At the start of every year, I choose a word or phrase that becomes my theme for the year, along with a bible text. This year it is THRIVE and the verse is Leviticus 20:24 – “But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to…
The Word of God has been a powerful influence in my life, and these are a few reasons why. It is constant and does not change. What God said 1000 years ago is still valuable advice today, and I can rely on it to help guide my life. In an age of constant change and…
Big camp is many things. It’s more than staying up late and hanging out with friends with a cup of Milo in hand. It’s more than hearing your favourite speaker preach on stage and enjoying special items. Big Camp certainly is a great opportunity to socialise and soak up inspirational messages, but for me, it…
Would you be surprised to learn that there is NOTHING in the Bible about dating? None of the people mentioned in the Bible ever dated, as their marriages were usually prearranged. Dating is a particularly modern Western phenomenon as many cultures still do not practice dating. This means that most of the assumptions (what we…
It’s a rainy Saturday evening, and Sabbath quietly draws to a close. Sitting by the window, I observe a solitary blackbird scamper across the wet pavement and into the garden. The tree branches sway gently in the wind, and I savour this peaceful moment with a grateful heart. I am so blessed. We truly have…
We all have days when we get up out of bed on the wrong side, feel plagued by self-doubt, look in the mirror and wonder who that person really is staring back at us. We may ask the question: Am I significant? Do I really matter? I’m talking here about our self-image―the way we feel…
Peering past the worn edges through the stacks and stickiness left behind from the words that fell long ago. Yet their residue still remains, smearing the surface and disfiguring the distant image below. Over the cracks and shards of brokenness that lay hidden underneath. At a glance it is a mosaic pieced together from everyone…
He was chosen to: Proclaim good news to the poor, Set the captives free, And give justice to a suffering humanity. My Creator was chosen to restore, reclaim, And renew a lost world. I was chosen: To act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him. To give hope, Be His hands and feet, And…
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…
As a child, I was separated from my family and I was briefly adopted by a family of politicians until I was reunited with my mother at 10 years old. Being raised in such an environment I was trained to be a leader. I was the kid at school who was rolled out to handshake…