I’ve often thought about how situational awareness applies to our faith. A few days ago, I found myself complaining to God about aspects of my life that I’m still not quite satisfied with. And it dawned on me, that I was only critiquing my life against the things I was situationally aware of at that moment. If I were to fully psychologically engage with all aspects of my life (including the now eternal nature of my life) and look beyond those parts for which I have developed complacency, I would probably be blown away by God’s consistency in blessing me.

To say that the church has been through a lot in recent times, would be to suppress the magnitude of reality. Change has occurred at an alarming rate that overshadows decades and even centuries of stable cultural opinion

Mum’s are generally busy. Whether they have one kid or eight. Whether they work or they stay at home. It just comes with the territory. Yes, there are degrees of busyness. Some mothers are busier than others. But in general, all mothers would say they feel stretched.

The fact that Jesus has overcome the world, is supposed to give us a reason to be encouraged. But why? What is it about His overcoming that would give us hope?

It’s only been a 1 month since our feet touched the magical grounds of Disneyland. And even though I have been many times, I found myself marvelling again at the imagination of human beings.

It is truly an inspiring place, and the leader in me couldn’t help but take a few notes that we hopefully can all ponder over.

I have pretty high expectations of myself. A lot of the time when I achieve something, I’m not necessarily pleased. I’ll often critique heavily what I have done. It is very deliberate on my part to celebrate my successes, because my natural instinct wouldn’t be to do so.

Leadership is not excluded from the woes of disillusionment. It can be a difficult pill to swallow, that those you so faithfully served could behave as an opponent. The feelings of betrayal are real, even if you were in the wrong.

So what does it look like when a leader becomes disillusioned?