TailsWinds I Win/Headwinds I Lose I remember a four times out-and-back marathon I ran a few years ago. Tailwind on the out, and increasingly strong headwind on the back. Every time I neared the turn to head back I felt the surge of dread and adrenalin knowing how hard it was going to get. I […]
You have to laugh at it right? But for so many people, and I don’t just mean Christians, this is the reality of the decision to lean into a new year and be a “new you”. We all start the year off with a new liturgical goal: A fresh sheet of paper. So often the […]
This is a guest post by a friend of mine, Dr. Steven McCready, who is the Senior Minister of Riverview Church here in Perth. I’m writing this to my brothers and sisters, the pastors of the churches in Perth. I am a guest in this great city, and I consider it an honour to co-labour […]
COSTCO You all know COSTCO, right? Perhaps some of you have even shopped there (let me know in a DM if you’re too ashamed to admit it in public). Here’s the thing about COSTCO though – the really great thing: It doesn’t pretend to be more than it is. It’s cheap and cheerful and it’s […]
The Sexular Age just keeps rolling on. Rolling on like waves on a beach. Tsunami waves. Crashing into a church near you. Let me explain. On a recent interstate trip at a conference I spoke at recently, I was chatting with a woman who attended a church in the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Now, the […]
Post-religious America is somewhat like the angry teenager who, in seeking to self-identify in what seems like a suffocating household, becomes self-aware. Do you get what I mean? Self-aware of how transgressive they are. Self-aware of what the house rules are. Self-awareness is akin to an enlightening of the soul. The teen, bless his little […]
The UK TV series HUMANS (the A” is upside down) from a few years ago was a cracking insight into the world of AI, in a near future UK setting. Humanoids are synthetics or “synths” as they are known, and they have been created that are remarkably real, and they do the bulk of the […]
We went to our newly renovated local pub/hotel last night after work for a meal and a drink, and to check out what is a stunning renovation of an almost 100 year old building. It’s the Bassendean Hotel, about ten minutes walk from our house. It used to be fairly downtrodden and tired, but after […]
We’ve all heard stories of wedding fails: smashed cakes, ministers not turning up; grooms not turning up. Perhaps this is one of the worst. Twitter and Jimmy Fallon certainly thought so: When you think it’s all about you, then it’s easy to make it all about you. In John’s Gospel, John the Baptist decides very […]
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