I recently experienced a family bereavement and as always in such times it caused me to consider a few things. There are things to learn from and things to encourage us to review. Whilst processing this loss we needed to work out some practical aspects. While my relative had a Will, it was 30 years Read More
I was recently with members of our church and other friends who gathered to pray for the commissioning of a residential rehab for women meth users in North Rodney. We walked the facility and grounds dedicating it for the Lord’s purposes. It was a great night as our friends started to recount their journey to Read More
I am amazed at how God can use seemingly unrelated situations to get my attention. Bev and I have been starting to think about downsizing our house as we begin to approach “Third Age”. What, when and where will our forever home be? This thinking must come from hanging around with my mate Peter Goulter Read More
Sandhill Cranes, ducks and geese are birds that have one major thing in common they tend to migrate over long distances. They also understand that to do this they can’t do it alone. In fact they don’t usually travel in numbers less than three and that is for a special reason which I will explain Read More
I have read several books recently and two of them ended with the concept of spiritual fathering or mentoring. Back in the recesses of my mind I remembered some great teaching from the early years of Promise Keepers by Howard G. Hendricks. I would like to share it with you because I believe it is Read More
We live in an instant age where speed of activity is regarded as essential. As a society we spend a great deal of time trying to improve efficiency. The recent COVID-19 lockdown had slowed down the pace at which we were travelling. I have noticed in the past few weeks the pace is picking up Read More
I have been listening to and reading a book called “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. It is a study which looked eleven American businesses that were extremely successful over a consecutive fifteen year period of time. One of the key characteristics espoused by the author was that the leaders were very different from their Read More
I can remember Trevor Yaxley saying to us as students at Lifeway Bible College, “Never waste a good trial or crisis.” So what did he mean? Basically he was asking us to consider what we learnt from our experience. We are now starting to surface in some ways from the crisis that is COVID-19, so Read More
I have been watching some of the trick sports and challenges that have appeared on our screens lately. Often it is portrayed as harmless fun, as a bit of a laugh. I wonder whether our society and culture has brought us up intentionally to constantly compete. This happened at school, in sport, in the workplace Read More
by David Peters – The world’s weather in recent years has brought frequent, destructive storm systems. In the same way spiritual storms are becoming more frequent and intense today. What is a spiritual storm? A spiritual storm comprises conditions, situations and experiences that place us under such physical, emotional and / or spiritual pressure that Read More