Let me start by saying that I am really looking forward to COVID and the restrictions being over. I feel like as a church we are in a kind of engagement period, where ‘we are church’, we are committed to TGS and love others and do some things together. But we are not fully church yet, we’re not married. We’re not completely together enjoying all the benefits of ‘married church’. COVID restrictions have hampered that. And if you are grossed out by the engagement married analogy, go to Ephesians 5 where Jesus......

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Over a million people around the world have died from COVID (and more than half of those deaths have been in just three countries: USA, India and Brazil.) These people had parents, siblings, spouses, children and friends. This is so sad. Last month I was at a Mayoral lunch with other Pastors and Bob Manning. Bob told us how he had recently met with Cairns small business owners, numerous of which thought that they could well go out of business because of the COVID-related tourism downturn. This not only affects these families......

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I don’t know about you, but I have found – and so too, my wife – that life today seems to have so many loose ends. I much prefer to have a tidier life, but that seems to be a thing of the past. Yes, life in general is so much more complicated today (our many toys probably don’t help either!). And even the many things that one could, years ago, almost take for granted are also now frustrating. For example, it wasn’t that long ago that one could send something in......

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While some knew that COVID would go this long, many others weren’t sure. Some of us may have thought lots of things would have been back to normal by now, but instead, COVID is still going. So, if that’s the case, what are the ministers doing when there are no Sunday services and regular ministries happening? Well, I can only speak for myself. There is slight variation from week to week, but generally: – Mondays start with a staff meeting. I usually spend the afternoon working on my sermon for that week.......

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