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Lockdown: The great outdoors

Lockdown: The great outdoors

As I write this over 3/4 of the Australian population are in lockdown; Brisbane, New South Wales, Victoria, and Adelaide. For many, it seems it’s “here we go again” as Victorians have tipped just over 190 days in lockdown between 2020 – 2021, that’s over half a calendar year!.

  • Greed and Giving: Wealth and God

    Wealth captures our trust by opening opportunities and fulfilling many of our needs, but so often the love of money leads to an unhealthy view of the world. This disturbingly broad trust in wealth doesn’t just blind us to our obligations to each other, but also creeps into Christian worship of God.

  • Shine Bright

    “Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticise you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life…” Philippians Chapter 2 Verses 14-16 NLT.

  • Tame the Fear, not the Storm

    I was struggling for months with disabling anxiety when I felt another panic attack approaching. As the fear coiled up my gut, I suddenly experienced the sensation of rain hitting me – my mind converted the emotion to sensation.

  • Falling in love -  is there science to this

    A recent article in News.com spells out the science of having someone fall in love with you. The five points are clarifying and kind of manipulative as they are given like a formula – do these and he or she will be putty in your dreams.

  • Here’s my heart

    God - Creator, Alpha & Omega, Eternal Father….. gave us His whole heart. We should stop right here and realize the significance of this amazing truth.

  • Biblical Catharsis

    For every believer, there is the threat of being toppled by strong emotions. Life’s challenges engender a variety of emotional reactions. These can derail any believer. Anger, guilt, sadness, anxiety, rejection are the culprits. But these emotions don’t have to distance us from God, they can pave the way into deeper levels of relationship.

  • This is a powerful word - Destiny

    My South African correspondent Terrance Hanafey recently sent me a piece what amounted to reviewing our 'destiny'.

  • Look for the good

    One of my red long stem roses was coming into bloom. It had recently grown to a new height, and because we didn’t have any blinds in our living room we could watch it grow from our living room window.

  • Finding your place to flourish

    Times have certainly changed rapidly in the past couple of years. I don’t think anyone has been untouched by this new way of life. It’s almost as if the turn of 2020 also turned on a switch that changed normal into unnormal. Such times have required much from us: to stretch, grow, test, and think differently. But though circumstances change, God never changes and neither does His love for us.

  • The Cinderella experience

    Once upon a time, a beautiful young woman falls on hard times as a result of a tragic death in her family. She is forced into manual labour. Then a complete reversal occurs. She fortuitously meets a wealthy, well-respected member of the community who falls in love with her. They marry and she is rescued from a life of poverty and hardship. They live happily ever after.

  • Here’s why you don’t pray!

    Can I ask you a question? And let’s be honest with each other. There’s no one else in the room looking over your shoulder right now. It’s just you, me and your device. So, I can ask you, How often do you pray?