The Parish

PILLOW | Aaron Holbrough

The Life of the faithfull isn't unmarred or unscathed, and this isn't because that wouldn't be faith but because that wouldn't be life.

GOD LOVES A REMATCH | Jan Hux

Failures from our past can haunt us for years even when they have prompted growth and change. Sometimes the very thing we need is a rematch!

MIRACULOUS | Aaron Holbrough

A miracle isn't about filling a net full of fish, it is about filling a heart full of hope.

TECHNICALLY IT’S PARIS | Jan hux

Sometimes our journey takes us places that aren't at all like what we were expecting. And when that happens, faith can feel like risky business.

POINTING TO THE MOON | Aaron Holbrough

A finger pointing to the moon is not the moon itself. A finger can be used, but he who only looks at the finger will never see the moon. Jesus didn't come to end religion, he came to transcend it.  A look at the importance of religious practice and a warning about its misuse.

THE END OF THE STORY | Jan hux

We tend to associate spring and Easter with new beginnings. But in another way, Easter is the end of the story - the grand story of God's saving work.

WHEN IT DAWNS FOR US | Aaron Holbrough

Easter Sunday begins where Good Friday leaves us-in the dark, but it doesn't desire to leave us there.

GOD IS NOT CROSS | Aaron Holbrough

It is only by faith that we can call Good Friday good.

RIDING THE PEACE TRAIN | Jan hux

The kingdom that Jesus is launching as he rides into Jerusalem won't come with the violent overthrow of their Roman occupiers. He is bringing a different kind of peace.

FOLLOW SO YOU CAN SEE | Aaron Holbrough

30 km from Easter we discover a secret that a blind beggar seems to know.  You can follow Jesus and still be blind, it is in trusting that you will see.

THE PATH WE DIDN’T CHOOSE | Jan hux

As we learn to live the life of Jesus' kingdom, much of our growth comes through choices we make - choices to serve, to give, to be present. The path to Easter reminds us that sometimes growth only comes on the other side of something we'd never choose, on the other side of death.

UPHILL EASTER | Aaron Holbrough

Heading towards Easter, Jesus shows us that if there is one thing that needs to die before him, it is our agendas.

THE COSTLY PATH | Jan hux

Following Jesus takes us on a costly path, because his way is the path of love

OUR EASTER JOURNEY | Aaron Holbrough

We begin the journey to Easter with Jesus, and are reminded that if we follow him, it's our journey too.

THE REASON FOR THE SEASONS | Jan Hux

Lent begins this Wednesday – though for many of us it may feel like it began on some Wednesday back in 2020 and has never ended. How can we find hope in this season of languishing?

PERPETUAL LOVE | Aaron Holbrough

In a world where we have forgotten how to love each other, God’s love can be hard to see and not just for others but for us as well—this can be remedied.

LOVE IN THE MIRROR | Jan Hux

We are told to love our neighbour as ourselves. But for some of us, that first step – of self-love – seems daunting.

THE VOWELS OF LOVE | Aaron Holbrough

As humans we just don’t need to learn how to love, apparently we also need to learn who to love.  It really wasn’t supposed to be as complicated as we have made it, but that doesn’t mean it was meant to be easy either.