I was reading a book recently called “Bourne to Rally” the autobiography of the late Possum Bourne. In the book there are many photos of Peggy Bourne his wife. Possum Bourne died in a tragic accident in April 2003 during the “Race to the Sky” at Cardrona in Otago. Now 17 years later Peggy Bourne Read More
Recently some friends of ours moved from our home town of Snells Beach North of Auckland to Christchurch. We spent nearly a full weekend saying farewell to them at different events. They had been in our lives for 16-years and it was fascinating listening to speeches and hearing different people’s perspectives. One of the events Read More
Last time I shared about attending a family funeral and the things it highlighted to me. Prior to our family member passing away, I’d had discussions with them on matters of belief. We even discussed his spiritual worldview. At those times I found he was not forthcoming in sharing, instead our conversations were brief and Read More
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