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Stones that talk

Stones that talk

Mention the word ‘stone’ and what springs to mind? Something solid, hard, inert, permanent, cold, immovable? We might say someone is ‘stony faced’, or has a heart of stone. There may be a ‘stony silence’ in a room after a heated discussion. Painful stones can lodge in our kidneys and gallbladder!.

  • Jane Eyre and the question: is there such a thing as ‘the one’?

    There seems to be a belief today that the idea of there being a person created to be your other half doesn’t exist: “There are many people out there suited to you and you just have to choose one that you like”. While this may be true and work for many people, I certainly don’t want to ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’ as the saying goes.

  • Nate’s Christmas

    My most considered, like, "successful" moment of my life was the worst

  • Déjà vu & Disney

    I found myself walking around Disneyland, an unexpected gift from a friend. The last time I had been I was 7 years old.

  • Lens to see 

    About 10 years ago I started wearing glasses - these were my very first pair. For some time I realised I had been squinting a lot in order to see. As a result, I went in for an eye exam which concluded that I needed glasses.

  • Christmas Critical Question

    Christmas brings Australian Christians with a dichotomy. There are now laws associated with discrimination and racism.

  • From a wresting Christian – How can I trust God again?

    I wrote a previous article dealing with my issues of trust in God. I was hoping that revealing a small portion of my wrestling would allow me to progress through this state of mind more quickly. That talking about my issues would free me from the thoughts trapped in the depths. And it did, at least for a short while.

  • Bah humbug!

    Bah humbug! I know many people that fall into this category of humans.

  • Doing well

    One morning in India a word came into my head.

  • What do you thank God for this year?

    One week prior to thanksgiving, our pastor encouraged us to think back the past year and give thanks to God’s work in our lives. I have thought about it and decided to highlight three major things here.

  • Behold

    During one of my festive phases last week when I was casually devouring any and all Christmas items that I could get my hands on, I opened an article titled, ‘People Prefer Badly Wrapped Gifts’. Honestly, as someone who likes their gifts to look homemade chic, it was a bit of an affront. Apparently the hours I had spent putting beautiful white spots on brown paper with a paint pen were all for nothing. 

  • The missing birthday boy

    Christmas is around the corner! Heaps of Christmas decorations and delicacies are already on sale. Christmas stockings, Santa hats, Christmas trees full of ornaments and lights, candy canes, reindeer chocolates, jingle bells and not forgetting Christmas presents!