A tough year

It’s the AFL Grand Final next weekend. Around my suburb I’ve noticed the occasional Western Bulldogs flag proudly displayed in the windows. The followers of the Melbourne Demons have come out of nowhere and are talking about their team. It’s one of those cultural moments where you see people show high levels of devotion to…

In the TV show Psych there is this running joke about the main character of the show, Shawn. Shawn always changes jobs and those closest to him say that he never commits. However, from Shawn’s point of of view, he thinks that working for a week in job makes him an expert, so just quits…

What’s the point? That’s the question I asked myself while I was vacuuming the lounge room just as a horde of people arrived to trample dirt into the carpet. What’s the point of carefully wrapping up Christmas presents, with fine detail and ribbon, just for them to get ripped to pieces? We all ask ‘what…

When my family lived in Sydney we had a 40 minute drive to church. One of the great things about the city is the see the change happening all around you. Every week, as we drove to church, I would look out and see the progress on the many construction sites. At first they would…

It’s our hope and prayer that God will establish a new church in Prospect which reaches into the Meander Valley and Northern Midlands. Check back for more information in the coming weeks.

The Cross  “He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and…