How NOT to be cool 101

Top ways to be uncool: 1. Brushing teeth is for cool people, avoid this 2. Every time a person asks a question, don’t answer it, enforce a group hug instead. 3. Find a ‘cool’ person and imitate everything they do exactly (i.e. if they say “I want to go swimming.” repeat it in a super […]

Bible Study

{Thrilled to be introducing a new contributor to All4God (look out for a few of them in the next few weeks!), an awesome friend Cassie Walker who I get to work with in the summers at Beaver Cross Camp. Cassie is great at putting up with all my abuse, and challenging me to be a […]

Whitewashed tombs

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs – beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity. Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness” Matthew 23:27-28 The […]

Running towards the "well done"

Of late I have been running a lot, partly as a spiritual worship thing, partly as part of a drive to be healthier and become fitter. Paul does say our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16), so I figured it was time I started taking better care of mine… And being all into […]

Total Control

“In my heart and my soul, I give you control, Consume me from the inside out Lord” ~ Hillsong – From the inside out Giving Jesus total control is tough. We want to hold on to the reigns. We want to keep some control ourselves. We can’t imagine surrendering everything to him. But we must […]

Holy friend

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” Revelation 4:8 That is the song the angels in heaven were singing in John’s vision, and it is a powerful reminder that the God we worship is a Holy, almighty being. When something was […]

When the Walk can be a run

“Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 Over the summer I broke the habit of a lifetime, and went running without anything being on fire. It happened somewhat by accident. I was working as a counsellor at Beaver Cross Christian camp in Greenwich, New York – sharing God’s love with […]

Someone like you

“Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of […]

A tale of two hand-dryers

“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ. Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a […]

Light of the world

{This is the first post by new contributor Yael Galiley. Yael is a student from New York, who is great at drawing and serving food, and should not be allowed drinks that contain caffeine. Enjoy what she has to share – Pete} So as Christians, we’re supposed to be the light of the world, “‘You […]