Riot and Rest I have been in the midst of 2 riots in my life. One of them was in December 1984 when a concert in Aotea Square, Auckland turned into what is now known as the ‘Queen Street Riot’. I was there when the mood of the crowd turned from being entertained to...
Is it just me or does it seem like everyone wants to be told how to live? We want principles for everything. We want the best how-to advice money can buy. We devour books with titles like 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and 30 Life Principles. There are countless...
Comfort is a huge topic throughout the Bible. In one form or another, it is mentioned over 100 times meaning it must be very important for us to understand. In fact, I would rather not refer to comfort as a ‘topic’ as that implies it is something that we have to...
The life we live, we live according to the dreams we have. One big, life defining dream that both James and I have had, is to share the fullness and richness of this life that we have been given in Christ as we walk together with our Father. Our deepest desire has...
“The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.” – (John 1:9) What is the function of the True Light? It is to enlighten, to illuminate. The light itself is not to be focused on. Looking into the sun will cause damage to the eyes. We are...
Have you ever felt caught in a trap you couldn’t escape from? Like you were on a continually revolving wheel of struggling with temptations inside your head? Maybe you acted some things out or maybe you didn’t. Maybe, like me, you discovered that your willpower just...
“As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted ….” (Isaiah 66:13) When I was a young Christian, trying to sort my life out, and struggling with the idea of God as Father, I desperately wanted to know that God had a tender, nurturing...
First published in Catch the Fire Magazine – December 2007 Learning to walk in the revelation of sonship. The great revelation that Jesus brought to mankind is that the God of the Jews, a.k.a YHWH, is in fact our Papa. Jesus walked with his God as Son to Father, and...
