This past week I started studying - very part time - at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. I've always avoided studying theology at a Bible College for a number of reasons. First, there was so much pressure to do it in the Church I grew up in, that it was a complete turn off, pretty …
Category: Prayer
#180 A Winter’s Progress
In sunny Sydney we have hit June: winter. And didn't it show itself in full force this week? I can't remember when I last felt this cold. Sure, it's "Sydney cold", I know. But it was still single digits for a significant amount of the day. A great threat with Year 9 though, to send …
#176 Amos 5:24
I've been reading the Psalms lately (the whole year) and read Psalm 126 yesterday. Towards the end, the psalmist makes a request: "restore our fortunes LORD, like streams in the Negev." It's a cry to God for goodness to be abundant, and favour to be bestowed. It's also some cracking imagery. Australians are very familiar …
#174 Washwoman Dream
As my (just finished) scheduled posts on the Lord’s Prayer were rolling, there were times where I felt like jumping in and blogging on another matter. I’d set the posts for the lead up to Easter and the world was bad enough at that stage. Then it started raining on the east coast of Australia. …