This is an extract from an article that appeared in “Rolling Stone” in April 2007. Have a read, post a comment….
This is how you enlist in the Army of God: First come the fireworks and the prayers, and then 4,000 kids scream, “We won’t be silent anymore!” Then the kids drop to their knees, still [...]

 
CS Lewis wrote a beautiful insight into worship in his book “Reflections on the Psalms”. Click on this link to be taken to a website that discusses the relevant chapter about the nature of praising God. It’s a really good read. Post your thoughts about what Mr Lewis has to say
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The famous author CS Lewis describes worship as a natural expression of everyday life. (Paraphrased) he muses that to complete the enjoyment of something, say, a good meal or a sporting event, we will naturally want to cheer, applaud, complement the provider of the meal (or the moment). He argues that this does not physically [...]

Is there someone in the banks that I can tell, that I am in enough debt as it is & I don’t need to be tempted to increase my credit limit?
Is there someone I can tell that my quality of life doesn’t depend on whether or not my footy team wins?
Is there someone I can [...]

This was sent to me by my mate Josh Hellema & it’s just priceless…
What small steps are taken to achieve freedom for us all.
This scene took place on a British Airways flight between
Johannesburg, South Africa & London.
A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a
black man.
Very disturbed by this, she called [...]

I could have named this post “when is enough, enough?” It seems to me that more than ever, we are living in an era when permisiveness is the norm, & I’m not just talking about sexual permisiveness, but a whole range of things that each & every day challenge every one of us to accept [...]

On Sunday night just gone, I did a job for POWA Audio, helping them to load out the P.A. lights & staging from the state youth games in Warragul. As always, I checked before hand as to the estimate of how long the job should take. I was told, “arrive in Warragul with the truck [...]

Over the years, I have been part of the best & worst of many different expressions of worship from a wide variety of denominations & practices. What I have found is that even in what one might call an uninspired time of worship, the experience can still have value as I’ve learned that worship is [...]

I was driving to work this morning & went by a bus stop with a solitary student standing there in the cold waiting for her bus. As I came within sight, we made eye contact & she let out this huge mouth gaping yawn. Even though the contact was only for a fleeting moment, so [...]

Missing: Medium height, blonde hair, attractive, familiar sense of humour, great voice, married to Daniel, last known whereabouts somewhere north of Mexico, posing as a student sitting underneath the Crabtree of good & evil.