Monday, April 10, 2017

The King on a Borrowed Donkey (Luke 19:28-48)

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One Sunday after church I took James out for a driving lesson and we ended up heading out to Auckland airport, and as we were going...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

the borken trap psalm 124

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Leslie Allen calls Psalm 124 ‘the broken trap’ after the imagery of a bird managing to escape from a snare or net set for it in verse 5....
Sunday, April 2, 2017

Investing in the Kingdom of God (Luke 19:11-27)

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The scenes we saw around the US presidential elections this year were unprecedented. They showed the deep, deep divide in ideologies i...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

A real God who really cares, and really acts in the reality of life... (A Prayer based on Psalm 23 and 40)

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At Church we are learning 'king of love" by the band 'I Am They'. It's a wonderful re imagining of the old hymn...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Faith in the face of trouble (Psalm 123)

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Psalm 123 has been called a communal lament, the Jewish blues, it’s a cry to God in the midst of pain, suffering and distress. It’s...
Monday, March 27, 2017

to Seek and save the lost: the blind beggar, the short tax collector and us (luke 18:35-19:10)

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Every where you go these days you have tag lines and mission statements telling you what the company or store or service or even churc...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Mission Impossible: The eye of the needle and the cross (Luke 18:11-34)

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In the passage, we had read out this morning, there are two symbols that speak of impossible missions, or mission impossible, to ...