The PASSION Blog

At times it is easy for many to fall into the habit of being racist or discriminating against others.
Not many of us would like to admit it. But in our quieter moments we might think “certain things” about “certain groups” of people.
I have three things that I try to remember if I am ever tempted [...]

One of the blogs I have started reading in the last few months is Mark Wilson’s “Revitalize your church”. He is the Senior Pastor of a small church in Wisconsin in the US.
In todays post he talks about “shepherding the flock” and how at times there seems to be so many people who are struggling. [...]

Back in June I did a post called Rain and hope. This talked about how important rain is for country areas and how it effects whole towns, families and local business. I also asked people to pray for rain.
Well the good news is the rain has come. This is only our first full winter in [...]

Back in April I did a post called Back to the books. In it I shared some of the reasons why I decided to return to full time studies as a mature aged student. My reasons were:

To learn and grow in my faith
To expose myself to others teaching
To take some time out from the daily [...]

Now that I only have about four weeks left of my studies for this year I feel like I am in that time where you say, “What next Lord?”
It is that place where you are not sure what to do next and what is the right thing. It is that place where you pray and [...]

The Bible says in Romans 12:18 that we should do our best to live at peace with everyone. It says that as much as it depends on us we should try to do it.
One thing I have found over the years is that sometimes people are just not going to like you or I. It [...]

Recently I have done a couple of posts on looking at different ways of doing ministry and bi-vocational Pastors. Today I found an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald that touches on some of these areas.
The article talks to the head of the Uniting Church in NSW. He says that they might be better [...]