The ‘S’ word

I was intrigued initially when I saw Ian’s sermon title for this Sunday, ‘The S word’. What could it stand for? Didn’t take long to find out. The passage he will be unpacking from 1 Peter 3:1-7 is all about ‘submission’ in the context of marriage. In Australia, one in...

“Give thanks with a grateful heart”

With our ‘Thanksgiving’ month concluding on Sunday, I thought I’d offer a final reflection on thanksgiving. I suspect that many of us would not think of ourselves as ungrateful but you might want to think again because ingratitude shows up in our lives in a variety of...

Small act of kindness

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention” (Oscar Wilde) Back in the early 1930s, William Stidger, a well-known American author and minister, who published twenty-two volumes of prose and two of poetry was hanging out with a group of...

Do Not Be True To Yourself…

One of the most popular mantras in our current culture is, ‘Be true to yourself’ or ‘Follow your heart’. One of the more recent and trendy version is ‘You do you’. There is a gym in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD that uses the slogan, “Be Fit. Be Well. Be You”. One...