Happy Earth Day everyone! In honour of this special occasion, let me give yet another shameless plug as to why we should care for our planet. Of the very limited readership to frequent the Living Room blogsite, there are probably three reactions right now: Huzzah! Yes! I’ve been holding out for yet another shameless creation care blog! This is so… Read more →
Hi Roommates, Just a quick post to encourage you to pray for the people of Ecuador this week. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the coastal South-American nation on Saturday night. You can read about it here. If you don’t know what to pray, here is a short pray you might like to use. I have based it on James 3:13-18,… Read more →
Hey Roommates! This Saturday the Living Room along with Campfire and the rest of the Hope community is jumping in to serve one of our local schools: Gilberthorpe School. This is a great opportunity to serve our wider community…read below for details from Mitch, Brad, and Kaitlyn! Blessings, Jordan DETAILS in a Nutshell This Saturday 2nd April 8am sharp start… Read more →
Santa wants us to spend a lot. We all know this. But just as we feel numbed by endless adverts, slogans, and tacky plastic reindeer bells, a horrifying reality hits us: Nearly one third of all New Zealand children are living in poverty. More than half of them will never escape it. That’s the grim reality painted by the recently… Read more →
Hi all! Continuing our series on Jeremiah, this week we turn to chapter 32. Jeremiah goes out to buy a piece of land. Exciting. But actually, it’s a really strange thing to do because the land of Judah is on the verge of being overrun by the Babylonian Empire. Any bought land won’t be worth much then! However, Jeremiah loves… Read more →
Hello! I’m sure you’ve been very aware of the global refugee crisis caused largely by the conflict in Syria. Working through Jeremiah, I have been struck by how Jeremiah provides language to help give voice to this scandal. Jeremiah is hardly a light read…but justifiably so. We need strong words to help us grapple with this stuff. This Sunday we’ll… Read more →
Hello Roommates! I await this Sunday with eager anticipation. Continuing our Jeremiah series, Daphne Marsden will be speaking on encouraging hope in the people God brings our way. Daphne is the manager of Project Esther, a community ministry of Southwest Baptist Church. She works a lot with at risk women who have just been released from prison. Therefore, for our… Read more →
I’m still musing about what to pray for this Sunday in our intercession… I stumbled across this video of Eritrean migrants singing on board a rescue boat as they sought to escape from Eritrea to Europe. Do you hear the hope? And somehow, despite everything, the joy? In English, the lyrics are: “We survived the desert and Libya We crossed… Read more →
Roomies, We need your prayerful attention! BREAKING NEWS…Myanmar and other parts of Southeast Asia are experiencing extreme flooding and landslides. Every week at the Living Room, we’re hoping to focus on something particular for our intercessory prayers. This week we’re going to pray for Myanmar during the service. If you have time before Sunday, you can find out more here,… Read more →