Christchurch Earthquake Update

To my concerned friends and family, Yesterday, Tuesday 22nd February 2011, at 12:51pm, Christchurch was hit with a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. The epicentre was just 10km south of the city in the town of Lyttelton, and was only 5km in depth, so it was shallower and felt with much more severity on the surface. Many…

The Labour Pains of Life

I was reading a friend's blog the other day as she shared of some painful experiences she was walking through. You know when something just pierces your heart and you finally UNDERSTAND? You GET sudden clarity as if you could hold onto it with your own two hands? She wrote with such beautiful clarity what…

Learning the Rhythm of Patience

My lovely mother sent me this advent devotional in the mail over the Christmas holiday. Learning the rhythm of patience has more often been a very bumpy road for me, filled with many impatient gusts forward, only to hit a wall, having to then fall back in step (reluctantly) with the rhythm of "the patient…

Are You Sure, God?

For the next year, I will be doing a deep study of the book of Isaiah. I am calling it 'One Year with Isaiah'. My heart's desire for this year has many sides to it, but the key goals are: To discover the promise of the Person of Christ, To deeply consume the promises of…