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Picking up the pieces – 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 A few weeks ago, I ordered a vase – not a priceless ceramic – but big and fairly expensive which I thought would match the rug in the manse lounge room. When it arrived, however, it was shattered. It seems they’d forgotten Read more…

Our Map of Tiny Perfect Things – Mark 2:1-12, Acts 2:1-11 Maps are very useful things. As many of you know we have recently moved to the manse, and there are lots of up-sides to living there (they’re in my report for the church meeting) but there’s one down-side. No Read more…

Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-8 As I mentioned earlier, May is mission month in many Baptist churches and this May we are exploring what authentic mission looks like. We looked at authentic relationships last week, we’ll look at following Jesus in new ways on the 23rd, and today’s theme is authentic Read more…

Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-8 In 1988 I caught a bus from Sydney to Brisbane (which I suspect took longer than the 16 hours it apparently takes now) to join some friends to go to Expo 88. (Some of you will remember that!) Now a 16 hour plus bus ride is Read more…

Luke 24 26-48 Some bright morning when this life is over, I’ll fly away. To that land on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away. I’ll fly away, oh glory! I’ll fly away. When I die, hallelujah, by and by. I’ll fly away. I can’t do justice to the ethereal beauty Read more…

The Emmaus Way – Mark 16:1-8 I think I’ve told this story before, about a disastrous sermon my father preached at Epping Baptist in Sydney where he began by saying to the congregation that the basic principle of mission, the fundamental practice of the Christian church, is ‘to go’. So Read more…