A time to stop and rest, the Sabbath is firstly a gift from God and a rhythm in creation before it is a commandment . Keeping the Sabbath can be life giving. And so as God rested he was equally creating and baking into the rhythm of creation itself Sabbath Rest.
The devotions to scripture, generosity, prayer and worship, gathering, sharing meals and communion can often times seem mundane and uninteresting yet these are the places where our hearts are formed. This is where incarnation happens, the word becomes flesh, earth and heaven meet. It is in the quiet daily life we live where things seem...
Scott, started following Jesus at 24 from a life drugs, illicit sex and all that goes with it. He believed in Jesus but was not interested in following. It is possible to be believing the right things and in the right God but living in the wrong path. So one day after a close shave...
At the table of communion we meet a vulnerable God. Open enough to tell us that he has longed to share it with us and open in u story say that he wants us to always remember him. At the table of communion, we do not just bring to memory what Jesus did for us,...
The early church devoted itself to generosity. It was radical, habitual and spontaneous. They gave to everyone and anyone. They even sold possessions so that they could have something to give to those in need. This the church continued to do even as it spread across the globe. The thing is, generosity is a reflection...
The early church did everything they could to devote themselves to the teachings of the apostles. This is what shaped their worldview. How they saw God, others and themselves. There are some people who have shape dour history significantly, precisely because they were reliant on and dependent on God’s word. We are living through a...
At pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured in such a powerful way that it gave birth to the church. And every other time the Holy Spirit fell on them or falls on us (the church) there is alway something big happening. Something is always born. One other such times was at Antioch where the disciples were...
