It's the end of the world as we know it…
Debates about the beginning of the world have always bored me, maybe because I\'m not that scientifically minded. What I really want to know is—how (and when!) is it going to end?.
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Perspective on men in church
I\'ve been reflecting on my own journey as a Christian man and my interactions with society and church.
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Being interruptible
Last week I was racing through the train station to make an express train home—but even though I tried my hardest, I missed my train by a few minutes.
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Seeing the bad for the good
Our lives are a series of easy times followed by tougher ones. For me, the challenge is realising God\'s hand in these times before I go mad with stress.
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Anecdote from Mongolia: the greatest of these is love
I am currently on a 30-day short term mission trip to Mongolia. This is day 7: Today was a crazy day. Today, God continued to teach me, in a resounding way, that \"the greatest of these is love\".
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Our Regret-His Redemption
Many things are staples of life; cornerstones of subjective human experience. From hunger to the search for existential fulfilment, human beings often have more in common than we would assume.
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Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs
In an attempt to take on the Bible cover to cover, I have been struggling with the book of Judges. One which truly brought me back to my single digit years as I reviewed much loved Sunday School classics like Samson and Delilah.
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Internet dating website encourages couples to have extra-marital affairs
I was sickened to see an advert on Australian television for the internet dating site \'Ashley Madison\' that carries the slogan \'Life is short. Have an affair\'.
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It's alright when life chips away at you
The piano that takes up much of my parents\' living room is the one both my sister and I learned to play on. It\'s the same one my mom even learned to play when she was a girl. And before that, many others practised on those same white and black keys.
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May our Conscience still be our Guide
I have often thought about the purpose of the conscience. In the past as a child I saw it as a terrible stickler, an obstacle to fun.
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Perfect in all of His ways
As a mental health worker that sees predominantly children, the cases that come before me can be so harrowing that it takes everything in me to keep a straight face and be the safe place for the child to process their emotions.
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Finding life through story
There\'s something about that \'Once upon a time . . .\' feeling. Especially when you\'re sitting in plush chairs, with the aroma of popcorn floating through the air.