I had the privilege of being in the room when all three of my children were born. While scans are nice, pictures on the screen are great, It’s a particularly special moment when you get to see your child for the first time, in the flesh. Even if they’re covered in sticky goop, and with…
Recently, I decided to buy a nice sour dough loaf from one of the local cafes. To my surprise the person serving asked me which sourdough would I like. Because, you see, they had several options. It was like a whole new world of sourdough was opening up to me. A key part of the…
What is the most memorable plane landing you’ve had? I don’t’ really have any exciting travel stories. However, I remember flying to one of the islands in the Whitsundays where the runway is at water level. As you approach the runway, it seems as though the pilot is going to land on the water. Just…
We can sometimes have different understandings of what exactly clean looks like. A clean car, or a clean house, may look different to one person than to another. Why? Because we have different standards by which we judge whether something is clean or not. For example, a child may be perfectly happy with the state…
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…
(Our church holds a regular book club where we aim to read good Christian books that encourage us in following Jesus). Book Review by Elin. Gary Millar has written a compact little book on what it means to live as a Christian. But compact and little does not mean it is not also deep, profound,…
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…
