Prospect 2021

“9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well…

When I was in school. There was the lunch phenomenon of the sports game. And not having fixed teams, it was always the case that you had to get into teams before you started the game. Sometimes the teams were pretty fair and evenly matched. At other times, it would be entirely stacked with the…

What’s the point? That’s the question I asked myself while I was vacuuming the lounge room just as a horde of people arrived to trample dirt into the carpet. What’s the point of carefully wrapping up Christmas presents, with fine detail and ribbon, just for them to get ripped to pieces? We all ask ‘what…

There’s this story about the Queen of England. Reportedly, on one of her walks around the estate at Balmoral Castle, she encountered a group of tourists. Totally clueless to who they were in the presence of, the group of American tourists struck up a conversation. They asked the Queen if she was living nearby. The…

I think Launceston is a great place to live and it’s this time of year that a number of people arrive here. It’s a time of new beginnings and getting established in a new place. For Christians, one of the top priorities when moving to a new place, is not only finding a school for…

It’s interesting to think about the traditions that we have. If I could hazard a guess, I think that tradition has more a significant role in our lives than we often think it does. Many people eat the same kinds of foods at Christmas time. I know of families that always go on holiday to…