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The Marks of a Godly Preacher

The Marks of a Godly Preacher

I have been greatly blessed by the pastors at our church, I didn’t intentionally choose such a good church but by God’s grace I found myself in a church community that has made a deep and profound difference to my Christian life..

  • Hustle!

    Hustle harder. Keep pushing for success. Strive for perfection. It’s all about the hustle. Hustle now, rest later. If you aren’t hustling, are you even trying? If this sounds familiar to you, you’re probably highly in tune with popular culture and its effect on society at present. The urban dictionary defines the hustle as a fast way of making money or working hard towards the common goal of generating an income.

  • Can churches franchise

    Some interesting statistics about Franchise businesses have recently been revealed. "A franchise is a right granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services within a certain territory or location. Some examples of today's popular franchises are McDonald's, Subway, Domino's Pizza,"... and many others not just fast food outlets. (Definition from franchises.about.com/od/franchisebasics/a/what-franchises.htm).

  • Genuine mystique

    Mystique is a word that accurately describes my feelings in 1999, when the Messianic Christian Israeli tour guide led his small group through a small doorway adjacent to the Wailing Wall, which symbolises the 'promise' of the rebuilding of the Temple on Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

  • How would Jesus vote?

    In just a short time Australians will head to the polls to elect the 46th Parliament of Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be looking to lead the Coalition to a third term in office while Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will be seeking to lead the Labor Party back into power. How should Christians be voting this election? Spoiler alert: It’s complicated!

  • Getting it right

    Not all churches observe the seasons of the church year, particularly Lent, the season we are in as I write this. But as I get older I appreciate this time more and more.

  • Australia a far off place

    I was born and raised in Mozambique and moved to Zimbabwe and I recall home in Zimbabwe eighteen years ago dreaming about going to university in Australia.

  • The agenda

    This is a vital question: What is our agenda? It is daunting how we often foolishly trade the joy and inheritance we have with God for immediate and momentary gratification. It is an issue that greatly affects today’s society and the modern church.

  • Kindness is simple (or is it?)

    I just finished watching an online video of a gentleman who bought a car for a middle-aged woman working at McDonalds. It was beautiful. To give you some background on the story, this guy frequents McDonalds for breakfast every day and struck up a friendship with this worker.

  • What’s love got to do with it?

    “Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?”

  • Community: the antidote for loneliness

    As I sit here all cosy, in our big house near the sea, I reflect that it’s been 9 months since my husband and I moved into a community-living season.  After we moved in with two people who shared our heart for community-living, there was a practical merging that needed to take place; of learning each other, respecting differences and learning to honour each other for who we are.

  • Connecting at work

    My colleague was very worried. She was constantly checking her pedometer watch, which she wears regularly to monitor her daily steps.