We loved having Katie Iles with us for Mothers Day sharing that Jesus is the living water that people are searching for. People are coming to church and into the house of God because of what's inside. They just want Jesus!

Way back in 1982, back when I was ‘peak-mullet’, I had moved to Adelaide, while Sue was finishing school in Naracoorte. We’d already been dating three years. There was no email, messenger, whatsapp, mobile phones or texting. Communication was limited to the occasional and expensive ‘long distance’ phone call, after 8pm on a Sunday night when the rates were cheaper, as well as good old fashioned snail mail - hand written letters.

As I recall, there were lots of letters tracking backwards and forwards on the Duke Highway that year. I loved getting a letter from Sue; a letter from home. I would read it, read it again, and then some more. Every letter spoke of the ordinary, as well as the extraordinary - that this amazing young woman loved me through and through. With every letter received I was inspired to respond in kind. While this was a long distance conversation, the physical separation we still experienced was narrowed by the strength of the emotional connection catalysed by all those letters.

The fourth century church father Augustine said that ‘the Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.’ I love this. Every time I open my bible and prayerfully read, love dances across the page. Through its grand narrative God speaks of, and demonstrates radical love for me, and I’m caught up again in the beauty and wonder of a Divine Romance I neither deserved, nor expected. Any gap I feel between me and God narrows; in fact there are moments when reading my bible I sense God up close, and very personal. And with my frail hand and fallible heart, in my journal I pour out my jumbled thoughts and feelings. And I sense God smiling on me as I do.

I love reading letters from home.

Stu shared with us on Sunday around the hope of Easter continued. The resurrection isn’t just an event we celebrate; it’s a promise we anticipate. We live Easter hope not on a single day, but every day.

What an amazing Easter weekend we just enjoyed. And what a powerful sermon on Easter Sunday from Mike. 'He is risen! He is risen indeed!'

Death was Arrested

Mike Gore from Open Doors shares with a challenging message inspired by the witness of the persecuted church

On Sunday we had the privilege to hear from Mike Gore (CEO of Open Doors) share with us on the persecuted church around the world. The stories and perspective Mike shared with us was very moving and if you didn't make it on Sunday, definitely have a listen to the sermon on our website and church app.

Michael Hands shared with us from Mark 10 around the words of Jesus. "Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

What does it look like to have faith like a Child? Ps. Mike Hands shares the scripture and explores the heart of God around 'childlike faith'