West Baptist Church

We’re opening tomorrow’s church gathering with this image from my new favourite cartoonist, xkcd.  Thanks, Matt, for the find.

One of my great hopes for West is that this period of Unplugging from screen-based entertainment will give us space to Plug In to God – maybe Plug back In to God.
So often we say to ourselves and each other that we don’t ‘have time’ for things we say are important to us.  I said [...]

I’ve gone through a couple of 24 phases in my life, where my heart has raced along with Jack Bauer’s as he strives to save humanity (or at least America) from the latest terrorist threat.
Last time I watched it, something Jack kept saying annoyed me every time.  When faced with a moral dilemma (to torture [...]

How are we changed by encountering Christ?

On our fourth Sunday in Advent in 2009 we explored this question using Michael Foreman’s picture book, Cat in the Manger. The cat’s tenancy in the stable is based on its mouse-catching prowess, but relationships in the barn will never be the same after a visiting couple meet their [...]

I heard today that five-year-old Thomas really enjoyed the ‘rice prayers’ we put together for the Handful of Rice series in June.  So much that his Mum has now made a sheet of Advent and Christmas prayers, to be used at mealtimes and bedtimes and whenever a praying occasion arises at home.
If you’d like a [...]