Reaching the 18–22 Year Old Demographic has been a Key to Spiritual Generations Tim Simpson, Auckland Navigators student staff, asks students at the beginning of every year, “Have you considered Jesus’ claims now that you’re an adult?” Regardless of the decade, Navigators …
“What helps you to pray regularly?” This was a question someone asked me after a talk recently. How would you answer this question? My first thought is that praying with others helps me to pray regularly. From praying daily with …
A close friend shared this conversation they had with God recently. I was struck by their honesty with God, “I don’t feel very loved”. I was also impressed by the way God’s Spirit brought truths from the Bible to mind …
Recently I talked with a couple who have faithfully shared friendship and the message of Jesus with their neighbours. While being attracted to the quality of relationship these neighbours see in my friend’s lives, they have rejected invitations to learn …
When it comes to trusting God and taking steps of faith do you tend to hold back or charge ahead? My tendency is to hold back. I need to work at taking initiatives, even small ones, as I trust and …
I watched our cat wandering around the other day. It struck me how self-contained it is. It has no pockets, no bag, nothing extra. In the winter it grows a bit more fur for warmth, and in the summer it …
Some of the fruit trees in our garden produce more than one variety of fruit. It’s amazing to take a bud from one desirable tree and graft it onto a another compatible tree, and in time harvest fruit from this …
It’s a teenage pregnancy, and the fiancée isn’t the father. The birth happens in a farm ‘lean-to’ rather than in a good family home with the best of midwifery care. The baby lies wrapped in cloths in a feeding trough, …
Today we have so much data and information available to us, more than we can cope with. So, we simplify, summarise, generalise. This may help make things more manageable for us, but something important gets lost in the process: specificity. …
Black Lives Matter. This powerful movement protests against the devaluing and ill-treating of people just because of the colour of their skin. But once we’ve fixed our racism, is that enough? Maybe I’m no longer racist, but do I have …
