A long break away from this blog, but there are priorities in ministry from the pastoral to the directional aspects of the ministry and mission we are in. The past few months have invovled a restful restlessness, and my seeking to balance things.
Lots of actual encouragements along the way and thankful to be sharing so much with the ministry team and the leaders here. They've done heaps and we have kept our mission moving ahead. Indeed, there is a liberty among people that is starting to come andf the creativity of the Spirit through this. We experienced a turning point this year back in May and we've agreed to fcus upon 'practices' rather than burnout on huge goals. Been doing much reflecting and planning for Advent (more later), for CAim congregation, for setting up a retreat at Roslyn for a pilot of people to reflect and learn something of church plant. So already looking forward to these and other things on the cards.
Finally, art.... I had 3 great weeks refreshing holiday space too in Sept/October. I managed to finish some paintings and work on others. A sample are on the slideshow now on my blog.
