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
Sculptor’s Work a Reminder of Strength and Courage Michelangelo Buonarroti is famous for many things, the roof of the Sistine Chapel, the statue of David, being the chief architect of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. I have had the privilege of seeing all these first hand in Italy. Michelangelo was a poet, sculptor, architect, Read More
I am a bit of a war history buff and have been interested in battles in air, land and sea since I was a child. I have a friend David Dusek who is also a war buff, and he maintains that we tend to have interest in one particular war. He says his war is Read More
I find it fascinating when God connects ideas that are seemingly unrelated but, in the end become significant. I was thinking about some of the teaching in our pornography recovery programmes that stresses the use of our right side of the brain as well as the left. This allows concepts to be better cemented into Read More
by Paul Monahan – From my early days of Promise Keepers involvement in the mid 1990’s, a few speakers and writers have made a significant impact on me. I have spoken before about Coach McCartney’s statement, “Men, we have been in a war, but we have not been at war”. Another writer in this case Read More
It has been said that there are two things in life we can count on, death and taxes. Personally, I don’t believe that to be true, obviously there is God in the process but the other thing that we can count on is change. Change is part of the fabric of our lives, and it Read More
A while ago some friends of ours moved from Snells Beach 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 was their daughter’s 21st Read More
It is always interesting how God can lead you in a direction when you weren’t expecting it or looking for it. Most weekday mornings Candice, Cecelia and I meet on Zoom to discuss where we are going and what we are doing for the day. This morning we were chatting about the power of words Read More
A couple of years ago I was travelling to Sydney with my wife. I had a 9:15am flight and as I live about an hour out of Auckland I left home at 5:00am. At that time of the morning the commute is relatively easy. I was at the airport and through all the formalities by about Read More
I believe that the last words said before someone either dies or leaves are revealing and powerful as to what the person thinks is important. Interestingly the last words of Jesus are not recorded in any of the gospels but in The Book of Acts of the Apostles. These words were instructions as to what Read More