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The USA and Celebrity

The USA and Celebrity

The USA has long fascinated me, and this year, having just made it back from Tennessee before the COVID lockdown, I spent some time reflecting on the differences between the USA and Australia..

  • Jesus is the Best Feminist

    When I think of feminists I tend to think of people like Kate Sheppard who campaigned tirelessly to get women the right to vote in New Zealand or Susan B Anthony who worked on countless campaigns to bring equal rights to both women and African American people in the United States.

  • The Place of Faith

    Western civilisation finds its heritage among Judeo-Christian values aligned with the Bible. Any attempt to understand how our culture works today will undoubtedly revolve around questions of faith whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.

  • Job: when everything gets taken away

    God is mysterious, but He always knows what He is doing.

  • Australian Christian belief

    Last week the media was all over Australian Prime Minister Scott Mission’s speech at a Christian seminar – many commentators both secular and religious rose to their feet in applause in their opinion columns whereas many others took an opposite view.

  • Frodo’s Wound: Carrying the Burdens

    I have recently re-watched the Lord of the Rings (LotR) Trilogy and I am still impressed with the amount of meaningful truths that Tolkien embedded within this epic narrative.

  • Fresh Bread for life

    What a dull, flavourless life the world is accepting for itself. Willing to sacrifice taste and substance for a few more days of undignified tinned preservation.

  • Smashing pottery and perfection.

    Do you ever feel like you have to be perfect all the time?  I don’t know about you, but I often feel a real sense of pressure to not make mistakes.

  • Listen to Jesus

    God the Father did not say a lot in the Bible, but when He did speak you can guarantee that what He said was important.

  • Reaching up – Nelson Cook

    Nelson Cook who established Coaches of Influence (COIN) 30 years ago in Los Angeles USA writes a monthly letter to the many coaches at professional, college and high school levels and the current correspondence touches the spot.

  • Discovering the joy of traditions

    I have been reflecting recently on traditions. This has been prompted in response to hearing something a good friend shared with me as she grieved the recent passing of her nana.

  • Finding God  

    Author and speaker, Joyce Meyer, tells of this story she heard many years ago—It is a story of three demons who were graduating from their course on how to deceive people in the world and prevent them from knowing God.