The mission of god in the hands of ordinary people

In Matthew’s gospel, we have an account of Jesus going to towns and villages, teaching, preaching to everyone who will listen and healing every disease and sickness. As he looked out to the crowds, his heart broke and was filled with compassion for them, ‘because they...

More people more like jesus

A great line, isn’t it? I wish I came up with it but then I’d get a big head so just as well I didn’t! It’s a tagline from a church website and it encapsulates the core mission and vision of Christian discipleship. Jesus expressed it this way when he called his...

Jesus Our Living Hope

‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade…’ (1 Peter 1:4) In her...

When God Calls You To Walk Through Suffering’s Door

(Condensed article by Glena Marshall) I was 34 when I used the word ‘chronic’ in front of the word ‘pain’ for the first time. I said it in a small voice, wondering if five years of suffering was long enough to merit the phrase. When this door of suffering opened...