(From Part 1: Seven things I want you to know about me) The Holy Spirit longs for us to know: “I’m a person too you know.” One of the elementary things I believe the Holy Spirit would like to share with us is this: “I’m real. Really real. I’m a person.” Most people relish it […]
“Hey Sticks,” Charlie said into the phone, using my nickname, “what can you tell me about the Holy Spirit?” Charlie was twenty years old at the time and had grown up in a churched environment all his life, including a Christian school. He’d just been through a bit of a difficult patch, so I was […]
Hey friends, As some of you aware, the Holy Spirit has had me writing again. And this time, he’s had me writing about … well … himself! Called Spirited, the book bears the subtitle, Ordinarily spectacular everyday life in the Holy Spirit. This book takes a similar format to Favoured. That is, seven parts with […]
Dear blog-readers, It’s been a while since I posted. The past couple of months have been hectic for Julie and me with many seminars and people contacts. This has been both exhilarating and somewhat saddening. Exhilarating, because as we’ve shared the message of Father’s favour, people have ‘got it’! They have received and appropriated the […]
Dear Reader, Yesterday’s email concludes the Favoured blog posts. Whether you’ve been on the journey for the duration, or you’ve just popped in every now and then, thank you. It’s been an honour to share them with you. Watch this space! Holy Spirit has already been speaking with me about what’s next … it’s just […]
Dave was tired. And wondering whether he’d heard correctly. Which left him disappointed. Tired and disappointed, he met with a church leader for the second time. Again, he was issued what felt like an ultimatum. All this, just before a flight to Sydney. Tired, disappointed, and now confused, Dave found himself seated near the back […]
[Part 7, Chapter 49] Our daughter was three-years-old. As she was thanking God for breakfast one day, she added, “And Jesus, have a great time in my heart today!” No wonder Jesus said he has hidden things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Little children naturally know how to ask […]
[Part 7, Chapter 48] “Anything extra precious here, mate?” Julie was out, and I was alone with the removalists, left with a responsibility beyond my care factor. Thankfully, I remembered. “Oh, yes, there is one thing.” I pointed out the antique porcelain washing set Julie inherited from her Granny. “This is really precious,” I stressed. […]
[Part 7, Chapter 47] “I’m sorry, he’s been moved to the hospice.” That was a shock. I was visiting my mate Wegs. He’d been chairman when I was senior pastor at Para Vista, and we’d enjoyed some rich times together. Now, here he was in this ward from which they say there is no going […]
[Part 7, Chapter 46] Favour is always the Red Sea, not the Dead Sea. Located in the Middle East, both seas have water flowing into them. What distinguishes them is that the Dead Sea has no outlet. The minerals flowing in have nowhere to go, and as a result, it has become so full of […]