The eagle has landed
After many months of thought, preparation and transitions, we are finally at our ‘destination’. in NZ In a new city, and a home of our own (our first family home) With a new (third) son (less than 2...
After many months of thought, preparation and transitions, we are finally at our ‘destination’. in NZ In a new city, and a home of our own (our first family home) With a new (third) son (less than 2...
In That Leaders Might Last, chapter ten, there is a chapter titled ‘A Courageous Love’. In it I wrote of the confrontational nature of Jesus, fearlessly causing trouble in a great many places - all...
It may be that no one actually reads this - but here are some thoughts on a few utopian ideologies, based off what I emailed to someone today. This may be a bit too heavy...
One of the core values of this ministry is that partnership is the way forward. This is simply to say that through working together we can accomplish more than were we to stay only in...
That impossibilities do not exist is one of the core values of this ministry. What this means is that the projects that this ministry undertakes will not be determined by what has or has not...
- - - - - - - - - - - - Why I seek your partnership in prayer - - - - - - - - - - - - To share my heart...
As I understand it, culture shock isn’t really a ‘shock’ like an electric shock. Rather it is that niggling ongoing adjustment to changes when there are a lot of them. Take for instance this morning. I...
In setting up this website I put a catch-phrase under the ministry’s name: Shining Lights.co - Helping the Church see afresh what a great ‘product‘ it has. It was suggested by some that the use...
(Pic: Jon, Ethan and friend Janelle - in a ‘playground’ helicopter) After about eight and a half years in Singapore, today we return to NZ for a new chapter in our lives. As I awake (miraculously...
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Yesterday was an exciting day for me. My first book was officially launched, being published by Campus Crusade for Christ, Singapore (and the place looked good, thanks to my wife, heather, plus the food good,...
As a brief addition to the previous blog, which addressed the ‘macro’ perspective of the five ‘offices’ discussed, I reflected that at a local Church level this has significance also (a brief reflection here only). If...
Preamble What an interesting question. I’m sure there could be a good variety of answers (I may request answers from ministry friends on this question to place in this blog at a later date). Here are two answers 1....
What kind of things could we say when we preach the gospel? What things should we say? And how should we say them? An easy answer is found in Acts 2 and 3, looking at two...
A thought about urgency and the gospel, as it is related to end times prophecy (a topic many are scared of). So, the next question would be...
A thought about urgency and the gospel, as it is related to end times prophecy (a topic many are scared of). So, the next question would be...
The need for a sense of urgency in the spreading of the Christian message is another foundational value we want in this ministry. Before discussing it, it’s no new revelation. Firstly, we never know when...
The equipping of the members by pastors is a foundational value for this ministry - I’m banking on pastors (reverends, vicars...