Over the past few weeks I have been thinking about the relationship between God’s Justice, Compassion and Mercy – See Exodus 33. This has come up as I have been thinking about my own parenting and as I have been working with fathers’ groups and counselling parents....

Parish Council met this week.  This week's blog is a reflection on part of the discussion from that meeting. Lately, we have been considering what it means to be a ‘Church known for its relationships' as our vision states.  At the Council meeting this week we were...

As a new father, I have so much joy in my heart at the moment. I know this is something I should cherish. There is something about babies that does this. I am reminded of the time when Mary the mother of Jesus met with her cousin Elizabeth and the baby, who would one...

As a lover of music I try to stay current with what is popular, new and cutting edge in all types of music (I actually have ‘The Spotify Top 50’ on in the background as I write this). On Thursday night I was watching The Project and one of my musical heroes,...

Origin stories have become a popular genre in entertainment in recent years, and no I don’t mean the stories of how QLD was always beating NSW in rugby league until they finally turned it around this year (although that is an amazing story). Origin stories take...

August is Vision month at our church. Why you might ask? Haven’t we been there done that? At the beginning of July, Bowen & I attended the Hillsong Conference in Sydney which was a great experience not just for us to get some great teaching, not just to learn the...