By Steve Salkeld Have you ever written a letter to God? You may think that’s an odd question – your response may be ‘what’s his address?’ ‘I don’t have to, I can pray’ ‘God knows everything I have to say anyway’ Valid replies, but an interesting concept anyway don’t you...
By Aimee Salkeld Walk into a Christian home and you will probably find the words of ‘Footprints in the Sand’ on display. You can buy keychains and tea towels and decorative plates featuring this well-known piece of writing. This poem is so well known to many, ‘hanging round everywhere’ that...
By Sue Vander Byl It is the 25th anniversary of the composing of the song “We want to see Jesus lifted high”. I can recall singing it all those years ago at Spring Harvest along with over four thousand people I would think in an enormous “tent”! Below is an...
By Sue Vander Byl When we turn open the pages of our hymn book to find the announced hymn how often do we notice the name of the writer, or if we do just give it a passing glance? Do we ever wonder who they were and why they wrote...
By Hannah Bragg “This is one of my favourite songs because it is all about a lighthouse. I like the story of Grace Darling who lived in a lighthouse and saved some people by rowing out into the stormy sea to help them. What Grace Darling did is like what...
I am truly blessed to be leading a church that is full of zeal for the kingdom of God, a church that believes in coming together, praising God no matter what the circumstances. And so members of our congregation, young and old, toddlers and grandparents, working and retired have come...
Tim Keller once said “Sin isnʼt only doing bad things; it’s more fundamentally making good things into ultimate things. Sin is building your life and meaning on anything, even a very good thing, more than on God. Whatever we build our life on will drive us and enslave us. Sin...
By Joy Nelson The words of this song by Hillsong describe the wonderful relationship that we have with God because of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and his amazing saving grace. In the beginning, God knew us before we were born, as the words in Jeremiah 1:5 explain “Before I...
“You never ever change, You’re the great I AmYou always stay the same and I won’t forget” ~ I AM (Influence Music) Our present circumstances were unexpected. When we left our work, schools and churches in March many of us expected that things would get back to normal in a...
In Isaiah 43:1, we are told God has called us by name. Our names are an important part of our identity. They carry value, weight, meaning and ownership. Yet, so often we live below our potential because we haven’t truly grasped or understood the identity we have through Christ. Take...
