Bread in the bible is loaded with meaning - historical, political, cultural, and theological. So bread matters. What did Jesus' disciples hear when he told them to pray, 'give us today our daily bread'? If God is the source and sustainer of all life, how can we understand this dangerous phrase? What re-ordering and new posture needs to be undertaken to sincerely and faithfully pray it?

How is God's will done on earth? How does it relate to God's kingdom and what posture should we take in seeing, praying for and acting to make God's will be done on earth?

What does it mean to pray for God's Kingdom to come? In first century Palestine, there were many different expectations - religious, cultural and political - about what God's kingdom would look like. Jesus seems to defy all those expectations and present a kingdom based around a new vision and alternative set of values. How can the church have a posture which reflects this Jesus-shaped kingdom?

Names are important. They are about the identity, character, reputation and presence of a person. What does it mean to hallow God's name? What would have Jesus' disciples heard when he asked them to address God in this way? Who are we invoking and what are we called to do and be when we this pray this?

When Peter in Acts 10 went to pray on a roof, at a regular lunchtime on an ordinary day, he couldn't have imagined that his experience would change the church forever. In an era of unprecedented change and social upheaval over the past 18 months, what can Peter's experience teach us about being led by God in a new and uncomfortable direction?

The season of Lent takes us on a journey into wilderness. The theme occupies a powerful place in the story of God's people and in the imagination of biblical writers, both as a geographical location and as a metaphor. In this peculiar and unique Lent of 2021, how does this wilderness theme shape our understanding of testing, temptation and our Christian identity and discipleship?

The Rescuing Revelation road comes to an end. The relevance and practically of the whole book is often hidden by inappropriate and misguided interpretations, and our intention was to, at least, address some of these. From Chapter 22 verse 6, the vision forms a 'coda' to the finale of the book with an 'alter call' or invitation by the exalted Jesus. What is this invitation and what does it really mean to 'keep the words' contained within the vision?

Revelation Chapters 21 and 22 provide a guided tour of what will happen to the earth when God dwells fully in it. It provides us with a spectacular vision of the architecture of the Garden-City of the New Jerusalem. What are the essential qualities of this future and what do we need to enact in the present to be for earth, architecture for the common good?

The large canvas of Revelation 21 & 22 describes what will be absent from the earth when God is fully present in the Garden-City of the New Jerusalem. How can this stunning vision not only give us a hope for the future but a renewed sense of what we do now making a difference to the coming new creation?

Revelation reaches a climax in the highly symbolic, pulsating vision of the New Jerusalem, the radical alternative and polar opposite of Babylon. It is a majestic vision of new creation, of life in where God dwells in the midst. In these first few verses of chapter 21, we explore how this vision shapes our present life - is is just something for the long-distance future when we die or can we hope to see this future unfolding now?