What does it look like for us to have our imaginations opened to what God is doing in the world? Jesus gives us a framework in Luke 10. 

Rob French brings us the first installment of our four week series in // Experiences of Jesus

 

When for no good reason you find yourself procrastinating life, what do you do?

Graeme speaks on the topic of greed, asking the question of what it is that we place our confidence in. He encourages us to counter greed with the life giving habit of sabbath, which is an intentional time of letting go and allowing space for the grace of God.

'Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will rise when lust has been killed' C.S Lewis

This week we talked about Lust, and the life giving habit of Fasting.

Week four in our ALIVE series. Graeme speaks about the Gluttony of excess, the Gluttony of delicacy and how that can be counteracted by the practice of Service.

Graeme teaches from John 8vs1-11 (the woman caught in adultery) and reflects on the way that Jesus taught a mob of angry men be silent and let him do his job.

Envy is the consuming desire for everybody else to be as unsuccessful as you are - Buechner

Envy causes us to turn and lose our balance, worship returns us to the centre, where Jesus is.

This week Graeme Anderson explored Envy alongside the life-shaping habit of Worship. Thank you for tuning into our Lent series entitled Alive - How Jesus Changes Everything.

'Pride is futile because self fascination is so often unrequited.'

Graeme Anderson teaches about pride, and how it can be counteracted with prayer. 

Mike Frost shares from Titus 3:3-8. He looks at how the future God has for us should shape our lives in the here and now, as a sign, instument and foretaste of the age to come.

Mike Frost teaches from Luke 7:36-50, the story of Jesus being annointed by a sinful woman. Showing us that in a world full of hostility, greed and self interest, Jesus demonstrates to us how to practice true hospitality.