Cavy BaptistJul 15, 20211 minMissional Matters #22 - Encouragement & Strategy What does it take for a church to be active in global mission? Mordecai a central character in the Old Testament story of Esther gives...
Cavy BaptistJun 28, 20211 minMissional Matters #21 - Take a StandHow does God work in the world? In the Old Testament story of Esther, God isn’t mentioned, but we see signs of His activities everywhere....
Cavy BaptistApr 30, 20211 minMissional Matters #20 - The ANZAC sacrificeANZAC Day is about remembering not celebrating. Originally established to mark the landing of Australian New Zealand Army Corp forces on...
Cavy BaptistApr 1, 20211 minMissional Matters #19 - The Easter challenge Easter seems an obvious time to share our faith. But, it’s also a challenging time, compared with say, Christmas. Over the last few years...
Cavy BaptistMar 5, 20211 minMissional Matters #18 - Out of timeI recently turned 60… It’s a time to reflect, to count blessings so far. It’s also a time to consider my remaining years. Life is a...
Cavy BaptistFeb 5, 20211 minMissional Matters #17 - One way ticketMy family had a wonderful Northland holiday in January. Apart from being warm in the Bay of Islands, it was really interesting to learn...
Cavy BaptistDec 2, 20201 minMissional Matters #16 - Christmas for everyone? It’s easy to forget about others at Christmas. It goes something like this: If we can afford it, we spend $100s or $1000s on ourselves...
Cavy BaptistNov 5, 20201 minMissional Matters #15 - Churching the greens (or greening the church?)I’d love to see ‘greens’ in church, worshipping the Creator. By ‘greens’, I mean people passionate about the environment. We’ve seen huge...
Cavy BaptistSep 30, 20201 minMissional Matters #14 - The political JesusSome Christians say, 'Jesus was not political…' However, this misrepresents both Jesus and politics. Jesus’ life and teaching was...
Cavy BaptistSep 3, 20201 minMissional Matters #13 - An attracting vision?Recently in a sermon, I asked ‘What is your vision for God’s mission?’ It seemed a reasonable question, as we started our Global Mission...
Cavy BaptistJun 15, 20201 minMissional Matters #12 - Becoming an alongsider We’ve all heard of insiders and outsiders, but what about alongsiders? Insiders are people who belong to a group, know what’s going on...
Cavy BaptistJun 11, 20203 minWhat God Has Called Us to Be...Hi everyone, For many in our nation, the fact that we can get back to Church means nothing, after all they have been able to get back to...
Cavy BaptistJun 9, 20201 minMissional Matters #11 - A digital Jesus? Churches have not met in the flesh for 10 weeks. During this time churches globally moved quickly into having a web-based presence, ours...
Cavy BaptistJun 3, 20203 minTime to digest heaven’s food.Diagnosis before remedy The deeds of the flesh are in opposition to the fruit the Spirit. Galatians 5:15…17 It looks and sounds a bit...
Cavy BaptistJun 1, 20201 minMissional Matters #10 - Encourage your workers.Covid lockdown taught us about essential workers. Confined to home, our basic needs still needed to be met. Food was the big one… grown,...
Cavy BaptistMay 25, 20201 minMissional Matters #9 - You feed them About 15 people die every minute from hunger or malnutrition globally. The trouble with stats is they hide the personal. As Joseph Stalin...
Cavy BaptistMay 18, 20201 minMissional Matters #8 - Make it personalMissional activities involve all sorts of people doing all sorts of things. We have different personalities and skill sets… extrovert or...
Cavy BaptistMay 11, 20201 minMissional Matters #7 - Faith that mattersThere’s lots of speculation about life after Covid. Some crystal-ball-gazers think life will return quite quickly to business as usual....
Cavy BaptistMay 4, 20201 minMissional Matters #6 - Take a riskLife is full of risks. It’s been interesting to see how different people and countries have approached the Covid-19 crisis. Everything...
Cavy BaptistApr 28, 20201 minMissional Matters #5 - COVID & God?Why does God allow COVID-19? Sooner or later someone will ask you ‘If God is a God of love, why does he allow suffering?’ This could...