When talking about God, we often talk about a Father. And that is how Jesus refers to God when praying, as his Father. But there are also places where God is compared to a mother. In Isaiah there are 2 places where God uses a mother comparison, talking about comforting like a mother comforts, orContinue reading “40 day challenge day 36: Held”
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40 day challenge Sunday bonus: Holy Week play list
As we enter the final week before Easter, the church packs a lot in. But it also comes with some great music. So I’ve put together a list of some of my favourite hymns/songs just right for this week. First: Love is His Word. Simple melody, good words, covers the whole week Second: Brother, SisterContinue reading “40 day challenge Sunday bonus: Holy Week play list”
40 day challenge day 35: Finding David
In yesterday’s post about God equipping the called, I mentioned David, the man after God’s own heart. David makes for an interesting character study. He is known as the shepherd boy, the slayer of Goliath, Saul’s court musician, a warrior, an outlaw, a King, an adulterer, and the man who conquered Jerusalem. He wrote aContinue reading “40 day challenge day 35: Finding David”
40 day challenge day 34: Equipping the Called
I was looking through some pictures I’d saved to my phone. (I go through Facebook and save pictures that make me smile, so that they can make me smile again in the future). I came across a picture (well, it’s actually words saved as an image…) which had a phrase that jumped out at me.Continue reading “40 day challenge day 34: Equipping the Called”
40 day challenge day 33: The Power of Belonging
When I’m not writing this blog, baking cakes or fawning over ducks, I also run a community choir. It’s an informal group who enjoy singing together. We welcome anyone that would like to be part of the choir, no prior experience needed. We don’t audition people, we aim to accept people as they are andContinue reading “40 day challenge day 33: The Power of Belonging”
40 day challenge day 32: Writers block
Have you ever put so much pressure on yourself that what you do can never be good enough? Have you ever set the expectation bar so high that you set yourself up for failure? Have you ever set perfection as the goal, to the extent that its easier not to even start because your scaredContinue reading “40 day challenge day 32: Writers block”
40 day challenge day 31: Be more Barnabus
You can tell something about a person by their favourite characters. Whether that’s their favourite character from a book or a film, or a real person they admire, there’s often something about that character that is similar to the person themselves, a quality that they share or a value they both hold. I once didContinue reading “40 day challenge day 31: Be more Barnabus”
40 day challenge day 30: Timothy
There are a number of letters written by Paul (and others) in the bible. Some are written to whole cities/churches, and others are written to individuals. I want to take a quick look at one written to Timothy, a young man that Paul was imparting advice to so that he could lead with confidence andContinue reading “40 day challenge day 30: Timothy”
40 day challenge Sunday bonus
Sundays mean a short post. This one is very short, but will lead to something longer in the next few days. Maybe have a think about who you are and what gifts you carry, and whether you use them or not.
40 day challenge day 29: Faith over Fear
A friend once gave me a picture. I love it and have it somewhere I can see it often. It has a mouse floating on a dandelion seed and says ‘let your faith be bigger than your fear’. Part of what I love about it is that it doesn’t say ‘don’t be afraid’ which isContinue reading “40 day challenge day 29: Faith over Fear”
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