But the message is clear: we are to take up the cross of Christ in our lives, where we are, and follow him.  We are to walk before God and be blameless, whatever that means for us continue »

But shed his blood he did, and did truly bring back to God all things, earthly and heavenly, in other words, he brought a unity between earth and heaven. That’s hard to get our heads around. continue »

As the year turns, we are ordinary people walking into our futures, will we unintentionally stumble upon the kingdom of heaven as the shepherds did?  continue »

Whoever has little but does nothing with it –  it will be taken away from him, and he will be thrown into the darkness.  That sounds very harsh, but it warns us to use our God-given gifts, which implies staying close to God, because if we don’t, that relationship will wither and die, and in the end, we will be separated from God.  But do be heartened by the assurance that if we come close to God, he will come close to us.  continue »

Wherever we are and whatever we do, we can choose to act as justly and mercifully as we can.  Joshua was right to challenge the people, it’s not the easy path, but it is the one which will ensure our corner of the world will be as just, merciful and Godly a place as it can be, and it means the contribution of us all goes to the building of a  peaceful world.  Everyone at war desires a peaceful world after a continue »

We are all human, and God knows our human weaknesses, and the fact that we struggle to be the people he teaches us to be.  We make mistakes!   But he’s always alongside to help us overcome them. continue »

I think it can be summed up in two words: challenge and comfort.  It’s not a case of one or the other, it’s a case of both-and.  There are so many challenges set before us in this passage about following Jesus, and the depth of that following in our lives continue »

As we consider the Christian people we know, they will be different ages, and have different outlooks and interests.  God doesn’t make us all the same, just as the disciples were not changed to be the same. continue »

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord continue »

Do we want to see, are we willing to make, that effort to draw closer to God, whatever it looks like in your life – and that will probably be different for each one of us. Be inspired to do it by Peter’s words: “Lord it is good for us to be here”. continue »