Young People are the Present

Last night at the Festival of Light conference, Shirley Brownhill (director of YWAM Perth) was speaking about the role of youth in God’s restoration plan. She shared this amazing thought: that our young people are not just our future, they are both our present and our future! Indeed, God has always used young people for His […]

Set List: Faith Community Church (15 September 2013)

It’s actually been a long time since I last posted on this blog. In part, it has been due to the busy-ness of my new role as Assistant Worship Director of Faith Community Church. It has meant spending more time with people and less time in terms of my personal pursuits, such as writing. I […]

Faith, Doubt and Authenticity

My friend Darren and I were meant to have a “Doubt Night”. But we haven’t had time to do one yet. In our cell group, we’ve been talking about Timothy Keller’s message The Prodigal God. And the concept of how the younger brother was self-motivated. He is a model of a person who wanted to […]

The Closing of a Chapter: A Tribute to Lisa Palm

God and His Word are constant. But everything else changes. We are resistant to change because of our natural inertia. We like the tried, true and familiar. But change is often a catalyst for growth. When God brings something to an end, He also brings about the birth of something new. When one chapter closes, […]

A Personal Genesis

One of my personal themes for this year comes from Isaiah 22:22: I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. Over this weekend, I had the privilege of being invited to lead worship at a […]

Small Beginnings

Zechariah 4:10 says: Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings? They’ll change their tune when they see Zerubbabel set the last stone in its place Today is a day of small beginnings as four worship leaders and music directors got together in a small cafe to talk about the ‘warehouse sessions’ (dubbed by […]

A Taste of Heavenly Worship

In Revelations 7, John had a glimpse of what worship would be like in heaven: After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and […]

Taking our Place at the Love Feast: Good Friday Reflections

Today is Good Friday. On this day, Christians around the world celebrate one of the greatest events that changed the course of history: the death of Jesus on the cross. My wife and I usually like to go to a well-programed, evocative, sensory church service on Good Friday. If we can, we try to fit […]

Adventures in East Timor – Part 6

It’s Sunday, the 6th of January – Day 4 of our mission trip – and it was the Sabbath! I was looking forward to this day because Amos, a youth leader on our team, was going to deliver the Sunday message. I’m always up for hearing fresh preachers. Sometimes we are used to the same […]

Adventures in East Timor – Part 5

5 January 2013 – Day 3 of our mission trip – proved to be one our busiest. It was also a pivotal day because it was when we started to really bond with the youth. We were picked up early from Tibar to head to Agung’s house for devotion. But first thing’s first – breakfast! […]