I will look at some Scriptures that I think describe this experience of “desert” in another post, but here I want to introduce other phrases that describe this “desert” time.
Some people use the phrase absence when describing this season of God not seeming to be present - and it can seem that God is absent. [...]
I am tentatively attempting to return to occasional blogging, when I have time (rather than when I have something to say - which I pretty much do most of the time … whether it is worth listening to is another matter!).
My first post back was an opening shot looking the subject of “living in the [...]
Dear readers … it has been a long time. I have done some “cold turkey” on my blogging addiction (or has life just been too busy?), but I have even been encouraged by a few people to venture back into the world of blogs. So I thought I would write the occasional blog [...]
I have been having a few interesting conversations recently with people about how we engage with Scripture. I am really passionate about this at the moment, and the series we are currently doing in church on the parables of the Kingdom was inspired by this.
Bottom line: I think we need to be engaging [...]
Tomorrow we have a staff retreat day at the Bield retreat house near Perth. The Bield is a fantastic, beautiful place with converted barns and stables made into meeting spaces, prayer cells, a lounge, and some bedrooms for those who stay overnight. It has all been done very tastefully.
Over the last few years [...]
