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When God says "No"

When God says "No"

My dad very rarely says \"no\" to my requests, but when he does it\'s because he has a reason behind his \"nos.\".

  • My little gambling problem

    I remember the time I realised I have a gambling problem. You may be shocked to hear I have a gambling problem, but the truth is I do... or at least I did.

  • Hoard or reward?

    My husband and I are new homeowners—overwhelmed possums in the mortgage headlights. Buying a house is a daunting foray into weekends of weeding, wallpaper-stripping and on-a-whim kitten adoption. And it is so good.

  • Not so super Rugby?

    Super Rugby underwent the most significant revamp in its history this year, expanding from 15 to 18 teams.

  • Neighbourhood Beatitudes

    I live in a neighbourhood, and this neighbourhood is arguably (not much argument though) the coolest little neighbourhood in Auckland, most likely New Zealand, and if so most definitely the world!

  • My Uber driver last week

    I got an Uber home after a farewell party last week. My driver pulled up to the curb in a shiny white car and it began. Our conversation.

  • Will Christianity make me boring?

    I was once afraid that if I fully followed Jesus I would have to pretend to be someone I\'m not.

  • Who cares about offenders?

    I have always loved New Zealand because of its friendly and welcoming society. As such, it was really disappointing to hear in recent news statistics of the most violent hotspots in New Zealand.

  • Fascism

    All that is transpiring in the socio-cultural arena lately is perfectly normal for a pagan society. The fence-posts of Judeo-Christian morality have been pushed back to the point where the once Protestant European nations can no longer identify as Christian.

  • Jesus didn't come to live a perfect life

    I want to look at a wider notion of what it means to be perfect. I think my view of perfection has been shaped by culture, and I feel it\'s fundamentally flawed.

  • What are you emotionally invested in?

    The heart is a sensitive thing. It gets pulled and pushed in so many ways and often ends up far too focussed on something not worth the attention or not focussed enough on the right things.

  • God cares about the little things

    Do you ever feel insignificant? Misunderstood, ignored and even, at times, invisible?