As promised on Sunday I am adding a one page guide on how to do a half day Fast. I would love for you all to have a go at this wonderful Spiritual time of increasing your focus on God. I trust that the guide will be a help to you. Pastor Tim Half_Day_Fasting_Guide Fasting [...]
31st December 2009 Dear Ones in the Body of Suburban, I am sitting in a very familiar place right now (at my desk in front of the computer screen) while I contemplate and reflect on the year that was 2009. I have come to love this “place” because it is where I [...]
Friday, 18th of September 2009 Single people often feel that they are the forgotten ‘people group’ in the church. Because of the married demographic in the church (which is the largest group), singles feel that they are sometimes relegated to a second rate position in the ‘pecking order’ (if there is such a thing) of [...]
Wednesday, 9th of September 2009 As a young man in ministry I heard a lot of rhetoric about the authority of the Pastoral position, and often this was proof-texted (is that a word…?) by the passage where David said about Saul that he would not “stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed!”. What ensued [...]
Wednesday, 2nd of September 2009 On Sunday afternoon I had the privilege of officiating at my 27th wedding since starting Suburban. Rain was threatening as the limos pulled up to the little path that would lead the bridal party to rows of white chairs which were carefully set up for an outdoor garden ceremony. After [...]
Wednesday, 26th of August 2009 Wow, I have been very encouraged by all of the positive comments about the message series. I don’t really know what I was expecting but I guess I thought there would be more flak than there has been. Maybe this is the calm before the storm? (Hope not…:>)) A Few [...]
Wednesday, 19th of August 2009 Before I get into the serious stuff I guess I need to comment on the 80 minutes (it was pointed out to me…) that I took to preach the message on Sunday. It has been reported that the great preacher Jonathan Edwards, when he took over at Princeton University preached his [...]
By Design Wednesday, 12th of August 2009 Early in my ministry I would never have dreamed that I would be spending time doing something that had a name like blog! I guess in reality it is no different from the time I spend doing Shepherd’s Reports, teaching, one on one mentoring or counselling, it’s just [...]