The Parish

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.

GETTING TO LOVE | Jan Hux

Our image of God may have many layers created by a mix of happy and heartbreaking experiences, helpful and misleading teaching. But what if, after we scrape away all those images, what we find is love?

THE TOOLS OF LOVE | Aaron Holbrough

The idea that love is all we need isn’t wrong, it's just misunderstood.  It is time to open up this box and see what's inside.

EPIC TASK | Jan Hux

Today we look at Paul's take on God's work of bringing the kingdom of heaven - work that we are invited to be part of. It's an epic task but we'll find that the resources we are given are more than adequate.

SHINE | Aaron Holbrough

What enables us to Shine is not our diplomas or our successes but our time spent in the dark.

SALT OF THE EARTH | Jan Hux

Salting the earth is not an add-on to a list of things we need to do – it is the by-product when a community is flourishing, when it’s living life together in the Jesus way.

THE ART OF PONDERING | Jan Hux

As Mary returned to Nazareth after a tumultuous time away, she didn’t have pat answers or tidy explanations of what God was doing. But she had a heart full of memories and had acquired the skill of pondering them in a way that sustained and stretched her.

FOLLOWING A STAR BUT FINDING A SON | Aaron Holbrough

Sometimes you cannot take what you discover, but you can keep what is revealed. 

A GOD IN THE MANGER | Jan Hux

The Christmas story is ultimately a story about God, and what the shepherds discover on that wintry night in Bethlehem is a God Who is both infinite and intimate.

RETURNING HOME | Aaron Holbrough

You may not realize that Mary encounters two angels in the birth story recorded by Luke.  One gives her the courage to head to the hill country in Judea, and the other to return home.