Personal Matters Speaking with a pastor from a traditional denomination about the Church as Mother moved me to reflect on the relationship between our experience of mothers and corporate Christian life. Given the importance of human motherhood it is surprising … Continue reading
Personal Matters One of the most revelatory parts of my life in recent years has been sharing and praying with my wife early in the mornings. As I was praying in bed with my Donna the other day I had … Continue reading
Personal Matters Contemporary Western society is more confused about matters of identity than any that has gone before. I see many feminised young males, every form of sexuality has been legitimised, trans-genderism is fully accepted and the push for gay … Continue reading
Personal Matters Earlier this year I was out praying besides the Swan River and saw an unusual cloud which I believe was a familiar prophetic sign. In different places around the world God has communicated to me via the colours … Continue reading
Personal Matters Pornography has never been a big problem for me, though to say it had never been any problem would be untrue. “Pornography” is much wider issue that sexual images. Whilst acknowledging that this sort of porn is a … Continue reading
Personal Matters Being conscious of personal failures often makes it difficult to speak of one’s own marriage, and even harder to talk authoritatively of the marriage between Christ and the Church. Yet upon returning from Vietnam the heavenly Groom spoke … Continue reading
Background The immediate context for this teaching is our recent trip to as a couple to Vietnam. I believe the significant cost of the trip, in some ways very out of character for us as a couple, was part of … Continue reading