Tag archive: community
Are You In Community?
Let me tell you a story from the book of Mark in the Bible. Mark is one of the four books that tells us about Jesus’ life and ministry here on earth 2000 years ago. Mark 2:1-12: A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They…
Elephant Formation
As Linda is currently on holidays, please enjoy one of her most popular posts. In the wild, when a mama elephant is giving birth, all the other female elephants in the herd back around her in formation. They close ranks so the delivering mama cannot even be seen in the middle. They stomp and kick…
A Great Sounding Board
Just after I had my son someone recommended I join a social media group of mums. This group was created to help mums in a local area of Melbourne. Once you are part of the group you can ask anything. Questions range from weaning, sleeping and feeding. Anyone in the forum can share their thoughts…
Elephant Formation
In the wild, when a mama elephant is giving birth, all the other female elephants in the herd back around her in formation. They close ranks so the delivering mama cannot even be seen in the middle. They stomp and kick up dirt and soil to throw attackers off the scent. They surround the mama…
It’s Your Birthday
Our team leader used to mention birthdays from the front in the early days 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Reference: “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.” 1 Corinthians 12:26 NIV Explore: When I first started in church ministry I was a part of a…