By Florian H. Berndt Before there was time, before there was dust, before there was breath drawn into human lungs, there was relationship. At the centre of all  things is not force, not power, not hierarchy, but love. A living, giving, receiving love. A dance. And for this dance, all things were made. Abba, in His love, has always desired intimate relationship with His creation. This was not a response to human brokenness. It was not a rescue mission conceived in urgency. It

By Florian H. Berndt Growing up in a patchwork family with multiple parents and siblings, in a culture less than accommodating since my paternal grandparents arrived as refugees in the South of Germany after WWII, music and writing had always helped me to express my inner conflicts of living in a broken world. So, when I picked up my first instrument shortly after encountering the love of Jesus, my writing and music were soon transformed from tools to express my pain to ways

By Florian H. Berndt The deepest search in life, it seemed to me, the thing that in one way of another was central to all living was...

By Florian H. Berndt Addressing the increasing number of recent posts arguing for a god that can’t make up his (its?) mind if he (it?)...

By Florian H. Berndt After several people sharing their visionary experiences with me recently, I read a post along the same lines on...

The other day one of my kids totally lost the plot - out of the blue. We knew they had been going through a rough time, but every time we...

I once spoke to a young pastor, who desperately wanted revival in his church, but when people's vision of God started to shift and...

Having recently added some Catholic author’s to my reading list, I was thrilled to see a similar theme going on also in a lot of minds...

One of the traps I used to fall into on my spiritual journey when I was younger, was that I thought people outside my circle have no clue...

Okay, here's something I need to share - even if I might be misunderstood. A couple of years ago I faced some surprising health issues,...

Recently I've heard about people being up in arms about Pope Francis apparently 'changing' the Lord's Prayer, and it is claimed, that...

Over the last couple of weeks my wife and I are receiving an increased number of messages from some of our Christian friends –...

One of the greatest frustrations I’ve experienced in ministering ABBA’s heart over the years, has been to see people’s lives being...

A couple of days ago I was sharing with some of my friends troubling political ideologies arising again here in Germany and why I reject...

All of creation is waiting for the unveiling of ABBA's children, because creation itself will be freed from its bondage, when it sees...

To be honest, growing up in a fairly wealthy country, I've always felt conflicted about the tension between the dangers of materialism on...

About 10 years ago, while going personally through a rough time in my life, I woke up in the morning and noticed that I was alone. Not...

Some things I've observed over the years concerning listening prayer and prophetic ministry... ABBA usually speaks to us in a gentle...

Introduction As I’ve been reading different responses to the presidential elections in the US, I’ve been deeply saddened by the reactions...

„At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and...