Thoughts towards authentic Christian culture…
Didn't your mother ever tell you not to mix your drinks? No? Mine neither. But from what I've been told, a mixed drink is called a cocktail. You take a few things you like, throw them together and voila! A new creation! Who knew!? I've noticed a few ways that we take our faith, the... Continue Reading →
Remember When We Used to Care? Before we caught the culture that cultivates callousness Like a cold? Cold hearts pumping cold blood around warm bodies with frozen intentions. Actions hanging lifeless from cold fingers on keyboards like icicles Bad circulation maybe? Remember when we used to care? When we used to watch the adverts and... Continue Reading →
My good friend Ben once invited me to the pub for a chat while we were at uni. He and his housemate Owen had started a prayer meeting on Saturday nights at the their house and it had grown into a little family. We loved spending time in God's presence together on those Saturday nights.... Continue Reading →
I'm just gonna come out and say it. I think you're too sensitive. You're too easily offended. When it comes to receiving "wounds from a friend" you're about as durable as a helium balloon. One little prick to your ego and you get totally deflated (usually with a lot of high-pitched whining). But that's no... Continue Reading →
Upon and Around The Chinese community. The black community. The LGBT community. Our society has a tendency to build community upon identity and around common practice. What distinguishes us from others, how we behave, the way we feel inside and the way we experience or perceive life is paramount to how we interact with others.... Continue Reading →
Oh look! You came over for the next post and you're just in time for Story Time! Grab a brew and a biscuit while I tell you about the home I grew up in. I've lived in a few houses but the home I grew up in was usually an open one. From the time... Continue Reading →
Please head back and check out Part 1 before reading on! The enemy would love for us to embrace darkness because it's easier to deceive people in the dark. The devil lies to us in the dark, about God, about ourselves and about each other, leading us down a path of confusion, doubt, guilt and... Continue Reading →
Darkness: 1) the partial or total absence of light; 2) wickedness or evil I once had a dream about Death. I dreamt that Death came to me and wanted to be my friend. Seriously. Like black cloak, big scythe and everything! Death explained that it was just misunderstood and wasn't so bad. It wanted to... Continue Reading →
Honesty time. Sometimes I have no idea why I blog. I've been doing it for a few years now and from time to time I get very close to just pressing delete on the whole thing. I started blogging because I genuinely felt that I was having thoughts about church culture that were important and... Continue Reading →
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