Posts by Luuk Paulussen

Posts by Luuk Paulussen

Ilam COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 and Ilam Baptist Church Currently we are meeting as normal at Ilam School, but we are committed to doing our best to keep our community safe and avoid COVID transmission within the church.To this end, we ask that people stay home if unwell and encourage people to mask. We have found that keeping the upper windows and some doors open provides a good level of ventilation. This works well during summer. We are exploring options for what can be…

Musing 3rd May

How would you respond if you were asked what God’s plan is for Gay people? That’s the question I’ve been musing on over the last couple of weeks based on current events. In some ways it is a strange, leading question. I don’t really even know God’s plan for my own life. Some of my thoughts thus far are as follows: * I believe in a loving Creator that loves all people equally and without limit. * I believe the…

Musing

I’ve been slowly working my way through the book of Isaiah with a group of friends.  One of the things that has helped with my this journey is the understanding that large sections of Isaiah are poetry, not “predictions about the future” as we can commonly think of prophets/prophecy.  One of my friends pointed out that it’s interesting think of the prophets as the poets of their time, holding up a mirror to society and seeking to express God’s heart…