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Don’t be mistaken

Don’t be mistaken

For a long time, I often wondered: ‘if I made a mistake about something, did I change the whole plan God had for me?’ As silly as this may seem, I don’t doubt many others have thought the same way..

  • Lifted

    “Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what’s going on around Christ — that’s where the action is. See things from His perspective.”

  • Exploring Marie Kondo’s life-changing magic

    The life-changing magic of tidying up

  • Hearing – the partially and fully deaf

    One of my "Dad jokes" is that I have trouble talking (due to a longstanding stutter) and my wife, Delma, has trouble hearing (due to a congenital problem), hence 42 years of marriage bliss, I can't talk and Delma can't hear!!

  • Parents and education issues

    It is 2019  -  has anything changed – as there was little surprise when a report on NSW HSC results came to the fore as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald a few years ago in an article by Amy McNeilage that public schools did better than private school students.

  • First foot forward

    Contemplating life’s many journeys comes with the benefit of hindsight; but for many, it can be an unprecedented journey that ends up in places where one least expects.

  • The great adventure

    Recently I have been listening to a lot of audiobooks while I drive. One of my new favourite authors is a guy called Bob Goff who writes Love does and Everybody, always.

  • The unseen side of controversy

    In the last couple of months, we have seen many controversial arguments playing out in the media area – abortion, LGBTI rights, gay marriage, and the similar. Christians, especially, find they are singled out for their ‘archaic’ beliefs. But is there a positive side to this?

  • How to prepare for difficult times

    In my last article of 2018 “Planning for the future” I laid out reasons why I believe it is prudent to prepare for the coming times. I have been led this way personally by the Lord and have seen many dreams of chaos, disaster and difficult times to come.

  • Going Well Beyond Blue - Part 3 - The Force of HOPE.

     Again I ask: How can Australian’s ‘go well beyond blue?’ In other words, how can we decisively win the battlefield of our minds daily and even see unprecedented break throughs in areas of mental health? 

  • Reflections on respite

    Since 2011 the Laguna Quays Respite facility on the Whitsundays mainland has been available to missionaries and ministers (pastors) for respite and this year, eight years later a second facility was established at Aldinga Beach a little south of Adelaide.

  • Spring Cleaning 

    I came home 2 weeks ago and there were clothes everywhere! Natalie was doing a big spring clean. She had a keep pile, a get rid of pile and a maybe pile.