Confessional
So who are we? I have had that question asked of me many times throughout my life. From birth to the present I have always been a member of a Christian Reformed Church (CRC). I have lived in three countries and on two continents, but I have always been a part of the CRC. In my youth the school I atten...
What do you value? Why do you do whatever you do? If you have lived for any length of years you have noticed that not every person is the same. No family is completely alike. No community is identical. The same is true of churches. There are differences, and these differences a...
At times I get overwhelmed by the simple volume of tasks I have to achieve. And I am not alone. Every pastor and church leader has a keen sense that there are just not enough hours to do all that needs to be done. When I served the local church as their minister, there was always another sermon to write, another ...
Speaking with the pastor I immediately realised what he was struggling with. The heart of his struggle was the complacency in his church. In spite of the ongoing decline in the church and the lack of conversions, most of the people in his church stood for nothing more than more of the same. People were not interested i...
When was the last time you followed a plan? You planned to do something, like make a birthday cake for someone. You wrote up a list of ingredients and headed down to your local shops to pick up the flour, baking powder, sugar, and everything else you needed. You mixed all the elements in a dish and put it in the ...
The COVID pandemic has forced many of us into isolation for a long, long time. The reality of our current situation has strictly limited the contact we have with others. We make contactless payments at the shops. We can pick up supplies at stores without making any contact with anyone. Even McDonalds ...
The real push again this year is for you and I to join the frenzy! The frenzy seems to begin earlier every year. The main event was last week with a long list of retailers and brands offering discounts across technology, fashion, homewares, beauty and more. There were 4,000 deals from more than 800 Australian and inter...
There is an urgent need for us to raise up gospel workers in the CRCA. In a previous blog I clearly outlined the need that exists. To put it simply, over the next ten years we need to raise up 40 men to pastor our churches and to plant new churches in Australia. Currently we have 42 ministers serving our churches....
