Forget trying. You’ll never do it! You can’t - not in your own strength anyway. I’m down for personal transformation and becoming the best version of myself. It’s just that I’ve discovered striving won’t achieve it. Here’s what will…
Where are you on the first day of the week'? What deep sleep are you in ‘at early dawn’? What tomb, what defeating narrative or situation are you visiting each day or each year, accepting it as done and dusted, impossible to be resurrected to new life?
‘But’ is the name of Jesus’ foot that kicked down the doors of Hades and freed hell's prisoners among a mighty tumult and uproar. ‘But’ is the triumphant look from Jesus’ eyes that drained the blood from Satan’s face and froze the demons of the underworld mid-celebration. ‘But’ is the word that frees you from your past, erases your sins, dispels your fears, and overpowers your defeats…
“I continue to dream of a completely missionary Church, and a new era of missionary activity among Christian communities.” Pope Francis has been banging this drum for years now, but is it getting through? If the word apostle means ‘sent one’, then to recover our apostolic identity we need to see ourselves as a Sent Church - a ‘community of sent ones’.
Music and fame are an intoxicating combination… As Elvis knew well, the magic of the gift is incredibly satisfying - like a drug in itself - so much that you can easily get lost in it and mistake it as the end goal. I know this magic well
How aptly named is the word ‘grog’? A popular relaxant and Australian social icon, I admit to availing myself of a few cool ales over the summer break in a good communal spirit. The only thing is, it tends to leave the headlights a bit ‘foggy’ and the antennae a bit less sharp, doesn’t it. To have a relaxed, joyful, wound-down heart is good thing: but a dulled and foggy headspace - not so much.
