New Stuff (and Some Old)

I had a quick run to the Christian bookshop this morning after breakfast and picked up some stuff. CDS Passion: White Flag Matt Redman: 10,000 Reasons International House of Prayer Student Awakening: Joy Bethel Music: The Loft Sessions Hillsong United: Live in Miami Books Craig Groeschel: What is God Really Like John Piper: Let the […]

Convergence

I’m excited about being part of Converge 2012: Knit Together, from 23 to 26 May 2012. The last day is a full day devoted to worship, where worship ministries all around the city will gather to lift up the name of Jesus. Leave a comment here if you’re interested in participating! Watch this space for […]

Heart First

I have just finished reading Wayne Cordeiro’s The Irresistible Church. It’s a great book and particularly relevant to me as I had spent several months looking for an “irresistible church”. Here, I extract Cordeiro’s third trait of an irresistible church: The third trait of an irresistible church, a church God loves to bless, is living […]

Worship Leader’s Hand Signals

Today, I want to look at the hand signals that worship leaders use. Having visited a number of churches, I have noticed that worship leaders (depending on how they were trained) approach hand signals very differently. I am not talking about the core shapes, because it seems that worship leaders around the world have somehow […]

Pressing In

Wow, it’s been a number of days since my last post. I’ve had a pretty busy week leading up to a trial last Friday. I haven’t conducted a trial in ages so I was a bit nervous, but I’m glad to say that God is good and we won the case, with the Tribunal giving […]

Flashback – Experimental Worship (FGA Creative Arts Ministry Mass Choir)

I recently came across this video again and it really brought back some memories. Thanks Kelwin Wong for recording it. The context of it was this: we were determined to bring a “fresh” and experimental approach to worship. One of the joys of starting out a new thing (a new satellite service for our church) […]

Blessings Reel – February 2012

I’m a few days late, but reflecting on the month that’s passed, I am amazed by the goodness of God in our lives. As I have said, this year is the year of Unceasing Fruitfulness. And like the Tree of Life in the book of Revelations which bears twelve different types of fruit, we can […]

Finally Home!

Psalm 92:12-15 (AMP) says this: The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. [Growing in grace] they shall […]

Church of Perth Highlights

As you know, we have spent 7 months “shopping” for a new church. It’s actually a long time to be “homeless”; in a way, we felt like Abraham, setting out from the familiar places into unknown territory. Until 7 months ago, we had never really visited churches except for when we were overseas. Having now […]

The Irresistible Church

I’m reading Wayne Cordeiro’s book The Irresistible Church at the moment and he lists the traits of a church that is not only irresistible to people, but more importantly, irresistible to heaven. So here they are: You grow spiritually at this church. You witness a strong sense of mission. You long to go to this […]