Inclusion Gone Mad

Last week I came across a clip of a pastor delivering an invitation to Holy Communion. Pointing to the elements, he announced: “This table right there is not my table…it is God’s table and that means everyone is welcome to that table. *You do not have to believe what...

fisher of people

If you’ve been to Windsor Road lately, you’ve likely noticed our focus on Jesus’ words, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men and women.” I personally find this year’s sermon series both challenging and rewarding. Initially, we recognised that God...

Sharing Jesus with an Atheist

One thing I hope we can take away from Sam’s insights last Sunday is his encouragement about sharing our faith with someone who is an atheist. We don’t need to have all the answers or be experts in apologetics. Instead, we can be willing to listen, ask questions,...

The Sacred Call of Hospitality

“…I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22 – ESV). We see Paul’s wise approach to how he discipled people to faith on display in the manner he engaged the Greeks in Areopagus in Acts 17 (check out Peter Francis’s...

Christ’s Compassion That Moves Us To Action

(Matthew 9:35-38) In his gospel, Matthew gives us a snapshot of Jesus in ministry. He travelled through towns and villages, teaching in synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, healing every disease and sickness. But Matthew doesn’t stop at...

“Every man dies, not every man truly lives”

The title is a line from William Wallace in the 1995 film, ‘Brave Heart’. The late Dr Edward Stieglitz, an expert on high blood pressure, geriatric medicine and a leading authority on old age and its problems said something similar, “In the end, it’s not the years in...