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Three Financial Principles We’re Not Following in Church.
“Nemo gave it all so that Jesus could teach us about sacrificial giving.” With a straight face, this line was delivered by a well-known minister to a youth conference I was attending. He had somehow...
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The Departed.
This is one for the disaffected. When my wife and I first moved cities,a few years ago, we knew one of the challenges we would face was finding a new church community. We were deeply knitted in to our...
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The Two Churches
Hi there churches, we need to talk. A long time ago, I wrote about the plot holes that I’ve noticed in the Christian narrative I’ve chosen to live my life by. These plot holes bothered me so much, I...
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Real Christian Living: Love Makes A Way
So a Rabbi and eight Christians walk into a politicians office. Yeah, it sounds like a sentence that’s begging to be wed to a punchline, but it’s much more serious than that. On the morning of Tuesday...
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A Toast to Crappy Situations
“I thought I’d hit rock bottom, then I realised there was a trapdoor.” So went my quote to a friend a while back when I was working through a tough situation. We all go through crappy situations, and...
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Welcome.
“All are welcome.” Being welcome is an interesting notion. There are some places that you walk into and you just feel at home. I find this with my parent’s house in Christchurch. I turn up, walk in,...
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Love, Love, Love.
“I love it.” “I love you.” “I LOVE these new pumps!” “Loved the pasta last night.” “How hot is Chris Pratt?? Love.” In my mind, the word love proves to be one of the most inadequate words in the...
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Christians: Marriage Equality is here – get over it.
First off, I’m sorry. I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to speak out on this issue, because it’s not an easy one for me to discuss. But I can’t stay silent anymore on the topic of marriage equality,...
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#Blessed.
“#Blessed” And so it goes. You’re scrolling through Instagram, and a photo pops up of someone sitting on a beach, getting into their new car, or showing off their new “killer bod.” The hashtags are...
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We Don’t Talk About What We Don’t Talk About.
Authors note: This post talks about some highly sensitive topics, including miscarriage & divorce. When was the last time you sat down and had a conversation that made you deeply uncomfortable? It...
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Be the Servant of all.
Jesus made a lot of challenging statements in the Bible: he told us to love our neighbour as ourselves, to give even in the face of injustice, and to reserve judgement in light of our own failings....
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Let it Go.
I swear this to you I wish that this was not the truth But it’s something that you fell into And crawling out is hard when you Are not so sure it’s what you want to do “Outro” – Relient K There are...
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