Pastors Letter (Page 18)

Dear friends We have recently started sharing in church about how some of our brothers and sisters grow their relationship with God.  We will continue to hear from different people throughout March. One privilege that I have as a pastor is that I get to spend extended time digging into different parts of God’s word in depth.  So when it comes to my daily Bible reading I…

Dear friends I’m not sure if you’ve been following the press around Eddie McGuire’s response to the Collingwood Football Club’s report into racism.  In case you missed it, McGuire was reported as declaring “This is a historic and proud day for Collingwood Football Club” as they adopted a “leadership position on the most fundamental of rights equality: to be who you…

Dear friends I was super encouraged by our Christmas mission that we ran at the end of last year. As we reach the end of January (it always goes so fast, right?) and with school starting this week it already feels like we’re well into 2021, but it’s good for us to pause and reflect on how Christmas went. It was a Christmas where we probably had no choice but…

Dear friends There has been a lot of talk recently about “rights”.  This has been across a whole range of different areas:  my “right” to free speech; my “right” to choose vaccination; my “right” to not be offended; etc.  As a society we have those who are advocating a “Bill of Rights” as the solution to the increasing levels of friction that is arising as a result of one…

Dear friends Politics have been very much in the spot light over the last few months.  Whether it’s state and federal governments exerting more obvious control over our lives in their efforts to control the spread of COVID (think lockdowns, masks & QR Codes), the drama of the US presidential elections, or the tension between Australia and the communist leadership in…

Dear friends I’m a plant killer.  It’s not intentional. I admire the green-thumbed plant lover surrounded by mists of colour and shades of green. I’m not a plant hater, believe me, I’m not. I love a blossoming garden, lush, thick forest or an exquisite bunch of flowers as much as the next person. It’s not a malicious dislike for the colour…

Dear friends Can you “serve” God for all the wrong reasons? Does motivation matter? This is a question explored in the Old Testament book of Job. “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.…

Dear friends, I’ve been thinking this week about our Christmas Mission and how it can be best achieved. I concluded it is not best achieved alone. Our Christmas Mission is a task to be undertaken together and with the help of God. It is easy to be dragged along by the Christmas tide of feverish action and business. If this is the case, what then differentiates us, as…