Why Living Biblically is not actually about living biblically
There’s a new US sitcom out in New Zealand and as soon as I saw it, I cringed – it’s called ‘Living Biblically’ and follows the main character’s experiment to better his life by obeying every single law in the bible for one year..
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‘Clerical’ and ‘Education’ run together
Years ago when attending a Moruya Chamber of Commerce meeting, the guest speaker from the local business development board, listed in the power point statistical display the percentages of employee categories.
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The Amazing Game of Two Halves
It was half-time during a professional rugby league game. A player broke down and told the club chaplain that his life is in shambles...
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Little God moments that aren’t so little
I've been thinking about how God comes through in the little things and how much those little things mean. At the church I go to there is a key needed to get into the basement to park the car and go up to different levels in the elevator.
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Disconnected
The aroma of freshly ground coffee filled the café as the morning crowd rolled in. I sat at my favourite corner table; “people watching”.
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Humanity, our stories matter
It is possible to be wholehearted in this life when you were born broken, brave when circumstances have taken away valuable things that make life feel secure, and a wise social/economic consumer when it was not in the cards to do so.
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The option – stay at home mum
The old adage that says “She who rocks the cradle rules the world” refers to an era when the mother, on the most part, was able to stay at home and raise the children.
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Those pesky carry-on luggage limits
There has been a rash of articles on the weight and size of carry-on luggage in recent months telling frightening stories of increased costs, even one where the cost of the increased luggage cost at the check-in was more than the ticket.
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The power of words
“The pen is mightier than the sword.”
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Hope for the “hard to reach”
Kon'nichiwa! I just got back from a trip to Japan (hence the greeting) and had an amazing time experiencing the culture and God’s heart for the nation.
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The struggle to be Christlike
A friend recently suggested to me to write an article on the struggle to be Christlike in a secular world. His words to me were:
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No is equally as good as yes