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Jesus: the leader

Jesus: the leader

When I think of who Jesus is, words like 'messiah', and 'Christ', come to mind. Maybe even 'miracle-worker' or 'teacher'. After all, he was and is all those things, and when he walked the earth he was either called by those names, or referred to himself using them..

  • Abortion

    Abortion—a word that has been thrown around lately like a batter in a hot pan. In the state where I live, abortion to full term has recently been passed in Parliament. People have cried about it and others were dancing in the street over it.

  • Is taxation theft?

    Every day, whether we make money or spend money or even hold money in a bank, we will inevitably pay some form of tax. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, is attributed with saying that “There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes”.

  • Policing and Remembrance Day

    Yesterday the 11 Day of the 11th month we as a nation stood as one for Remembrance Day, the end of the Great War, the armistice, the war to end all wars.

  • Why I haven’t given up on the church

    Nearly every Sunday of my 30+ years has been spent in church.

  • Journey with the Unforgivable Sin

    In late 2015, I received a call that changed my life. It was from my mother, her voice barely audible. She was sobbing on the other end of the line. “Your grandfather,” she finally said. He had died hours before, but we didn’t know it as we lived in Wellington, twelve hours away from their side of the world. 

  • A political or apolitical God?

    Jesus rode a donkey, so that means He’s a Democrat or socialist? Jesus taught using the Parable of the Talents, so He’s a capitalist? Let’s take the elephant out of the room (so out goes ‘Republican Jesus’ too) and look at why Christians ought to steer clear of the partisan left vs right wing divide.

  • Find the bodies and bring them home when disaster strikes

    MH17 is one of many disasters to befall Australians – the coast line from Australia's beginnings is littered with ship sinkings and much loss of life. The skies have their disasters and such trauma as Thredbo and Granville to name just two. 

  • Granny get your gun

    My maternal grandmother was a ‘good ole girl,’ much loved by her grandchildren.

  • Charles Sturt, 1795—1869

    Death seemed imminent. Sturt and his men were stranded on a sand bar at the Murray- Darling river junction. Confronting them on the bank were nearly 600 Aboriginals, painted, armed and making menacing gestures to their war-song. This was Sturt’s second exploratory journey into the outback. Would it be his last?

  • Beyond Africa

    It seems when someone's asked to imagine mission, their minds often think of Africa, digging wells and looking after disadvantaged children.  I used to think this too.  Although Africa is pretty huge, my concept of world mission was in fact limited to this one continent.  

  • How much are you willing to care?

    How many seconds does it take for you to decide not to help someone?