November 28th, 2008
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 [...]
November 26th, 2008
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 [...]
November 24th, 2008
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 [...]
November 19th, 2008
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 [...]
November 17th, 2008
The other day I posted on “The inward call to pastoral ministry“. This was made with some observations and reflections from Thomas Oden’s book “Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry”. In it he asked a number of questions that someone should reflect on if they are considering entering Pastoral ministry. Today I will share some reflections [...]
November 15th, 2008
was reading through Thomas Oden’s book “Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry” the other day. In it he says that if someone in considering going into full time pastoral ministry they need to have a persistant inward call over a period of time.
He also said that the person needs to honestly reflect on a number of [...]
November 13th, 2008
Many years ago when I was searching for more to this life I began to read the Bible. As I did I began to find out about Jesus. Discovering who He is changed my life forever. Here are 15 truths I learned about Jesus – who He is and what He has done for us.
Jesus [...]
