Pursue godliness, flee from lukewarm Christianity

Time heals.

30.05.16 - A date deeply engrained onto my heart forever; it was the day my earthly father went on to be with my Heavenly Father.

Waterspouts, washouts and the climb

I have started a series of columns looking at nursery rhymes and what they might offer Christians in the way of godly reflection. The previous column looked at Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

My dusty Bible

Margaret Court, the Bible, and interpretation

In a week of controversy after Margaret Court issued an open letter to Qantas and appeared on national television to take a stand for the biblical, and traditional view of marriage; Australian society has responded in a plethora of ways.

Your plan, but my way

The man Moses is somewhat of an icon to many; he is the man with the chiselled jaw of the Ten Commandments, or Michelangelo’s sculpted statue showing him more akin to a Greek god than a man, with thick arms and a flowing beard fit to rival the beard of Zeus.

“Breaking 2: The greatest barrier in sport since the 4 minute mile”

Try this if you dare: time yourself running a lap of a 400 metre track. Do you think you could run it in 68 seconds? And could you keep this pace for 42 kilometres?

The heightened gift

Wow, you are so small. How old are you? You look fourteen. Why are you so short? What’s wrong with your legs? Are you a dwarf? These are just a few questions, statements and observations I get said to me almost every week.

'My journey into the Hebrew roots of my faith’

My journey into the Hebrew heritage of my faith began several years ago when I first saw the names of God in Hebrew with their meanings on a poster in Western Australia.

The Trinity is like water…and other bad analogies

For those, like myself, who are not from a highly-liturgical denomination, it may come as a surprise that June 11 was ‘Trinity Sunday’.

“Perhaps God needed another angel”

It’s a phrase we most often hear when a child or young adult has died. We think that saying something like this lessens the pain the family left behind a feeling. Surely, they receive comfort knowing their loved one is so important to God.

What's your legacy

Contemplating on the thought of a life worth living often bring to mind thoughts of inspirational leaders, pioneering heroes, trendsetting individuals.