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
These last few weeks have been interesting if not challenging times for us all and no one has been left unchanged. In one form or another, everyone has been impacted and what was normal life has been tipped upside down. For the first time in their lives some people have not been able to solve Read More
I was recently asked to share on my church’s Facebook Live page about what my journey through lockdown has been like. It was an interesting process for me as I live in a large house with four adults, which means each of us can have our own space. With that in mind the overwhelming theme Read More
COVID-19 has caused varying degrees of turmoil in families over the country. One of my children is not sure they will have a job to go back to; another is busy trying to reinvent their sole trader company into another market. When we celebrated the New Year, this was not what we were expecting Read More
by Tom O’Neil – As almost all New Zealand companies have seen income fall away over the last few weeks, many people are now facing the prospect of being made redundant. This is a terrifying idea for almost everybody, so what can we do as Christian men to ensure we are moving forward, both spiritually Read More
There is an old saying that says “every cloud has a silver lining.” Some may say that being cooped up at home for nearly a month has very little silver lining, but I am not so sure that it is completely true. We serve a Creator God, a God who speaks things into existence, who Read More
4 ways to keep yourself safe when boredom and frustration hits – I must admit I never expected to be confined to my house as I am in our present situation in New Zealand. I grew up as an only child so I have a predisposition to being self-contained and able to amuse myself. For Read More