our church building. and why not do that in a gig setting? Why not get a whole bunch of bands to … Read more
#prayfield
Prayer changes everything. God has put so much relational-life changing power in our hands and given us the capacity to use it. #prayfield is going to be a month that changes not only our lives, but the lives of the people in the community the surrounds us that I feel God has called us … Read more
Listen. Hear. Obey.
A very simple concept that I struggle putting into practice. God, who knows everything, who loves giving us good gifts, who put us on the earth to join in with the rescue attempt of humanity at large. This is our overall mandate. Rescue. When you watch a war or a rescue effort, there is a … Read more
