Posts from October 2018

Pastors Ponderings

This week Tani spoke to us about ‘sitting with our sin’- that is, allowing space in our lives for the Spirit of God to deeply convict, forgive and heal us. It is only when we learn to welcome God into our darkest parts that we experience a revelation of what it really means to welcome others lost in darkness. This is significant because as a church we are exploring what it looks like to welcome others to our table and…

A Bad Day?

It began wrong. It was one of those days some women and very few men may understand…what will I wear? No, not that, it might rain…oh, bother! That won’t work either, didn’t they say it could reach 40 degrees today?   And so it went on for half hour. I’d already wasted time trying to change an appointment but that hadn’t worked either. Despite the early hour, the heat of the day wearied me, as I hurried to the bus…

Pastors Ponderings

Phil, a member of CBBC, shared this word with the oversight team which he received from the Lord. We would love to share this with you and take some time to pray about this Sunday.   A Time of Renewal and Restoration.   “I am the Lord in the Highest.  A call to My people, to those whom I have called out of darkness into the light: fill your lamps, a time of raising up, a time of growing, like young…

Pastors Ponderings

  On Sunday during communion, Jill reminded us that Jesus “became like us so we could become like him.”    Such an insightful statement, it demands that we take time to reflect on it.  However, it is more than a teaching to us.  “Jesus became like us so we could become like him” is a cry through the Holy Spirit from the very heart of God. It is a prophetic word, a command for this coming season.  It’s a statement…

Pastors Ponderings

  I don’t know if you have experienced crippling debt? I am not talking about things being tight where you are just getting by each month – I am talking about serious debt where you are getting phone calls daily demanding money, where you are afraid to answer the door or open the mail because you simply can’t face another person asking for money that you know you owe but you simply can’t pay.  This happened to me around 10…