Sarah Hudson — This week Sarah shares on Confession. Confession is vital to a life of spiritual health and freedom. Confession is more than just owning up to wrongdoing—it’s aligning oneself with God’s truth, agreeing with His perspective, and embracing the process of healing and forgiveness.

First, however, we need to acknowledge the cultural and theological shifts that have led to the neglect of confession, especially in a culture of entitlement and cheap grace.

The biblical exploration of sin highlights that it’s not just a legalistic concept but a diagnosis of the human condition—our failure to love God and others fully. It presents the guilt and wounds inflicted by sin, emphasizing that the impact of others' sin on us can be as damaging as our sin.

Confession is positioned as the means by which we heal from sin — forgiveness restores our relationship with God, while confession to others brings healing within the community.

We are invited to practice confession as a form of spiritual exercise, encouraging us as individuals to reflect on our own wounds and sins, seek healing through God’s grace, and understand that it is through confession and forgiveness that true restoration occurs.

Dave McHugh — If we are to be—at the core of who we are—undivided and single-minded in our devotion and affection to God, then a healthy dose of conviction is needed.
The Holy Spirit doesn't convict believers of the sin of unbelief. He convicts—illuminates, and convinces of the truth— the believers' righteousness in Christ.
But, here is the reality—when we are convicted of our righteousness in Christ, the gap between righteousness and unrighteousness is exposed. God cares so much about our wholeness and sanctification—He cares so much about the purity of our heart—that the Holy Spirit reminds us —convicts us—of who we truly are. In doing so, the gap between righteousness and unrighteousness is exposed. The conviction of the Holy Spirit is not a pronouncement of guilt, it is a declaration—a convincing and an illumination—of our true identity.

Christy McHugh— This week Christy introduces our new series. Purity of heart is to will one thing. This one thing is one of the most complex things we will seek in our lifetime.
There are many barriers to willing one thing, but Kierkegaard’s warnings 200 years ago are just as relevant, as we struggle with delusion, corruption and distraction. Yet, if we don't engage with the pursuit of one thing, God’s will, God’s desires, we live a life of a divided heart - with chaos and fragmentation. The solution is not simple, but it is deeply freeing, if purity of heart is to will one thing. The one thing is God’s desires.
So purity of heart is to order our desires under Gods ordering of desires. This is an ordering of our internal worlds (our heart) in line with God’s desires, ways, will, longings. And they shall see him. As we seek to order our will, our desires under his, our eyes are opened to the majesty, beauty, awe, revelation of who God is. Not just a seeing physically with our eyes, but our hearts know him, our beings know him - we see him more clearly. With our desires ordered, we have spiritual eyes to see who God is and what God is doing.

Matt Romano— What if the greatest challenge to our walk with God isn’t about what we know—but what we love? Matt explores Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Being pure in heart isn’t about perfection but about having an undivided heart—one that is fully aligned with God’s desires.
We are all being formed by something. The culture around us is not neutral; it’s shaping our affections, desires, and ultimately, the people we are becoming.
The question isn’t whether we worship—it’s what we worship. The good news is there is a call to recalibrate—to realign our hearts with God, so that we don’t just see Him—we begin to reflect Him. Because in the end, the pure in heart don’t just see more clearly—they see God in everything.

Matt Romano — Matt wraps up our series with a look at the sacred rhythm of community. Community, as we’ve seen, is a journey—a process that takes us from the enchantment of idealised connection, through the messy reality of disillusionment, and finally to the beauty of commitment.
To follow Jesus is to step into the paradox of community: it will be one of the most rewarding aspects of your discipleship, but also one of the most refining. It’s where you’ll experience the heights of love and connection, but also where your patience, humility, and grace will be stretched to their limits.
This is the sacred rhythm of community—a space where we are both shaped and sustained. So, how do we lean into this paradox and allow community to become not just something we participate in, but a transformative rhythm in our lives? Here are a few ways to think about what community is for us as a rhythm.

Leif Hetland - This Sunday we had the privilege of having Leif Hetland join us and share on how to navigate the storms in life, outlining that we can be living our life from one of three perspectives - the Kingdom of God, self or the world.

This week Maurice continues our Sacred Rhythms series, exploring the rhythm of prayer and unpacking how Jesus modelled a life of prayer, a life of communion with the Father.

Christy — begins our New Year introducing the mini-series 'Sacred Rhythms', focusing on Sabbath and what it means. The heart of sabbath is to cease working, to find rest and delight in God. Ultimately, it is a rhythm that opens us up to greater intimacy with God - allowing us to love Him and one another better

Pete ends our series on 'Light of the World' inviting introspection. Prompting us to consider Who or what are we reflecting thus shaping our values, thoughts and actions. Are we mirroring The One or the culture around us?

Andrew Gilbert — This week Andrew unpacks how when the Light of the world came, this was contrasted against the cultural backdrop of darkness. The different characters of the Biblical story were real people that the Light of the world impacted when He was born. We explore how they responded to the light coming, and how we can see their responses in our own lives too. God's invitation at Christmas is always to receive His Son as Saviour into our lives.

In the Christmas narrative we read that the wise men followed the star from the East, which led them to Bethlehem—the place of Jesus’ birth. The light in the sky led them to the Light of the World—God became flesh and dwelt amongst us. When Jesus proclaimed that he was the “light of the world,” he proclaimed that he was God—the source of all light and life. Jesus also proclaimed that we—His followers—have light, by following him and becoming like him in the world.

In whatever setting we find ourselves in, Jesus calls us as His followers to be the light in the world—ones who break the darkness, triumph over evil, orient toward His Kingdom and bring life.