The PASSION Blog

One of the great things about God is that He is never far away. Even though sometimes in our lives we might feel like we are living in exile or being held captive, He is always willing to bring us a message of hope.
We see this in the Old Testament book of Jeremiah. In chapter [...]

Yesterday my wife, girls and I went out to a friends farm. It is always nice to get out of town and be on a farm as I love the wide open space and the peace and quiet.
One of the things I got to do was ride in a harvester for the first time. I [...]

This morning I had a short worship time. The song that really hit the spot for me was Hillsong’s “Show me your ways”. It is another older one, but it expressed my heart to God today.
I am finding this more and more lately. That when I put on some worship music that one song usually [...]

One of the things that has been on my mind lately is the whole idea of mission and vision for a church or for a ministry. In particular I have been thinking that if we get our mission and vision right then it can act as a filter for all we do as Christians and/or [...]

Criticism can be hard to take at times. It can be especially hard to receive when we have put our heart and soul into something and someone comes and criticises our work. Or worse still – they criticise us personally.
However, when we receive criticism there are some things we an do to receive it a [...]

One of the questions I get asked every now and then is how do you find space to think or pray when you study at home and homeschool your kids. It is a good question because if you have been reading this blog for a while you will know I am a reflective and prayerful [...]

Last night I looked through all my notes from my pastoral care unit I did this semester. As I flicked through I re-read all the points that the lecturer really paid special attention to. I found it an interesting summary of some of the key points of the unit. Here they are…
Key #1 – We [...]