Posts from February 2018
Pastors Ponderings
God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. Psalm 68:6 (NLT) It was getting on for 5 years ago that Julie and I first walked into CBBC. We had been in Australia for three years and had lost our way a little bit. In the UK we had been a key part of a wonderful church movement where we had planted a church,…
Feed Me
You feed them! It had happened again. It was one of those moments where, from a familiar passage of scripture, something new jumped out at me. It was early one morning when I was reading through Luke and came to the familiar story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand where Jesus said, ‘You find them something to eat.’ Why did Jesus ask this question, I wondered and what did he expect from his disciples? Reading back through the earlier…
Pastors Ponderings
Here is the latest blog from ‘Mrs Jesus follower’. You can catch up with all her thoughts on the CBBC website. I gave the dear man a hug and walked to the car. A feeling of helplessness swept over me and it was with a heavy heart that I drove away leaving him alone and in despair. My heart was crying out…this is where we all are without hope! This emptiness…this feeling that life was no longer worth living was…
Pastors Ponderings
This week’s perspective comes from Steve, who is on the leadership team here at CBBC. When focusing on our month-long perspective on ‘Hope’, I wanted to focus on a perspective that is faith based. Not a blind faith, but faith in the One who is faithful. When we look at life through faith-based hope it gives us a redeemed perspective on life—life will look different and looking at life differently can lead to a changed attitude, resulting in changed behaviour.…
A moment in time
There are a few times in my life where I’ve experienced a time warp. One such time was when I discovered some lost letters from an uncle whom I’d never had the privilege to know. I curled up on the lounge and became lost in another world. I was a little girl again enjoying wandering through the paddocks of our farm but this time I was spending time with a kind, caring fun loving uncle. I cried for the times…