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If it feels as if you’re muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield, you're not alone, and aside from not having a windshield, this might be part of our common humanity-And Jesus has something to tell us.

Often cases of mistaken identity in our lives give rise to amusing anecdotes. But when we make mistakes about the identity of God, the consequences can be far more serious

Taking a fresh look at an old favourite can help us see how we have grown... or how we need to grow.

The word 'Christian' is not a title for a better life, it is a description of how to live a better life.  
 
 

Whether you're in a poolside hammock in a green glade or find yourself on the doorstep of death, David has a psalm for that!

"The Word of God is infallible, inerrant, and totally inspired. And when He was about 18, He grew a beard."
~Brad Jersak

When Jesus meets a man who is trying to figure out what the gains and losses are in the life of Gods' kingdom, he finds that the business deal is not going to be as profitable as he might have wished.

The teachings of Jesus can rob us of bad ideas.
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Jesus has been an enduring focus of interest to seekers over the centuries. So it's unfortunate when people have trouble seeing him.

Have we ever been at a place in history where the motivation to change has been more tangible?  Truthfully, if moments like this don't bring about radical transformation we need then what will?

Sometimes the reason we can’t find God in our life not because the divine isn’t present, it is because we aren’t.  We are often convinced that the misery we are experiencing is because God has left.  But that just isn’t true.

The season of COVID may have made us more risk averse - wanting to cling more tightly to our loved ones and our resources. But if we want "the life of the ages", we might need to leave our comfort zone.

When we feel completely spent, the last thing we want is to be given more work. But Jesus says that being part of His work is the very thing that will refresh us.

As we journey, we may encounter approaches to faith that appear to be polar opposites - but which one is right? Perhaps the answer lies not in either-or but in both-and.

The past couple of weeks have been filled with so much tragedy it can make us wonder how God can ever heal this world so broken.  But perhaps God is not trying to heal the world for us as much as healing it with us.  This may change everything.

Whether our notions of 'god' are personal projections or inherited traditions, author and theologian Brad Jersak proposes a radical reassessment, arguing for A More Christlike God: a More Beautiful Gospel. 
Here is the Video version of his Message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zts7t5PMO9g

Some of us have travelled far, some of us have worked hard and we may feel that we deserve a party. But the best party ever is when we come home to the Father's love.
 

The question. "Who is my neighbour?" is an old one, but we may need new eyes to get the answer right.