Last night at the Living Room we had a special guest speaker, Christy, talk to us about the theme of identity in the film Moana. She pointed out a couple things that really stood out to me. In short, one of them was that we can’t really fulfill our calling or our mission in life (of course first you kinda… Read more →
Doing the Right Thing Ain’t Always Easy
Hello again. Last night at the Living Room Gabe shared with us some reflections of his from his favourite movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Today I want to share with you some of my reflections to further some of that discussion. This will be done in two parts. pt. 1 Gabe focused on the character of Finn… Read more →
Dan Bremnes Concert in Review
Hey guys, It’s good to be back. Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted a blog, but I’ve been pretty sick ever since we got back from the States. So if you’d like to pray for me, I’d appreciate it. anyway, last night we were blessed to have award winning Christian music artist, Dan Bremnes, put on a… Read more →
Reflections on Waiting
Last night at the Living Room I talked about how the ascension of Jesus thoroughly impacts what it means for us to be human AND to be the church. To refresh those who were there, and to briefly catch up those who weren’t, the ascension is important to us as humans because: in Christ’s death he took on our sin… Read more →
What’s the deal with infant baptism?
Kia Ora! First of all, it’s good to be back from our trip to the States where we were able to introduce our daughter, Emersyn (Emmy), to family and friends for the first time. Last night, as most of you reading this will know, we had the privilege and honour to baptise our 7 month old daughter, Emmy. If you… Read more →
Fear, Despair, and Confusion vs. Hope
Last night I tried to evoke our imaginations to picture ourselves as someone close to Jesus during this week leading up to Easter. He spoke a lot of confusing things about him having to go away and that the disciples will mourn him, and it’s hard to really imagine how they felt because, of course, we know what he’s talking… Read more →
You, Me, And the Pharisees
Last night at the Living Room Daniel preached on Jesus’ parable of the Wicked Tenants… Matthew 21:33-45 (NIV) The Parable of the Tenants 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved… Read more →
Who Is The Servant?
Last night, Daniel (our guest preacher) raised a thought provoking and challenging question…”who is the servant?” or perhaps more appropriate, “who is A servant of God?” Our reading was the 4th of the Servant Songs in Isaiah found in within chapter 52:13-53:12. And if you don’t have a Bible of your choosing with you, you can read over that here:… Read more →
Re-learning Reliance on God
Last night at the Living Room (or Sunday 19/3/17 depending on when you read this) I talked about the Servant’s strength based off Isaiah 50. And the basic meat of the message was that back in Isaiah’s day the words of the prophet rang loudly because the people had stopped relying on God for their help – their basic strength to… Read more →
Lent Devotions
Hey there, not sure how many of you are giving Lent a go this year, but I really want to encourage you to try. I know not many of you are familiar with the season of Lent and the practices that accompany it, but it can be really special and really formative in your faith and in your relationship with… Read more →