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Here we have the account from Luke’s Gospel of the crucifixion of Jesus. This Easter friday, this is the event we recognise and remember. I wonder how do we view this event though.Here in this account there are numerous people and numerous responses to the event unfolding in front of… Keep Reading >>

Standing

2 months ago I 0 Comments

Well the Noosa Festival of Surfing is finished and I leave tomorrow for the Australian Longboard Surfing Open, held at Kingscliff just south of the Gold Coast.I mentioned that ‘walking’ is a crucial element of longboarding technique and tied this into our walking as children of light Eph 5:8 at… Keep Reading >>

Walking

2 months ago I 0 Comments

I am at the Noosa Festival of Surfing again… This year it is not an ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) event; so there is no official Chaplaincy role here. However I have been attending this one event both officially and unofficially for a decade now, so people have just come… Keep Reading >>

Crowns

3 months ago I 0 Comments

I was privileged enough to attend the ASP banquet on the Gold Coast last week. The Chaplains had gathered for some training and the surfers had gathered to celebrate and crown the 2011 Champions.The mastery of there individual realms of surfing, that our champions displayed is amazing. These events and… Keep Reading >>

I have just returned from the first of the Australasian Longboard Qualifying contests, held at Sandy Bay NZ. The wind was howling onshore for the whole event and the ocean was turbulent but still surf-able. The officials and the surfers could be prepared and fit the site was beautiful and… Keep Reading >>

Burning Bones

4 months ago I 0 Comments

Jer 20: 9 If I say, I will not mention him,or speak any more in his name,there is in my heart as it were a burning fireshut up in my bones,and I am weary with holding it in,and I cannot.There have been men and women throughout the history of the… Keep Reading >>

Luke 23: 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, Father, into… Keep Reading >>

In Vain…

7 months ago I 0 Comments

I’m sure we have all read or heard Psalm 127:1.  1 Unless the LORD builds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Yet the connotations here are staggering… This Psalm is for the people of Israel Gods people… So the people of God can be working hard labouring and toiling… Keep Reading >>

Gen 32: 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.… Keep Reading >>

1Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended,that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.3 A voice cries: In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make… Keep Reading >>

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The Author

Andrew Carruthers

I have been involved in Christian Surfers since the early 80’s and at one stage was the Asia / Pacific Director. In a role that combines my two passions surfing and the church; I am now planting a new skool church with old skool values. SALT Baptist @ Peregian Beach, Qld. Click here to visit Andrew Carruthers' blog