Homeward bound – Part 2
In my first article I discussed where is and what is home. In this article I am further exploring this theme, especially growing up as a missionary kid..
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Kiwis love Australia
Yes, it’s true, Kiwis love Australia and it must be true as it is in the ‘newspaper’.
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What it means to be a new creation
Humans are simply imperfect people. We are going to sin, we are going to stuff up and there is just nothing you can do about it.
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Stop decorating your tent!
I suspect that there are quite a lot of youngsters like myself who for the most part is flatting with strangers, away from family and home.
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Heaven for the animals and creatures
In a Sydney Morning Herald article some years ago by Rick Gladstone taken from the New York Times, we hear that Pope Francis when comforting a little boy after his beloved pet dog died, assured him he was in heaven.
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I’m giving you one last chance God
Outwardly I was making my way through life “okay,” but the internal gears were grinding hard. Teenage angst, crippling fear and a hurting-rejected heart were eating away at my peace.
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The most important woman (Part 1)
Who is the most important woman in your life?
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
“Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don’t know?”
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Business, Corporate, Church
This month John Hackwell visited me, a friend of many years. John Hackwell is an artist, author and film make and been living in France for the past decade. His new book soon to be published deals with in part, the struggle corporate people experience.
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The lemon tree
In my backyard stands a lemon tree. It was planted by my parents when they moved into our family home, shortly before I was born. It is therefore, sometimes jokingly referred to as my older brother! Over the years the tree has grown from sapling into the majestic soaring fruit-bearer it is today, some 35+ years later.
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Studying the bible like Paul
We need to study the bible if we are to learn the fullness of what God offers those who choose to follow Jesus. And yet surveys of Christians show us that many do not read the Bible and fewer still study it.
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Trust the Process
I first heard these three words when we were going through our first and only round of in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Naturally, I was feeling anxious, overwhelmed and somewhat emotionally exhausted with the amount of medication to take and injections to administer.