A city in ruins is restored. A people who are lost rediscover their identity and purpose. This is the story of the book of Nehemiah. The journey starts with the cupbearer to the king of Persia having a God given vision to restore Jerusalem. He not only dreams of this, but is prepared to sacrifice […]

In his book “Movements that change the world,” author Steve Addison writes, “Movements are characterized by discontent, vision, and action. Discontent unfreezes people from their commitment to the way things are. Movements emerge when people feel something needs to change. If the vacuum created by discontent is filled with a vision of a different future […]

In the story of Nehemiah, the cupbearer to the king has his life disrupted when he hears a report about his ancestral home, Israel. The walls of Jerusalem are pulled down, the gates are burned and the city is in a mess. The people are a shadow of their former selves, and they seem to […]

This year has been one of the most difficult years many of us will face in our lifetime. From devastating bushfires at the start of the year, to floods and then a global pandemic. We have experienced months of isolation and recently there has been the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis […]