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…
In my garden I have the plant Allysum. I planted the first seeds about 7 or 8 years ago and ever since then it has popped up every year. It has beautiful white flowers and creeping habit. In Mark 6:7-13 we discover that the gospel is meant to be spread around. The gospel doesn’t just…
Evil spirits? It’s amazing how the Bible speaks so openly about the reality of the unseen realm. The idea of the existence of spiritual beings, angels or demons, for some people belongs to the same category as unicorns, and imaginary friends. That is, for many people, they are myths. For me, growing up here in…
31 years ago I was in my own little world. I was playing happily by myself in the sandpit. All was well with the world, until a passing teach informs me I had missed the school bell! Aghast, I looked around and saw a deserted playground. I quickly hurried off to class. I heard the…
Have you ever been led up the garden path? Have you believed something that wasn’t quite true? Maybe you saw advertised on TV a product that said it would make you look 10 years younger, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Or perhaps you booked a holiday. The website said the price was…
In the TV show Psych there is this running joke about the main character of the show, Shawn. Shawn always changes jobs and those closest to him say that he never commits. However, from Shawn’s point of of view, he thinks that working for a week in job makes him an expert, so just quits…
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…
If that’s you, welcome! January is a time when the locals head to the beach, but it’s often a time of new beginnings for many people. Packing and unpacking boxes, enrolling kids into school, and starting a new job in a new workplace is a mix of fun, excitement and apprehension. If you’re one of…
We’ve made it out of 2021. We’re in the first week of 2022 (at time of writing). It’s natural, in these transition moments, to look ahead. I can think of plans I want to accomplish this year. There are places I would like to visit, perhaps even on an aeroplane. There are people I’d like…
Do you enjoy Christmas? For our family, Christmas begins in mid November. All three of our kids have birthdays leading up to Christmas, so to make it entirely fair, we get into Christmas from mid November. We put up the Christmas tree. Lights are turned on. We get some carols playing. There’s so much to…
