Nov2018
A ministry of presence: reflections on aged-care chaplaincy
Age-care chaplains in Lutheran Services are sometimes referred to as ‘architects of community’, as they help people maintain important connections and create new ones.
Nov2018
ReforMission – Engaging with a Changing Culture (Part 3 of 4)
I remember listening to a high school speaker talk about the relationship between cause and effect.
Nov2018
A Kingdom of Care
The most profound description of the way that “King Jesus” rules over us, is discovered in the parable of the “sheep and the goats” in Matthew 25.
Nov2018
ReforMission – Engaging with a Changing Culture (Part 2 of 4)
In his book “Didn’t See it Coming” Carey Nieuwhof writes “when the speed of change around an organisation is faster than the speed of change inside the organisation, the organisation becomes irrelevant.”
Nov2018
Tribute to a friend – Pastor James Haak
As I turn the soil, ready to plant my summer vegetable garden I have a reminder of my friend James Haak.
Nov2018
Good Lord, deliver us …
My first computer game had a profound message embedded in it. The game was called “Patton Strikes Back”.