It can seem that God is not at work for our good when tragedy and injustice come at us. In the execution of the first ever martyr for the faith whose name was Stephen, we see that even there the Spirit is working to draw all people into the orbit of Jesus' grace and truth. Maybe God is atr work in your challenges as much as your wins.....

Is absolutely everything forgivable or are there some things that are not? Has even God got limits on what he can forgive. A lot of people seems to believe that there are limits on their forgiveness... and God's. 

There a few things that you feel compelled to do - pay that fine, pay your taxes, lose some weight, stop smoking, get organised...... But in God's grand plan to bring all people into his beautiful new creation, we are also compelled to speak and do his bidding. 

It is so easy to have a very small and only human view of what a local church actually is and is meant to do. God helps us lift our eyes to see ourselves and our mission from his grand reality.

Maybe it is good to not figure out what Christmas is meant to mean but to receive what Christmas does for you?

The gifts he gives are the gifts we all really need. Enjoy the gifts and us them well!

Jesus seemed to meet all their expectation of hat the world needed but then he didn't. Peter, the "Rock' was bold and beautiful, but then at time reduced to dust by Jesus. And yet, there was always a rebuild - a return to a solid trustworthy way to be. 

It is hard to know what crowd you belong to or whether you belong with anyone at all. Jesus knows about crowds and who belong where. 

Is God a judgmental person who is just waiting to cut you down and are bad things that happen to you punishment...... Or not?

We have God's treasures freedom and grace in us but we are still real cracked pots!