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Kindness, and why it’s the latest trend

Kindness, and why it’s the latest trend

In this global pandemic, public addresses by international leaders is now commonplace..

  • Letter from a prisoner of hope

    Two weeks ago, I was listening to Christine Cain’s Equip and Empower podcast. In her podcast, Christine said three words which invoked a deep reflection on my Christian journey. These three words were “Prisoner of Hope”.

  • Trump promises to 'fight in the trenches' for unborn children

    Donald Trump has written to pro-life campaigners to seek their support ahead of the November presidential elections. 

  • Where are you?

    If by some wild chance you could craft the character of God, what traits would you add to His mix?

  • BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

    The famous phrase, “Big brother is watching you”, is taken from George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984: A dystopian novel that depicts a society under constant surveillance of an authoritarian regime. The citizens of Oceana are constantly being watched through telescreens. This novel was first published in 1949. Fast-forward to 2020, we are slowly seeing the world evolving into an Orwellian society.

  • Finding church in my living room

    Where I am in the United States, we are still seeing an active infection of the coronavirus, so I am still spending the majority of my time at home.

  • I hate goal setting

    I’m highly structured and organized, but I hate setting goals. I hate SMART goals, SWOT, SOAR and any other goal-setting tools. I find them boring, exhausting and frustrating.

  • Being true to yourself?

    Ah, I thought, that’s it! I’d been reading some articles on identity issues, and had been wondering why the general trend seemed to be that anyone who didn’t feel comfortable in their own body should be affirmed in the gender that they felt that they really were.

  • Worse than a Slave  

    When Jesus gave us the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20), He gave us four distinct instructions:

  • An idea

    By 2020 many churches had adopted in principle this idea – producing a small miracle - consisting of three mantras and I wonder how these might be taken up by Australian Churches.

  • Robert Howe and the Christian connection

    Australia’s ‘Freedom of the Press’ was achieved in 1824 . Before then the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser the first newspaper printed in Australia was considered a government publication and was censored by Governor King.

  • Our farming communities  

    ‘Food protection’ is now a word we hear regularly. We get reminded of the value of the farming community when politics uses this phrase - “food protection” -  ensuring that Australia has enough food production to sustain the nation, as opposed to overseas interests buying up our farms and exporting the produce.