May 31, 2022 | QPUpdate, Topsy Turvy Kingdom
If you had been in the church I grew up in, then at a certain point in the Sunday morning service you, if your hearing was good, would hear two faint beeps. The beeps you would have heard were me and my friend Mark starting the timers on our watches because Mr Farmer...
May 26, 2022 | QPUpdate, Topsy Turvy Kingdom
Christians have a reputation for being judgemental, we can be a bit “judgy”. It’s not a good look. People today just don’t like being told what to do for a start, especially when the finger is pointed at them by an interfering goody-two-shoes. To cap it off we have...
May 19, 2022 | QPUpdate, Topsy Turvy Kingdom
Forget Netflix, the real drama right now is “Wagatha Christie”! No doubt you have been riveted to the daily commentary of the feuding footballers’ wives in the High Court this week. Or perhaps you have a life to lead! Apparently, the row comes off the back of the...
May 11, 2022 | QPUpdate, Topsy Turvy Kingdom
I wonder if you have ever had the experience of having seen something, you start to see it everywhere?. I suspect most, if not all of us have had that experience. Everywhere My dad previously needed a car with a boot big enough to take my mum’s mobility scooter. With...
May 5, 2022 | QPUpdate, Topsy Turvy Kingdom
There is no doubt, the kingdom of God is topsy-turvy. God’s values continually flip ours on their head. At core, God is a giver: he did not clasp his fingers tightly upon his privilege and power but gave himself, fully, freely and sacrificially for us. And, here’s the...
Apr 28, 2022 | QPUpdate, Topsy Turvy Kingdom
This Sunday we start a new preaching series called Topsy-Turvy kingdom – a life worth sharing. Alan Loach has once again done a great job in creating an appropriate and eye-catching graphic to go with this new series. A blessing that ripples out and beyond It is a...
Apr 7, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it...
Mar 17, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate
It is probably safe to say that if you’ve been reading the news, or visited a fuel pump, or got your gas bill this week, or tuned in to QPBC’s church meeting last Wednesday, it’s been a rough week for you. I know it has been for me. Human suffering has been thought...
Mar 10, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate
In July 2021 Vladimir Putin published a 5000-word essay “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”. In March 2022 the essay was enacted, and Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its sovereign neighbour attacking the Ukrainian people and threatening the...
Mar 3, 2022 | Amazing Grace, News, QPUpdate, Teaching series
Amazing Grace: Galatians 5: 1 – 12 This week I want to start the blog with a bit of a personal reflection. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Traditionally it is a day of fasting, confession and repentance. I grew up in a Christian household. We did pancake Tuesday,...
