Where is God In The Countdown to the Year’s End?

It is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of the year – in fact even as I write this the new year has already come for those living in Australia, New Zealand or Asia.  And what will this new year hold? Some of us are breathing a sigh of relief, optimistic that the [...]

What Are We Waiting For This Advent – The Entire Series

Many thanks to all those who participated in the series What Are We Waiting For This Advent? Even though Advent is over there is still a lot of interest in the posts from this series.  For many of us these days after Christmas Day – the Christmas season which ends with the Eve of Epiphany, are [...]

Its Really All About God

I mentioned yesterday that Samir Selmanovic’s book Its Really All About God is the most challenging book I have read this year so I thought that it was time to tell you why. Though Samir has a strong Christian faith he believes that God must also be found outside the boundaries of our own particular [...]

Best Reads of 2009

Well the year is grinding to a close and like many of us I am not just looking forward to what I hope will happen in 2010 I am also looking back and processing what went on during 2009.  So what have been my favourite books from this last year?  Its hard to decide because [...]

Prayers for the Christmas Season

One of the things I love to do during the days after Christmas is read through the prayers and letters that I have received over the preceding weeks when life is too hectic for quiet reflection.  It gives me an opportunity to pray for friends around the world as well as to reflect on the [...]

Christmas Eve Prayer

Rejoice this night with all the hosts of heaven For Christ our Saviour is born. He has come to foreigners travelling from afar, He has come to shepherds outcast in the fields, He has come bringing joy to the world. He has come, Heralding God’s eternal world of peace and justice. May we make ourselves [...]

Still Waiting – An Advent Reflection by Christina Whitehouse-Suggs

This is the last in the series What Are We Waiting for This Advent Season. This post comes from Christina Whitehouse-Suggs.  She describes herself as a chameleon who struggles with finding a color of my own. I’m a performer who often loses my voice only to find it in silence. I’m a Baptimergent minister who [...]

Scripture Readings for Christmas and Epiphany Seasons

The Christmas season is almost upon us and most of us are giving a sigh of relief.  By the end of the week the festivities will be over, the shops will have stripped their Christmas decorations, disposed of their Christmas stock with huge sales and looking for the next secular celebration.  How wonderful to think [...]

Christ Has Come – Christmas Prayer

It is already Christmas Eve in Australia and New Zealand so I hope you will forgive me for mixing Advent reflections and Christmas prayers today.  I should probably put the Advent reflection up first this morning but as I am still an Australian I thought that I would start the day with a Christmas prayer. [...]

Awaiting the Morning – An Advent Reflection by Brad Culver

Today’s Advent reflection comes from Brad Culver.  Brad is a mentor, teacher, pioneer, along with Mary his wife of 37 years, until recently gave leadership to the Refuge a missional faith community founded in 1994. They presently reside in Innerkip Ontario Canada as they prepare to embark on a new adventure. Brad blogs at Living Water [...]