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Mucking in with Christ

Mucking in with Christ

It's okay if you're overwhelmed—I am too. You're a 21st century citizen, connected to the world through wires and screens, and you wish turning off the news was as simple as it used to be—the push of a button or the folding of paper. It's not that you don't care. You just don't know where to look and there are other things on your mind as well..

  • Human sucking

    Now here is something we all need to face—sometimes we suck. One thing that has dumbfounded me recently is how many people think they don’t suck, that they have it right, and that they don’t do things wrong.

  • Reading the Bible today

    I get asked a lot by Christians if I have been reading my Bible lately and so often it is a guilty “not really” as I look away, knowing that I should but not feeling enthused by it.

  • Being in the middle

    Beginning something is exciting. Ending it is satisfying. The middle, however, is often less desirable. By the time we are in the middle of a marathon we have lost most of the energy we had at the beginning; yet we still have some way to go before reaching the glorious finishing line.

  • The risky business of Nativity plays

    Christmas nativity plays are fraught with danger.

  • The Church is the Moon

    I walked East, up the hill that my parents' house sits on. I arrived at the top and turned around. What I saw simply took my breath away...

  • Please don’t send me to India

    Being content with God’s plan for lives doesn’t always come easy and it’s ok to take some time to learn about what it is to know that God is with us.

  • ‘I don’t read…’

    A recent magazine article deplored the rise of a-literacy. Not illiteracy, where people have never learned to read, but a-literacy, where people can read but choose not to.

  • Silences of life

    Popular approval of hate speech laws makes me fear for future generations, and I am inclined to believe that the current trend of anti-Christian sentiment will one day morph into the silencing of our pulpits...

  • Change management

    I can’t think of any other sport that not only values its traditions, but celebrates them as gleefully, as cricket does.

  • The pagan run

    When Jesus says not to worry about our life or our bodies (Matthew chapter 6, verses 25–34), a kind of anxiety that affects us all, he offers an alternative suggestion; 'seek first the Kingdom'. 

  • Peace on earth… Are you kidding me?

    I love Christmas. I get nostalgic and excited for delicious food and treats. I enjoy the nativity scenes and other decorations. I'm a sucker for a good Christmas carol and love to sing along.