by Mark Ng | Dec 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
I thought I’d post excerpts of an article by Russell E. Gehrlein, which contains some reflections to help us consider how God’s purpose connects to our work as we continue to prepare our hearts to remember the birth of Jesus. First, Christmas is all about God sending...
by Mark Ng | Dec 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
As per my article last week, we are in a four-week Advent season leading up to Christmas, a period dedicated to reflective preparation for the coming of Christ to reconcile humanity and all of creation to Himself. However, Advent (which is derived from the Latin word,...
by Mark Ng | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today marks the first Sunday of Advent. It comes from an ancient Latin word adventus, which means coming. Advent – a four-week season leading up to Christmas – is an invitation to all of us to look back at God coming to us in Jesus to reconcile humanity and all of...
by Peter Edwards | Nov 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
While writing this article I am listening to Christian Dixie Blues and have a tube of Cocoa Butter Hand Cream nearby on the desk. A weird combination…maybe?? It got me thinking though. What does hand cream do? It soothes and smooths dry skin. What does a chilled Blues...
by Craig Smith | Nov 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Since retirement with more time spent talking with men, I realise we don’t know how to stop being so hard on ourselves. Whatever we do just doesn’t seem good enough. For example, in the maintenance group Will and I can never be the carpenter Tom is, Tom and I will...
by Mark Ng | Nov 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, a photo taken by Eric Smith, went viral. He took six shots showing a female humpback and her calf, surfacing two feet away, but a man was glued to his phone in every single shot even when three other people on his boat were all excitedly looking...
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