The Parish

Troubling the waters | Steve Kennedy 09.11.2025 22:21 ↓

Jesus stirs the troubled waters of our lives with a question that heals more deeply than any answer ever could.

Don't Worry | Jan Hux 01.11.2025 18:57 ↓

 When we are stressed, being told "don't worry!" can feel at best insensitive. But what if we see it as an invitation rather than a critique?

Five Dollar Prayers | Aaron Holbrough 26.10.2025 17:35 ↓

It’s strange how God meets us in the moments we often think are proof of His absence.

GOD'S WISH LIST | Jan Hux 19.10.2025 19:20 ↓

If what mattered to God mattered to us, we might just realize what matters.

Asleep in the shape of God | Aaron Holbrough 11.10.2025 17:28 ↓

The stories that we water, and the moments that we nurture are the ones that grow and shape the garden of our lives.

Treasure Hunt | Jan Hux 05.10.2025 17:33 ↓

The world around us is eager to tell us what to value but Jesus has a different agenda for us.

Unicorns or Uniforms | Aaron Holbrough 28.09.2025 18:36 ↓

What if the some of the conflict in our lives isn't about right or wrong, but simply about different ways of showing up in the same moment.

RELATE for DINNER | Aaron Holbrough 21.09.2025 20:49 ↓

Leave your TV dinners in the living room, we have been invited into God's kitchen to learn how to make something beautiful together.

GENUINE | Jan Hux 14.09.2025 17:06 ↓

As we come to understand Jesus' ethic of love, adopting loving behaviours is important  - but it's not enough. We are called to genuine love.

FABRIC of our LIVES | Aaron Holbrough 06.09.2025 19:18 ↓

The thoughts we choose to rehearse will shape the people we become.  And over time, those choices become the fabric of our attitudes, and the outfit of our lives.

Fruit not Ashes | Jan Hux 30.08.2025 16:54 ↓

When we repent, we need to radically change the way we think, not just our outward etiquette. The goal isn’t to become like Emily Post, it’s to become like Jesus!

metaphor | Aaron Holbrough 24.08.2025 19:13 ↓

Some ideas are so big that that they need to be demonstrated instead of talked about.

STORIES + SONGS | God loves a rematch | Jan Hux 16.08.2025 15:57 ↓

The fallout of reckless decisions we make early in life can leave us feeling that it's all over. But it isn't - because God loves a rematch.  

THE BIG LETDOWN | Aaron Holbrough 10.08.2025 19:03 ↓

Some are more paralyzed by their beliefs than they are freed by them.

18 Years | Aaron Holbrough 03.08.2025 19:48 ↓

Freedom is not something we wait for, it is something we risk for.

STORIES + SONGS | A look in the mirror | Jan Hux 26.07.2025 16:08 ↓

Many of the central characters in Old Testament stories live complex lives. While we may not want to follow their example, if we look at them as a mirror we may recognize in them, aspects of our own life that need attention.

STORIES + SONGS | I want to come home | Psalm 51 | Aaron Holbrough 20.07.2025 23:32 ↓

You don't forget a truth that sets you free, but you might forget the title.

STORIES + SONGS | How to read the news | Psalm 131 | Jan Hux 13.07.2025 18:38 ↓

Hope is more than wishful thinking because it is not focused on what we are wishing for – it is focused on Who we are hoping in.

STORIES + SONGS | A song with cave reviews | Aaron Holbrough 05.07.2025 22:59 ↓

Psalm 57 doesn't tells how things are, it tells us how things feel, and for that it has Cave Reviews.

STORIES + SONGS | FORWARD | Jan Hux 29.06.2025 18:17 ↓

Hannah and Peninnah - two wives in the same household but living with very different sorrows. How can they find a way forward?

STORIES + SONGS | What is your name? | Steve Kennedy 22.06.2025 25:06 ↓

As a young tree is bent so will it grow, but there can be more to an old story with a new name. 

STORIES+SONGS | Living in a Strange Land | Jan Hux 14.06.2025 19:57 ↓

How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? A poignant plea by exiles bound up with God in their story but immersed in a pagan culture by their circumstances.  

STORIES+SONGS | Unforgettable Fire | Aaron Holbrough 07.06.2025 21:24 ↓

Before it speaks, the unforgettable fire waits, to see who notices.

STORIES+SONGS | Gentle Eyes | Jan Hux 31.05.2025 19:57 ↓

Leah lived in a household marked by deceit, manipulation and competition. But she saw it through her gentle eyes and chose a different path.  

STORIES + SONGS | Psalm 139 | Aaron Holbrough 24.05.2025 23:48 ↓

Apparently God doesn't cease to know our thoughts, but unfortunately we can cease to know Hers.