Recently, I went out to a café to catch up with a friend. I’d been looking forward to hanging out, and it was a lovely outdoor café, where my friend could bring her dog. We chose a lovely table outdoors on the grass in the sunshine then chatted for a while before deciding what we…
Prayer is a lot like radio. We seat ourselves alone—perhaps in a small room—and talk to the wall in the hope that someone, somewhere is listening. Through a process and a technology, we barely understand, we try to reach out to the unseen listener. We can try to prepare for the communication but—as often as…
CEOs, government officials and financial analysts have all made the claim that inflation, the cost-of-living crisis and skyrocketing house prices are all the fault of greedy workers demanding higher wages. This rhetoric rings hypocritical, especially on the part of CEOs since on average they are paid 1322 per cent more than they were today in…
March was a busy month for the youth all over Australia so let’s break down the happs… VIC The youth at Werribee church were out hydrating and supporting the cyclists competing in the Ironman Challenge on the 27th of March, at Portarlington Rd. • Geelong youth enjoyed a post sabbath lunch, and hike down at…
Darling one, When they drew this triangle: You and them at the bottom and God at the top Did you ever notice you were positioned as though there was a distance between you and God? The rhetoric of “journey with someone that is moving closer towards God as you move close to Him, so that…
I am a plant slayer. Don’t get me wrong – I love plants. I feel so relaxed when out in nature, surrounded by trees, grass, and other magnificent greenery and flowers. But somehow the skill of keeping plants alive often eludes me. I’ve been given a variety of different plants as gifts over time, and…
Does the sight of biscuits in the bakery section of your local grocery store make your mouth water? For me, those biscuits and other sugary ‘treats’ have been my arch nemesis for years, my Achille’s heel to true health and healing. My desire for the sugar-hit and soft, chocolatey doughy flavour in my mouth after…
God in his infinite love and mercy as a creator of all has revealed how uniquely we were thought of and detailed we are. He designed humans to have individual gifts we can claim as part of our God-given identity. These gifts we can use to not only show others who we are but to…
‘I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.’ Psalm 139:14 (NIV) On September 15th, 2021 my life changed. It didn’t feel like it had, but four words would alter the plans I had in mind for the foreseeable future. ‘You have Hodgkin lymphoma’.…
Have you ever stopped to think about what you do with your hands? And I don’t mean what you do when you’re holding a pen, opening a box or making hand gestures when you speak. I mean, when you’re just ‘being’ – with your thoughts. What position do your hands naturally sit in? A friend…