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What ‘Rejoicing Always’ Looks Like

What ‘Rejoicing Always’ Looks Like

Recently we’ve been going through Philippians at church. It is full of Paul’s warmth and encouragement about how the Philippians are doing but also warnings about suffering, hardship, and perseverance they are going to continue to face as Christians..

  • Living for eternity

    During my recent time in Papua New Guinea I had the pleasure of meeting a number of amazing people. Two of these people where Wil and Trina Muldoon.

  • Remain in dialogue

    Do you ever feel like you’re trapped in your own head? When I go to sleep at night, I find that if I’m not calm or tired, my brain feels like it’s firing a thousand thoughts at once and it is almost as if it’s too loud for me to go to sleep (even though on the outside, one could likely hear a pin drop).

  • The ninety-nine and the one

    It’s a story that most of us know well, the Parable of the Lost Sheep.

  • Meditation and mindfulness

    Meditation or mindfulness is a practice that is gaining increasing popularity in western society. Many people find in their busy lives filled with stresses and anxieties that they need a way of experiencing peace in the midst of it all.

  • Secret papers

    The former Govenor General’s Sir John Kerr’s communications with Her Majesty the Queen – Elizabeth II were released on Tuesday 14 July over the dismissal of then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam – this occurred one month ago. There will be years of pouring over these letters by the media and writers and academics and politicians …. 

  • Building a brand

    I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of personal branding. Personal branding is the spoken and unspoken ways in which we portray ourselves. Whether or not we want to have personal brand or not, we have one. Personal branding is not only for business people or marketing purposes.

  • Reviewing musicals

    Like any form of entertainment, if watching a musical makes you laugh and evoke feelings of joy and happiness, that is one measure of success.

  • Worth the fight

    I have just come back from Year 9 camp. This year was a little harder than most, I was certainly feeling my age while doing our 3-day hike and it was clear to me that I was no longer one of the fast hikers.

  • Chanell Diaz STORY  -  My interesting life

    Kia Ora, My name is Chanell. I am 30 years old and of both Maori and Pakeha (NZ european) descent. I write articles for Press Services International / Christian Today.

  • Life on the line

    Nik Wallenda, quite literally, puts his life on the life.

  • How to love your work

    Famous writer, Annie Dillard, once said, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives”. Apparently, the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work in their lifetime.