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David

  • Becoming like Christ and contemplating the glory of God

    I am a naturally quiet and independent person. I prefer to listen than talk, and to persevere rather than ask for help. In many situations I will put others before myself, and will resist others doing the same to me.

  • How heroes are made

    What would it look like to live as though Jesus could return at any moment? What would it look like to live a life fully surrendered to him withholding nothing? What would our world look like if Jesus was Lord and King over all?

  • I will rebuild your walls… the power of God's restoration

    A few weeks ago during a time of worship at church the Lord showed me a picture of a broken ceramic bowl that had large fractures and small thin cracks. A bowl that was so broken that it was barely holding together.

  • Arthur or Martha? Sam or Samantha? - Part 2

    Some people regard those with gender dysphoria as having an unchangeable condition, and psychological treatment to date to help people realign with their biological sex has not been particularly successful.

  • If sermons were like classrooms

    Imagine a student attending a classroom. How would you respond if that student had no evidence of growth or knowledge from class? No class preparation, homework or assessment completed. No evidence of knowledge gained or work done.

  • Mexico-U.S. border crisis escalates as thousands of Haitians left stranded, vulnerable

    Camped in migrant centers, broken-down rooms of a dingy, semi-derelict hotel and on church floors, thousands of Haitians desperate to enter the United States are in limbo and exposed to crime in dangerous border neighborhoods of Mexico.

  • Taboo Or To Do - launched in Sydney, Australia

    A new book Taboo Or To Do, which takes up some critical hot-button issues and is by the writing team Ross Clifford and Philip Johnson, was officially launched in Australia.

  • Humour on the railway – Footplate Padre

    The Footplate Padre affirms that humour has always been a feature of railway life; it continues to be so today.

  • The waiting game

    \"Waiting\" conjures pictures of a damp grey station with tired and gloomy passengers hovering in limbo. \"Waiting\" awakens drab memories of a doctor\'s lounge with broken toys, brown curtains and dusty magazines that were old news in Abraham\'s day.

  • Why translate worship music?

    Have you ever heard the term \'melting pot\'? It basically refers to a situation where you have lots of different types of people thrown in together, and they start to share and take on aspects of each other\'s identity.