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Hyper-Critical

Hyper-Critical

There’s a well-known saying that goes something like this: “Those who can, do...those who can’t, teach”. It’s been around so long it’s become almost accepted wisdom, and is often used by those who can't come up with an original thought of their own as a way to put down teachers. It’s lazy, and says more about them than the object of their scorn...a bit like “Ok, boomer”..

  • A ‘ute’ still a most versatile vehicle  

    Like the Hills Hoist, an Australian invention  -  the Australian ute - a  story that requires regularly repeating. It is remarkable.

  • Youth group – from around the world

    Something to behold in 2020. I recall way back in 2015 on a Tasmanian Country Town Tour I was invited to speak to the Launceston Gateway Baptist Youth Group and who turned up – young people from Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Bolovia, Nepal and much else besides.

  • The Blame Game

    It’s more than half gone, but 2020 feels like a year that might be best removed from the calendar. There’s echoes from the song in Jesus Christ Superstar: ‘Could we start again please?’

  • Why is my plant not growing?

    (Fictional) One day I got a small plant in a flower pot as a gift. Feeling much gratitude of the gift, I decided to give my best in making sure that this plant grows to its fullest stature and maturity, bearing much fruit and good fragrance for many to enjoy.

  • Your friendship could change a life

    “There are days, when I feel the best of me is ready to give in. Then there are days, when I feel, I am letting go, soaring on the wind…” the opening verse of Jacqui Velazquez’s On My Knees.

  • Running Towards

    Have you ever been chased? And I mean, REALLY chased? Maybe a dog down the street got of its leash, or maybe you broke your sister’s favourite toy (when you were a child) and she decided to break your face?

  • Freed by forgiveness

    Forgiveness. It’s not a word we use often. As people, when someone hurts us, we often tell ourselves to “let it go” and “get over it.” We wash down our self-dialogue with a “they suck anyway” and a long list of reasons why they are morally failures.

  • Friends at Church

    Discussing the value about the friends we have at church seems to me to be very important. One of the fun things about church is looking forward to being able to catch up our friends on Sundays?

  • Balance  -  Nelson Cook

    Many Christian ministry movements were initiated where one person has a vision for a ministry area that had been untapped and gathered support to engender the dream and saw how God unleashed his 'touch' upon the evangelism.

  • Sport as entertainment

    Is sport just entertainment? With Covid shutting down so many sporting fixtures and isolation causing a craving for normality, sport has become the opium of the masses: A way to entertain people from the harsh reality of daily life.

  • Don’t listen to your heart, it’s selfish

    Listen to your heart.